That's fair. I agree, tailgating is inexcusable. Both left lane campers and tailgaters suck, tailgating adds another level of danger, so they are worse for sure.

Unfortunately, I have family members that defend left lane driving. The dog shit argument is that if a deer were to jump in the road, there would be more time to react from the left. The false implication is that deer can't come from the otherside, which I have a buddy who hit a deer that came from the median, so anecdotally, that's bs. They both say that they get over when someone is coming, but that is also a shit statement, because I know that it's not true 100% of the time, and the person coming up doesn't know if they're going to move, so they are put in a position of unpredictability.

It's like none of these people have taken road trips before. Depending on traffic density, you can be passing cars continuously for hours on a 4-lane highway (2 each direction). If there's room to move to the right without slowing down, then yes, move over and cruise on the right lane. You don't need to weave in and out of the passing lane every single car you pass. If you can't stay in the right lane longer than 30 seconds before needing to pass again, it's really not worth switching unless there's someone behind you going even faster.

Yeah, I literally said, "10 mph faster than whatever the speed of traffic is in the left lane," and still got a, "tHe PaSsInG LaNe iS FoR PAsSInG," reply. Unless you validate the idea that the left lane allows you to drive as fast as you want under any circumstances, someone will accuse you of being a left-lane camper.

-the main reason tailgating happens is people driving slow in the left lane. Not the only reason, but the main one.

-tailgating is NOT an appropriate response, but its not about who is in the right, when the one that can fix it for both parties is the one going slower and not passing. They have the power to get back over a lane (which they should be anyway if not passing), and immediately eliminate the issue, and everyone goes on their way. The tailgater can't do that.

Also, I'm not sure what you experience is, but I see 50x the amount of people driving slow in the left lane than I see people tailgating.

you set it up so well it seemed rude not to knock it down 😘

I'm confused by the assumption finding an appropriate gap is rare. You should have one you're aiming for already, and generally it will be in the front of a line, so you just speed up a bit and merge into that space.

Lol the jumps in logic you make should be nominated for an award. My original comment was one sentence long and the follow up like three more, how do you know what "framework" I operate in lmao. The implications you make somehow about legality being a measure of contention and the crux of my argument is just wrong on its face.

If you're going slow in the left lane and blocking others, you're affecting others negatively direcly for no benefit to yourself. If you could get over a lane, continue going the speed you desired but not be blocking others wanting to go your speed and don't, you're just a dick. We can move in ways that allow others to move in theirs without the "I'm first, its my way" mentality. The law has nothing to do with it.

Not to mention I didn't assume thats what was happening, and asked OP to confirm before I went on with my point. Something I suggest doing before assuming someone's "framework".

I'm confused about this part:

back into right lane

This implies you started in the right (non-passing) lane and moved out of it to let them pass. Unless you're from a country that drives on the left, in which case sorry for the confusion.