BobCobbMagob wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 10:42 am
Quorra2.0 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 10:18 am
BobCobbMagob wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:13 am
The quote doesn’t actually mention guns…
With the amount of horrific child abuses going on, I think it’s be great if those parents learned to fear what could happen to them if they abuse their kids…
I’d never expect a child to shoot their parents. But reality is, the child also usually stays quiet out of fear… that’s not a model I want to continue. Teaching kids they have ways to fight back is important,
especially when that way is calling the police.
The police they don’t fear?
The quote may not use the words but it does actually mention guns by the fact that he’s aiming a gun. Words are not the only form of communication.
Kids are a lot more helpless than adults, and sadly, have to remain more helpless than adults.
That’s one of the reasons severe child abuse is one of the most unforgivable crimes…
Perhaps the quote is not trying to speak for children, but to speak to adults.
That’s why we, as a society, need to remember it takes a village. Not only to raise a child but to advocate for children. Doctors, teachers, CPS workers, grandparents, neighbors, people in line at the store seeing a child being yanked, yelled at and slapped. MYOB is all fine and great but in the process of doing this it’s children who are suffering. Now yes, calling CPS because you don’t think your sil is feeding her child enough vegetables or because your ex lets them stay up late totally petty and a myob situation BUT hearing your neighbor beat their child…not a myob situation.
I feel this quote must be taken out of context somewhere. As someone in the military, he should be extremely aware that those willing to commit the most heinous acts are not deterred by a single person, even one armed. A woman of DV isn’t going to strike fear into her abuser on her own, but her neighbor, her daddy, her brothers , sisters, mother, uncle, aunts THATs a huge part of why most abusers start with isolation.