Homicidal_Squirrel
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That doesn't seem to be a problem for conservatives.
Isn't reducing the size of government, and saving taxpayers money a religious belief among conservatives?
Conservatives don't have a problem with that.Yes. Now ask yourself how often people and organizations live up to their professed doctrines.
Conservatives don't have a problem with that.
Yes, I know all that. My point is that conservatives don't have any problem with doing it. Although it doesn't only apply to political conservatives, the article is about conservatives, so I limited my post to them.The issue is not limited to political conservatives.
Heck, there's even a neurological explanation for part of the issue - in humans, judging the moral and ethical ramifications of your own actions excites different areas of the brain than judging others. You literally judge yourself and other people differently. So, when you take an action, it is justified, but when someone else takes an action, it isn't.
They abandoned the proposal, wisely, after receiving a warning that it would be unconstitutional.
I cannot relate to these people. I would totally listen to a prayer offered be another religion. Mostly out of curiosity. Maybe even participate in the spirit of the prayer at least.
Yes, I know all that. My point is that conservatives don't have any problem with doing it.
Not as many are as "fine" as you might think. Or, perhaps it is better to say, if you are fine now, you might be even better if corporal punishment were not a regular part of your childhood discipline.
A 2009 study defined harsh corporal punishment as at least one spanking a month for more than three years, frequently done with objects such as a belt or paddle. Researchers found children who were regularly spanked had less gray matter in certain areas of the prefrontal cortex that have been linked to depression, addiction and other mental health disorders, the study authors say.
A 2010 study found that frequent spanking when a child was 3 was linked to an increased risk for higher levels of child aggression when the child was 5.
Yet another study: "Harsh physical punishment in the absence of child maltreatment is associated with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse/dependence, and personality disorders in a general population sample. "
And, more broadly, it is well-established in behavioral science that use of negative stimulus generally doesn't work the way folks think it does. Yes, the child (or other animal) will stop the undesirable behavior, but not out of *understanding*, which means the application of corporal punishment does not usually generalize to other behaviors, and the fear reaction leaks out into other behaviors instead.
If your dog poops in the house, showing anger and rubbing their nose in it, or swatting them with a rolled-up newspaper are empirically a really ineffective way to house-train them. Why, then, do we figure that swatting a kid will do any better?
I'm disappointed if someone says, 'I'm a Christian,' but you invite the pope into your home and then you invite a whole bunch of people who are at odds with the Catholic Church policy. I think there's something very unseemly about that," he added.