*Air quotes* common courtesy

I move to remove the phrase "common courtesy" from the English dialogue. When courtesy is no longer the norm, we can no longer refer to it as "common courtesy". Want to know what happened to "common courtesy"? The fact that when late baby boomers and early to mid Gen X'ers started having kids they rebelled against any form of punishment dolled out by their parents and decided to try being friends with their children not parents. You don't have to hit your child to make them behave, HOWEVER, you do have to punish for wrong doing, and you do have to follow through when you threaten punishment. Otherwise you raise a child who believes that there are no real consequences for their actions, and thus "common courtesy" doesn't exist because they just don't care.

So many Baby Boomers and Gen X'ers are blaming Millennials for all of this demolition of "common courtesy", and completely ignoring the fact that THEY raised them this way. The blame needs to be shared by the ones who raised them, the ones that act that way, and the ones who show them no "common courtesy" to begin with. There are too many people who believe respect can only be earned, fighting with those who believe you must always respect your elders, who are fighting with those who think respect is automatic until proven otherwise. Is it really that hard to realize that there are middle ground to all of these? So basic respect should be given to those above you, HOWEVER it's only basic respect, and its up to them to earn you're actual respect, and it is their fault if they lose your respect. It all falls back under "Common Courtesy", which we already know, means nothing anymore.

So I call for that phrase to be stricken from the English dialogue until such a time that everyone removes their head from their asses, breathes in the fresh air, and starts treating ALL humans with any form of courtesy.