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Subject: Re: Shiny Happy people
Author: Destiny	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:46:41 05/23/24 Thu In reply to: Destiny 's message, "Re: Shiny Happy people" on 15:25:13 05/23/24 Thu See also Michelle's blog: https://www.duggarfamily.com/ [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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Dana
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Date Posted: 17:29:59 05/23/24 Thu

Organized religion's influence and ambition in political matters, and the threat of theocracy is all too real these days, so we want to know about how these people and/or cults think and operate. A documentary is part of our defense mechanism. What may be coming for our values and ways of life?

This Duggar family may be just one instance of something, but it could be a worthy story to have told. The strange and extreme get the most attention, and we look for where they are flawed and vulnerable to criticism. Regardless of the motive behind telling the story, whatever is true is true.

As a spanking fetishist, I'm interested in how religions promote and practice spanking as discipline because it provides real-world non-consensual situations of authentic punishment. But growing up in a secular household where spanking was the primary method of punishment, I know one need not rely on religion for it. That remains true today.

Even in the "old days," people tended to keep these family matters somewhat private. Here in the USA today, there is even more incentive to hide the fact, and that contributes to the belief that spanking is rare all over the country. It still exists for people of all ages. Many Americans are holding on to tradition and to "old-fashioned" ideas, and often "god" only knows what goes on behind closed doors.

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