“if cigarette smokers were not such absolute ignorant trashy scum bags “
You might want to insert the word “some” before the word “cigarette”.
I smoke. I have never littered. I go unnoticed just like the rest of the responsible smokers. We are not ignorant trashy scumbags.
I have many friends who smoke grew up with smokers and have hung around with large groups of smokers. Some are very conscientious of where they put their butts. Most are not.
The reality of cigarette butts everywhere you look at the beach, at parks, in playground sandboxes, in peoples yards, on the sidewalks; and most annoyingly - starting fires on the side of roads - doesn't speak well of smokers as a group.
Most smokers are trashy scumbags who throw out their butts wherever they are without any concern for littering.
If not for that I would have a great deal of sympathy for them.
As it is.... act like scum, be treated like scum.
You are correct, smokers are not, however people that use such language to describe others definitely are.
My parents taught me that the use of gutter language is a sign of ignorance, poor upbringing, lack of education and plain low class (also known as trashiness.) None of which are anything to be proud of.