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Xolodno

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25. Spanking taught me...

Reply to MohRokTah (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 05:26 PM

Sep 2014

....to lie...really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really good. Took me awhile to break out of that mode...as well as lieing to myself.

...my wife, on the other hand...wasn't so lucky. She suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder.

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Spanking teaches one to respect others? (getting thousands of likes on Facebook) [View all] napkinz Sep 2014 OP

I thought spanking taught that others don't respect you. SharonAnn Sep 2014 #1

Today Rush Limbaugh played a clip by ESPNs Anansi1171 Sep 2014 #26

to be expected napkinz Sep 2014 #29

People clinging to the "good ole' days" meme. muntrv Sep 2014 #2

these are the people who want to "take their country back" napkinz Sep 2014 #4

I got spanked as a kid. Didn't teach me a thing. shenmue Sep 2014 #3

Taught me how to be devious. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #7

Spanking taught me... Xolodno Sep 2014 #25

it teaches some, if not many, that violence is a way to solve problems napkinz Sep 2014 #10

ugh undergroundpanther Sep 2014 #5

Hey undergroundpanther, haven't seen you post in awhile. Trillo Sep 2014 #11

hi trillo undergroundpanther Sep 2014 #37

Obfuscatory justification for continuing a cycle of violence and abuse. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #6

Oh..I get it. So...if someone REALLY spanks the hell out of their child, the child... BlueJazz Sep 2014 #8

I wonder how many of those who abuse their spouses were abused as children napkinz Sep 2014 #12

I never got spanked (hit) as a child, it taught me to never accept or expect to be hit.... Tikki Sep 2014 #9

... napkinz Sep 2014 #16

really, if spanking taught respect, wouldn't things like racism/homophobia La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #13

And that's where emperors derive their war powers, Charlie Brown. Orsino Sep 2014 #14

My dad spanked me a few times. Trillo Sep 2014 #15

And this is exactly pipi_k Sep 2014 #36

474,892 shares/11,089 likes - no spanking and taking the Bible out of the schools Douglas Carpenter Sep 2014 #17

some of the responses ... napkinz Sep 2014 #19

Had to drop FB damnedifIknow Sep 2014 #18

I'm waiting for DOCTOR Ben Carson to chime in with his "medical" opinion napkinz Sep 2014 #20

... napkinz Sep 2014 #21

Like. LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #22

This appeals to the"My childhood was a better time" mindset Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #23

I was spanked as a child Bettie Sep 2014 #24

I was spanked. I struggle to respect authority. I often fail. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #27

Spanking is lazy parenting. JoePhilly Sep 2014 #28

yep napkinz Sep 2014 #30

Hitting (spanking, same thing) beats them down and forces many to respect people they... Tikki Sep 2014 #31

less respect and more suspect napkinz Sep 2014 #32

Yeah apparently spanking is popular. Mark Dayton is getting a lot of flack on his web-site for jwirr Sep 2014 #33

the FOX viewers and Limbaugh listeners are weighing in napkinz Sep 2014 #34

And the fans who spank their own kids and think nothing of it. jwirr Sep 2014 #35

fans ... many of whom are religious FANATICS napkinz Sep 2014 #38