Oct 15, 2026 · 6 min · 6 segments
We got a question in for our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson… Dear Mamas, if you’re texting in public is that still a private conversation? If you'd like to ask our American…
Kimberly BurlesonGuestAsk the Mamas HostHostTeri NettletonGuestAsk the Mamas Co-HostHostYou know, one of the things, so we started American Ground Radio based off of Conservative Ground, which was a, an organization Louis and I were, we're putting together to try and reach people, and one of the things I did in that, I, I created a course on George Washington's rules of ethics, right? His, um, rules of etiquette, excuse me.
So he would hand write, he would practice his handwriting every day, writing 130 some odd rules of etiquette, how to properly behave, like don't pick fleas off of people in public and stuff like that.
Well-
... we, I then updated the list, 'cause obviously we don't have the don't pick fleas off of people in public.
But one of the things I updated, his was don't read your pr- your private letters in front of other people, and I'm, today I updated it to don't read your text messages in front of other people.
It's just not polite.
Um, so I'm reminded of that with this story where someone was texting and someone else was watching the text.
Yeah, this elderly man on an airplane, he's texting a coworker, and they're talking about another coworker that they wanna get rid of, and they used a slur to describe this man.
Well, a young person was seeing, of course, because old people, we've got our font so big.
[laughs]
Like, a- and it's very divided, the conversation is, because some people are like, "This was a private conversation-
Yeah
Mm.
You can't use that term." And I thought, can you imagine if everybody heard our private conversations-
Mm
... with what we said if we're frustrated, if we're angry, or, or if we walked around with a sign over our head that had our inner thoughts?
You know, one of the things, so we started American Ground Radio based off of Conservative Ground, which was a, an organization Louis and I were, we're putting together to try and reach people, and one of the things I did in that, I, I created a course on George Washington's rules of ethics, right? His, um, rules of etiquette, excuse me.
So he would hand write, he would practice his handwriting every day, writing 130 some odd rules of etiquette, how to properly behave, like don't pick fleas off of people in public and stuff like that.
Well-
... we, I then updated the list, 'cause obviously we don't have the don't pick fleas off of people in public.
But one of the things I updated, his was don't read your pr- your private letters in front of other people, and I'm, today I updated it to don't read your text messages in front of other people.
It's just not polite.
Um, so I'm reminded of that with this story where someone was texting and someone else was watching the text.
Yeah, this elderly man on an airplane, he's texting a coworker, and they're talking about another coworker that they wanna get rid of, and they used a slur to describe this man.
Well, a young person was seeing, of course, because old people, we've got our font so big.
[laughs]
Like, a- and it's very divided, the conversation is, because some people are like, "This was a private conversation-
Yeah
Mm.
You can't use that term." And I thought, can you imagine if everybody heard our private conversations-
Mm
... with what we said if we're frustrated, if we're angry, or, or if we walked around with a sign over our head that had our inner thoughts?
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