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"I see it as a violation of my privacy"
you're literally in public my man.
I disagreed until I saw the edit- that's basically harassment at that point. Saw a vid on tiktok someone posted of this cashiers hairstyle making fun of it- only to find out it was a popular hair style in the 80s. There's no reason to post a public video shaming someone for something you don't understand. Makes people look ignorant (and like they have the personality of a cliché HS mean girl.) >

Bro I absolutely agree, it's so creepy >

Valuing your privacy in a public space is a hard line to walk >

I think the point is putting other people in a situation to be mocked without them doing anything wrong is just weird. Like I record someone eating a hotdog and maybe they lick part of it first, you can laugh to yourself whatever but don’t put it out there on the internet or on your phone just to make a mockery of someone. Just a weird thing to do. 
TLDR: although you’re in public you shouldn’t be subjected to mockery outside of that public sphere in a reasonable circumstance. And if you don’t wanna be recorded in a situation then don’t record others in a situation under reasonable circumstances. Common Respect >

Live laugh love >

Completely agree. I honestly think some people understand this and some don’t. Some people will take pictures of homeless camps etc. it’s just weird? Feel like you can learn a lot about someone depending on if they do this. Like people on tiktok will honestly video a dude and make fun of them even if they did nothing wrong and then you get 100’s of others mocking the dude. It just seems like spreading hate? I don’t know how some people don’t see that. I think some of the lowest forms of people are those political people who will record others just to make a mockery so they can circlejerk to it. Just really really sad things to do >

This is exactly what I mean!! I was at the mall a few weeks ago, minding my own business and eating lunch and someone was making a video of everyone at the mall. I happened to look up when the person was panning over to me and saw the camera. I guess I looked visibly uncomfortable so the person zoomed in on me and I put my hands up to cover my face. Bro. Not cool. >

Exactly! A related thing about this is what I call “camera privilege” and for some reason people tend to support or agree with the opinions of the person videoing a situation. They feel that they can get away with doing something because certain people lack the understanding that it’s weird to video people. And in the situation you were in, it’s just like why would someone even think they should record other people? It just doesn’t seem right. And people always say “well you’re in public, a camera is always watching you” it’s just a dumb argument. No one wants to be videod every time they go in public and made the butt of a joke or just subject to that. A security camera is fine because the intent is fine. But someone intentionally recording other people, insanely weird. If you do it back to them then you know they’d be irritated.