tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post112119059778297953..comments2024-03-28T04:52:31.566-07:00Comments on Toner Mishap: On The Mark -- Order in the HouseThe Misanthropehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15697151793588884333noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1121214173340321572005-07-12T17:22:00.000-07:002005-07-12T17:22:00.000-07:00See, I think it is NOT the liberal parents who are...See, I think it is NOT the liberal parents who are the problem here, but the Republican ones. The parents whose sense of entitlement and complete lack of respect for the public sphere extends to their children, the parents who think that "I'm paying for it" (college, summer camp, whatever) means "I'm entitled to satisfaction," with "satisfaction" defined as "don't you correct my child." I think that it's an inherently Republican value to think that "parental responsibility" for children means "society as a whole has no responsibility towards children," which means that (if the children are poor or brown) their "parents need to take responsibility" and (if the children are mine or my friend's) "other people have no business talking to or interfering with my kids."bitchphdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118578280520171800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1121212473766347112005-07-12T16:54:00.000-07:002005-07-12T16:54:00.000-07:00I couldn'g agree more. If I would have flipped off...I couldn'g agree more. If I would have flipped off an umpire growing up, I swear I'd have eight fingers now. My mother would have ripped off one, and my father the other. <BR/><BR/>But I never would have flipped off anyone else.<BR/><BR/>Now it's all about "What did you do to my poor son to make him react that way."<BR/><BR/>Some kids need a boot in the a$$, as that's the only logic they understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1121193914101552762005-07-12T11:45:00.000-07:002005-07-12T11:45:00.000-07:00Parents don't discipline their kids today. I know ...Parents don't discipline their kids today. I know my sister just threatens and threatens with timeout and taking this away or that away and never follows through, which is awful.The Misanthropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697151793588884333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1121190952821872722005-07-12T10:55:00.000-07:002005-07-12T10:55:00.000-07:00Hear, hear. And I still believe that you can have ...Hear, hear. And I still believe that you can have common sense, decency, and an understanding of the responsibilities of being a good citizen without being a [shiver] Republican.B2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17127446856576472299noreply@blogger.com