When someone does not create a confrontation scene, it does not mean that he approves... Only a very small minority of people will actually come and break your

When someone does not create a confrontation scene, it does not mean that he approves... Only a very small minority of people will actually come and break your glasses, so yes, you can get away with it being a glasshole, most of the time. And that arrogance will make people to think bad about you, you are not being polite.