I wrote a comment on another r/AskUK post a few weeks ago were I mentioned I went to public school. It wasn't boastful or snobby, it was just mentioned in context. My post immediatley got downvoted for what I can only assume is that reason. It got me thinking, is there a general dislike of people who went to public school in the UK?

I've never encountered this in the real world but maybe that's just typical British attitudes of being too polite to say anything to your face. I totally get the idea that they hold up our antiquated class system and further entrench inequality in our country. I supose I'm wondering if people simply dislike what they stand for or if there is a specific dislike of those people who benefited from their parents paying for their education.

For the record: My parents are not super rich. They are fairly comfortable, of course, but they had to make a significant financial sacrifice to send me to my school. At the time I went to school I was painfully shy, akward, and academically struggling due to being dyslexic. I'm eternally grateful to them for making that decision to send me to my school as there is probably no way I'd be the person I am now without it. It completely brought out the best in me in my own time, as and when I felt ready.

And yes: most of my friends' parents were big shot bankers and city types - think huge houses, flash company cars, endless foreign holidays, people who actually had artisocratic family crests and the like. Dispite this they are super cool people and remain some of my very best friends to this day.