kavih Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Ugh! I'm so fucking pissed off at hearing the support for this mom. I wish I could move to a different planet after reading the internet today. 2
fractional slacker Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 It is despicable the elevation of a violent beast attacking her child. There are a few comments on that video condemning the "mother."
Susana Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 People are saying its "white privilege" we don't understand that may minority parents beat their kids so that they won't get hurt by police or in the past "slave master"
kavih Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 It is despicable the elevation of a violent beast attacking her child. There are a few comments on that video condemning the "mother." Yes, and unfortunately, few and far between. People are saying its "white privilege" we don't understand that may minority parents beat their kids so that they won't get hurt by police or in the past "slave master" Wow, I hadn't read that one yet. The consistent irrationality of people keeps surprising me.
Delightful Might Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 It is making me so ill, as well. The violence on children in B'more is horrible justified from history or no. It changes gray matter. It's super intense cruelty. Stefan posted an awesome video on the situation here: Hurray! Thanks!!
shirgall Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 I wouldn't mind upvoting of my efforts here: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/345thl/obama_needs_to_hold_the_ceremony_at_the_white/cqsbjb6 Reminder: there is no measurable benefit to arguing on reddit threads.
Alan C. Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Where did he learn to behave like a thug, I wonder? Has anybody on YT or Reddit asked about the whereabouts of his father? 2
aaaaa11 Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 If a person slaps a person it is wrong - if a cop slaps a person it is ok - if a Mom slaps a person it is applauded ???
aeonicentity Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Just to play devil's advocate here: is it possible that this is litterally the first time this woman's hit her kid? I feel like we're making a judgement based solely off one incident which may (or may not) be indicative of this woman's life. That being said, I think we're ALL hypothesizing off of one incident. This begs an interesting question: Is violence acceptable to convince your child to stop doing an imminent, dangerous, violent behavior? A similar, less controversial example might be smacking a child's hand to prevent them from touching a hot stove (there is no time to explain the 1st law of thermodynamics when your toddler is reaching for the burner). In this case, is the mother simply utilizing violence to get her child to back down from a potentially more dangerous more violent situation which is imminent? And is that like the child and the burner an acceptable option in this case?
zmanx Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 I spent all day yesterday debating this topic online and it was just horrendous... I felt like I was from a different planet, everyone was saying how wrong I was and how she was 'mother of the year' 1
Carl Green Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 I wouldn't mind upvoting of my efforts here: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/345thl/obama_needs_to_hold_the_ceremony_at_the_white/cqsbjb6 Reminder: there is no measurable benefit to arguing on reddit threads. Am I missing something here? What did that replier (coachadam) think you were stating as a knowledge?
Tservitive Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 With a mother like that and no philosophy, I can see why the guy would even consider rioting in the first place
King David Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 At his age if he hit back he should be kicking her ass. The only thing that prevented her from being left in a bloody pulp on the street for the mob to take care of was his servitude to his mother/female. If they call her the mother of the year he should be applauded for servile son of the season. Another example of women abusing social status to avoid physical harm that they would otherwise be recipients of. 1
Anuojat Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I felt like posting something there. Until i saw that youtube had disabled the "disable replies" option form comments. So i didnt post anything, no arguements and not links because id felt really agitated for the rerst of the say that someone would reply. Some evil idiot or asshole that is.
Alan C. Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 In case anybody is interested, the mother is single, unemployed, and has six kids.
cab21 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 the child was throwing rocks at the police, if the mom could nonviolently get him to stop, then great.
Sean V Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 It's even worse than I thought... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6de28IlbIo They're going to be on the view
shirgall Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Am I missing something here? What did that replier (coachadam) think you were stating as a knowledge? "bad parenting is likely to have led the youngun to a life of looting in the first place"
AynRand Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 In case anybody is interested, the mother is single, unemployed, and has six kids. Just awful. The message of that article is "if we just beat our kids more then all our problems will go away". How can this get any worse?
Crallask Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 the child was throwing rocks at the police, if the mom could nonviolently get him to stop, then great. If she was capable of that then her son wouldn't have been there in the first place.
cab21 Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 expecting one human to be so in charge of another human's actions is a bit much. teaching is one thing, then people choose how to act, and that choice can be of rebellion to nonviolent teachings.
stMarkus Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Interview with the mom, Toya Gragam, a single mom of six children, and her son. She also recently found herself unemployed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbDcDaNJ7eo
AncapFTW Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 While I'm sure she hit him in the past and that lead him to think that violence was an acceptable way to solve problems, couldn't this be seen as a punishment for harming others? If a shop owner beat him after he threw something through their window or attacked them, it would be a simple case of self defense. Can't violence be used to punish someone who has already committed violence and is likely to commit more violent acts? The problem I see with it is that we have no idea what he actually did and therefore we have no idea if this is a proportional response.
Alan C. Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 Baltimore Mom has been interviewed more than once. Has she ever been asked where the father(s) of her children are? Here's another superstar mom: Misbehaving schoolboy, 10, is 'arrested' by police after his mom called the cops to 'teach him a lesson'
Jer Posted May 4, 2015 Posted May 4, 2015 I had never heard of this guy before YT recommended his vid but I liked it. He talks about female violence and asks "where's the father?" https://youtu.be/eLqpC_nrzEs 1
Alan C. Posted May 4, 2015 Posted May 4, 2015 That video was very good. I watched some of his other videos. He has some good content on his channel. I'm going to sub next time I log into YT.
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