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boston bean

(36,941 posts) Tue Apr 28, 2015, 08:06 AM Apr 2015

When a few headslaps mean you care [View all]

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When a few headslaps mean you care [View all] boston bean Apr 2015 OP

Too little too late... Oktober Apr 2015 #1

Really? What makes you say so? boston bean Apr 2015 #2

He's a grown man... Oktober Apr 2015 #3

He is a juvenile... I'm sure you were the perfect little sweetie and never boston bean Apr 2015 #4

How do you know he's a juvenile? Ms. Yertle Apr 2015 #8

It is reported that way and he is carrying a back pack boston bean Apr 2015 #9

That's still a lot of assumptions Ms. Yertle Apr 2015 #10

You think this woman went out and found her 30 year old son to bring him home? boston bean Apr 2015 #11

I probably would have Ms. Yertle Apr 2015 #12

Short of some severe mental handicap... Oktober Apr 2015 #15

Studies show that most people view black youths as older than they are justiceischeap Apr 2015 #5

I'm sure she did do it as a child...lots of times... joeybee12 Apr 2015 #35

That looks like ann--- Apr 2015 #6

I see a mothers fear for her son and the choices he was making... boston bean Apr 2015 #7

So if a man hits some woman he loves, it is okay if she is not hurt. Bonobo Apr 2015 #14

There's the irrational repose we knew would arrive in the form of righteous indignation!! LanternWaste Apr 2015 #16

Why it irrational to point out a glaring double standard? Bonobo Apr 2015 #17

Because parents discipline children, but husbands don't discipline wives. Derp nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #20

So beating someone phil89 Apr 2015 #27

That poster never responds. Inkfreak Apr 2015 #32

Pointing out it's wrong for a child to be beaten is "righteous indignation" Major Nikon Apr 2015 #18

You don't even have to go that far Major Nikon Apr 2015 #19

Violence ann--- Apr 2015 #24

It looks like abuse to me too Gormy Cuss Apr 2015 #25

I am sure you are correct. NOLALady Apr 2015 #26

Context is everything. n/t eShirl Apr 2015 #21

Oh shit... Bonobo Apr 2015 #13

Laughing my fucking ass off at the "OMG MISANDRY" posts. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #22

Don't expect to be phil89 Apr 2015 #28

^^^. Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #34

How about "OMG VIOLENCE" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2015 #37

It is pretty funny in a grim sort of way. nt Bonobo Apr 2015 #40

Spread the word lumberjack_jeff Apr 2015 #23

whole lot of stories in that. i am not jumping into this one. everyone knows i am not an advocate seabeyond Apr 2015 #29

She's teaching her son that it's okay to use violence to get results Yavin4 Apr 2015 #30

Are you suggesting they should sit down on a park bench for a heartfelt chat? brooklynite Apr 2015 #31

The fact that he's rioting is proof that she has failed as a parent. Yavin4 Apr 2015 #33

I'm sure this kid got several slaps often as a child... joeybee12 Apr 2015 #36

And if it were a father slapping his daughter on the back of the head because he "cares".... davidn3600 Apr 2015 #38

But men are stronger! Bonobo Apr 2015 #39

And if a father got physical with his daughter... MicaelS Apr 2015 #41