I’ve been in some relationships where the guys seem open-minded at first and willing to really hear and learn about sexism/racism/etc, but it turns out to be a limited time thing. Like after awhile they revert back to their original belief systems and become resentful of having to care about injustice.
I’ve ended at…

How could I forget, silly me!

Wow, usually war criminal leaders do the “failed artist” thing first.

Holy shit this! At least 500,000 (probably way more, that’s the conservative estimate) civilians in the Middle East are fucking DEAD because Bush was, at best, wildly incompetent at his job. How many shitty paintings does it take to make up for that? 

Is he donating all the profit to Iraq war victims?

Hey, there comes a time in every President’s life (except maybe Jimmy C.) when that sweet, sweet blood money earned on the back of unnecessary aggression runs out. Granted, most Presidents WRITE a book at that point, but Dubya - bless his heart - must work with what the good Lord gave him.

they’re sitting out the epidemic in the Hamptons and no one is home

It’s crazy how crime spikes when a society is in major upheaval and the government is run by criminals.

To blame it on the protests is to ignore the financial dire straits the working class has been put in. While they debate “helping” us with our money children go hungry and breadlines get longer. The lack of intellectual honest in this country will be it’s downfall.

I’m so sorry that the adults in your life failed you; your childhood and adolescence sound incredibly hard.

Also see: Menendez brothers. They grew up in violent home, and everything ended badly.

I honestly don’t even know where to begin with people who say “hitting a kid isn’t that bad.” (Which is why I’m replying to you instead of the abuse apologist in this thread.) The sad thing is that the fact that they see violence as a reasonable answer is actually PROOF ITSELF of why hitting kids—or anyone else—is…

I think people don’t want to come to terms with it being child abuse because then it’s trauma and shame not romanticized “cultura” that only insiders know about.

My mom hit me because she was frustrated. There was no lesson to be learned other than that I was bothering her. She worked a physically demanding job for…

Absolutely. I try really hard not to be excessively punitive with the kids who are being little shits because it could be that they are really just assholes, but more likely is they have something going on and someone needs to just settle with them or actually address them like they are a human, and not just a…

You don’t know anything about children and you are not a teacher you are a liar on the internet. Out of curiosity, though, what the fuck does the last line of your comment mean

Enforcing rules, consequences and boundaries is a good place to start.

Children are still people. If you had a disagreement with an adult, would it be OK to hit them? Or would you try to find another way?

Have you considered the fact that K might be acting out in class BECAUSE her mother hits her? If her mother’s hitting her because that’s the only form of punishment she knows, she’s not going to have learned anything from that. 

Hearing the thwack of the spoon against the countertop meant you were going to be in world of hurt.  I still can’t bring myself to use one because all I can think about is the back of my knees stinging.

thank you for this. as someone who’s looked outside hispanic culture (even when I lived in the southwest around mostly Mexicans and white people for 6 years) and often wondered about corporeal punishment and colorism affected the culture, this was a useful introduction. also curious as to how machismo fits into this.