Thread:AllianceScoutAiothai/@comment-24660155-20190708050436

It is no secret that my views on corporal punishment go against mainstream thought. Over the past Century, neoliberals have campaigned breathlessly to label corporal punishment, the practice of disciplining your child through physical means as "child abuse" across the board. This new age school of thought has only recently reared its head, as corporal punishment has remained a favored method of child discipline for millennia. Today, these neoliberals will even go as far as to claim that PTSD, something associated with wartime trauma and survivors of school shootings, can result from a child being disciplined. Just last month, admittedly muddled comments I made in favor of the practice were taken out of context and used to disparage me. Today, I'm going to argue the opposite, and elaborate on why I have taken such an ostensibly unpopular position.

During a debate, I alluded to veterans of foreign wars holding a sole claim to PTSD, and mocked grown adults who were disciplined as children claiming to have PTSD. I stand by these comments to this day. Though I apologized for my comments being taken out of context in addition to the coarse manner in which I expressed myself, I have no regrets in regard to the sentiment. To suggest that well-intended discipline you received from a parent or guardian can somehow be equated to watching your friends die in front of you and being forced to kill to survive is on its face the height of disrespect, and I find it frankly reprehensible.

Let me be clear however that I do find child abuse disgusting and believe it could result in some form of trauma perhaps in regards to issues of self-confidence. I've personally known victims of abuse who are very close to me, and I would never defend the wanton abuse of anyone, child or otherwise. To illustrate this point, allow me to lay out what I consider discipline and what I consider abuse. The use of a belt, cane, or switch across the back, legs, or buttocks will cause no permanent harm to a child, and should not be considered child abuse. That being said, there is a very fine line between abuse and discipline. Any form of striking a child across the head is unacceptable as it can result in brain damage. Throwing, punching, choking, shoving, and slapping are also unacceptable. Discipline should always be restricted to being below the neck area. While there is a fine line, abuse to me is quite apparent, and is something I would never condone.

It is also my belief that any teenager should be excluded from any form of physical discipline. By that age, it turns from discipline to assault, and there are many more effective manners of enacting discipline such as by retracting phone, car, or computer privileges. In the same way that adult prisoners should not be beaten by cops and prison guards, discipline evolves with age.

In closing, I would like to share another great defense of corporal punishment from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/18/opinion/navarrette-spanking-kids/index.html. I was personally very rarely subjected to corporal punishment as a child, but I simply cannot abide by this modern over sensitivity. It is laughable that the same folks who will condemn corporal punishment will also defend homeschooling to their dying breath. While I will never have children of my own, I understand that actions have consequences, and refuse to neuter the right of parents to rear their children into well-adjusted members of society.

Dios te bendiga,

AllianceScoutAiothai (talk) 05:04, July 8, 2019 (UTC)

 