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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Translated to the racial context of the mom disciplining her son, he's become a spoiled brat by not being a slave any more and growing up subject to the racial inequalities in lead exposure and poverty and learning his self indulgence of being frustrated and pissed by the way his life is constrained by our institutional racism and our unacknowledged white privilege, so his mom needs to discipline him to put him back in his place so that he doesn't get killed by our institutional racism. But sure, we're the noble altruistic unspoiled bunch and that spoiled kid is the problem.
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dirtbag
climber
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yes, those are the actions of ignorant spoiled brats
I'm not so sure about the "spoiled" part.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oh my god.
Civil disobedience, mass peaceful protests, shutting down the city via month-long strike, mass arrests, working thru the courts....these actions get actual RESULTS
Scrubbles are you feeling ok bro? That was downright sensible...
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Looting and burning primarily affects insurance companies and capitalist running dogs.
It creates construction jobs and puts much needed fear in the hearts of the fascists and oligarchs.
And , hell no, kids today aren't spoiled. We were spoiled by freedom and opportunity and we squandered it on pointless activities.
Kids today are scheduled like little automatons.
Their souls are grist for the machine.
Their natures stolen.
Their fearless anima broken to pieces of meek
to inherit a soulless world.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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My kid made the traveling soccer team a competitive achievement,
then yesterday over a 'sniffle' he did not go to his game, a state cup qualifying game,
that was important to his team that he show up and be counted.
Now today for a non cup game he says he wants to go - and I say he is sick and can not,
the wife and I at Logger-heads about this ...
she is not a jock, has never been on a team,
and says what goes on around her, everything, Well yes around her but also HERE!
She says what goes when it comes to the kids my input is noted,
My advice is only taken when I am 'right' and all other choices have been explored.
so now what? do I take a snot nosed lazy spoiled kid to his fun game ?
and what should I say to his coach and the other dads?,
he is a big kid, in that he is rock hard and other teams' kids bounce off him.
But the space is for kids that want to play and try hard at practice and can be counted on to show up.
For me my athletic make up was a blessing and a curse I had to develop skills and patience.
the kids to day . . .did I really just type that wow
okay so it is a streach to say that it is better today than say the late fifties, and again in the late sixties, in-fact the ends of the decades seem frought with fun and risk.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Here's some words to all you parents out there about your kids...
A few words, then some more words, and several words after that.
Hope that's helpful.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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PS
Grandkids are way easier, except by then they require of us much more energy.
Wait until they get their hooks into you though...ha ha ha!
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