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[call_me_ishmael]

If you teach a child to do what you say with the thread of violence, that child learns that the threat of violence gets you what you want. It's actually pretty simple and completely fucking stupid. If you hit your kid, you just lost.

Yep, this. There are a million other ways to get your point across and assert authority rather than using size/strength/violence against a person.

[Rutnstrut]

Yep, this. There are a million other ways to get your point across and assert authority rather than using size/strength/violence against a person.

I suppose your approach would be give them a hug and tell them they can be any gender they want to be. Then help them find their safe place.

[Zool]

I suppose your approach would be give them a hug and tell them they can be any gender they want to be. Then help them find their safe place.

There couldn't possibly be a place in the middle of the two. Right?

[mraynrand]

Yep, this. There are a million other ways to get your point across and assert authority rather than using size/strength/violence against a person.

Your technique is to make a million flawed arguments.

[call_me_ishmael]

Your technique is to make a million flawed arguments.

How is saying "don't beat your kid, there are other ways" a flawed argument??

[mraynrand]

How is saying "don't beat your kid, there are other ways" a flawed argument??

That's not what you wrote, Hotspur. Read what you wrote again, and think about how you will keep your kid from running into traffic or taking things from other kids.

[MadtownPacker]

How is saying "don't beat your kid, there are other ways" a flawed argument??

Ultimate test, did you get beat as a child?

[falco]

Ultimate test, did you get beat as a child?

Because if it made sense 30 years ago, it must make sense now!