corpus mentium Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 The video is public again... What were the three factors that you think most strongly produced your change-of-mind? I had heard things in passing at various points earlier in my life that spanking children was falling out of what was considered "proper discipline" by some. I was strongly confronted on the idea of not spanking children while dating a woman in my mid twenties. She told me that there was research that indicates it's detrimental to use corporal punishment on children. I argued against it quite strongly and with no evidence whatsoever. She stopped dating me quite quickly after that. My wife also argued against physical punishment before we got married. I was still firmly entrenched in my barbaric disciplinary beliefs. We shelved the conversation for later. (I cringe as I recall this because I see that it is a faulty part of the foundation of our relationship that we will need to address, though I am optimistic that we will be able to work through it.) As for three factors that strongly produced my change-of-mind... I guess the first two paragraphs count as one factor in different instances. After that my change-of-mind really happened so quickly for me over such a short period of time that I am not sure in which order what happened. It was all related to Stef's work though. It was about three years ago when I first found Stef's work on YouTube. I found his political ideas interesting. I was interested in how to solve the world's ills and I think he mentioned how child rearing is the solution. My interest was piqued at this and I think that's what led me to the Bomb in the Brain series. I had also heard his moral arguments against spanking early on as well. His analogies made the points easier to accept. I had practical questions for a while after this, but videos soon followed to put most of those questions to rest. My stance on spanking changed months before I deconverted from Christianity. What was fundamentally different about me that made it possible to change my stance or be open to the arguments? I have a hard time answering that. Interesting...
nathanm Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 A bible-thumping hippie and her passive aggressive pro-spanking message!? What in the f#@^%*#!? Infuriating indeed. Bleech! Smiling, bubbly authoritarianism is the fucking worst kind.
tjt Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 These evil people are hiding. Just came to borrow the link to this original video, and it's private! Darn. Not surprising in the least. Although maybe it's a good thing, that they are feeling shameful.
corpus mentium Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 I would say it's a good thing the video is now private because at least her barbaric example is no longer being spread. Hopefully they have a change of heart about beating their children in addition to taking the video down.
tjt Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 I would say it's a good thing the video is now private because at least her barbaric example is no longer being spread. Hopefully they have a change of heart about beating their children in addition to taking the video down. Indeed. A bible-thumping hippie and her passive aggressive pro-spanking message!? What in the f#@^%*#!? Infuriating indeed. Bleech! Smiling, bubbly authoritarianism is the fucking worst kind. Haha, I'm insulted that you use the word hippie to describe this unnatural mutant. Hippies do not wear sequence and lip sync to Disney songs! And the paddle would most certainly be hand-carved from a renewable resource such as bamboo if this monster were a hippie.
nathanm Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 No, that comment was in reference to the other video in the thread which seems to have vacillated between public and private. There really and truly was a bible-thumping hippie in that one.
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