WHY is it a crime for a bloke (and an older bloke) to have an opinion these days which isn't consistent with the noisy social media brigade? Particularly if it is regarding a subject which dares to broach family issues.

The venom associated with my comments on breastfeeding has been extraordinary. From being called a buffoon with discriminatory views by the Fairfax Media critic Michael Idato, to being accused of hating kids, being jealous of babies and having a boob fetish.

But maybe my views are more representative than the social media critics would have you believe. At the time of deadline, 64 per cent of the 30,000 votes made on a Fairfax Media poll agreed with my opinions.