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A Boring Dystopia

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Most noteworthy for me is the fact that more Americans think that porn (52%) and homosexuality (39%) are wrong than spanking children (23%) and being ultra wealthy (18%).

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https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/what-do-americans-consider-immoral/

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[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You've successfully described why I don't spank them and articulated that you understand the impulse so... Thanks for agreeing with me in the weirdest way possible I guess

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you recognise the urge and haven't followed through, I assume you wouldn't call it "morally acceptable", but it really sounded like you were agreeing with that position originally.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

I think it's understandable that people feel that spanking is fine and it isn't surprising to me at all. I don't feel the same but it's not a shock to see that like the original comment I replied to

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

A “good idea” is not a bad impulse, it's a good idea.

[–] brennesel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago

If that’s what you meant to say, you’re extremely bad at expressing it. After all, you wrote this:

... if you've never thought that spanking a child might be a good idea then you don't have kids. Those little shits don't understand empathy or anything else that you're appealing to when you say violence is never the answer.

That’s exactly the opposite of the comment you were replying to. You’re not saying that parents sometimes get angry, but that they consider violence to be a solution. That’s not the same thing!