Consent Violation

There has been an alarming trend lately, every time someone says something they have done, someone in the crowd (and by crowd I mean those who read the journals on Fetlife) will claim a consent violation has occurred.
Just because it is something you would not do, or something you find offensive, or something you are taken aback by does NOT mean it is a consent violation, damn it. Has our rape culture gotten to the point where one would have to get the permission of everyone in an establishment to show even the smallest sign of submission? In a word, yes, apparently, if you do not want the consent police to come after you!
No, me pointing at what I want to order when out to lunch with vanilla in-laws so Master can approve it is not a violation of my in-law's consent. It is simply a discrete display of my submission to my Master.
No, a couple looking at and trying on pet collars at Walmart is not the violation of the consent of everyone in the store, it is just a D/s couple being goofy and having fun.
And, my favorite from the keepers of the rules of all things BDSM on Fetlife....
Walking one step behind your Dominant and to the right in public is a violation of the consent of every single person you walk past because they were not asked if they want to see your display of submission! Its not like the person is crawling on all fours, naked down 5th Avenue for crying out loud.
NOT everything done in public discretely is a consent violation of those who are simply around you. The only consent you are required to obtain is the consent of the person you are DIRECTLY interacting with. Stop claiming the people who do these simple acts are what is wrong with this lifestyle because they are "throwing it in everyone's face," when it is you who are what is wrong. Everything done in public that has been carefully thought out and works for the people involved is NOT a consent violation, it is NOT visual rape, it is NOT a bad thing. Public submission like this can be a beautiful and meaningful thing.
If you are going to claim consent violation, then climb back under your rock. I put this up in a public place, but you reading it and being negative about my post is a violation of my consent.