Had not really given much thought before to the fact that Mrs. Bennet does have the ability to offend wherever she goes....and that we don't see censure raining down on her for that. Well, from Darcy and Bingley's sisters, of course it does, but those who know her must already understand that she is silly and of mean-understanding, although she is not even civil in many cases, which you would think she could manage well enough if she cared to.