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By dying, on August 21 Dr. James Dobson, evangelical thought leader, anti-gay activist, and staunch defender of child abuse, did the only good thing he ever did with his life.

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His most famous work, 1970’s Dare To Discipline, stands as both his entry into the  public consciousness and as an early salvo of his views. It endorses hitting toddlers as young as two and three years old (pg. 40 & 41, et al)*. It praises trauma bonding–which is classified as a form of abuse by many actual practicing psychologists, for the record–as a genuine expression of parental love (ch.1 p.2,  pg. 23), bemoans the lack of stick-beatings in the classroom (ch. 3, pg.81) and spends a good deal of a book on raising children decrying the ACLU (pg. 87), the  agency of women (pg. 39 & 40, et al), birth control (pg. 146), and most if not all  expressions of human sexuality (ch. 5). 

A follow-up, 1978’s The Strong Willed Child, begins by recounting a time he beat the shit out of his dog (p. 11-14)  and goes on to extol the virtues of doing the same to children.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

He also wrote a book titled "What Women Wish Men Knew About Women." and he wasn't being ironic.

I heard a rumor that he was going to let his wife take it then the first thing she mentioned was "the clit".

[–] Valso@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

I have no idea who that is but I do know who deserves to go to hell, if it existed: Mark Suckerberg.

[–] kingu@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He is reincarnate already!!

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 22 points 1 week ago

Don't insult that poor animal like that.

[–] DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can celebrate their deaths one by one throughout your life, but you'll quickly find there's always another power hungry, greedy asshole ready to take over the job of spreading religious hate for cash. Always. There's always another one, there's an actual line of them waiting to step up.

So don't bother. Focus on taking out the religions, not the individuals.

[–] leftthegroup 7 points 1 week ago

He wasn't "taken out".

We're just celebrating him dying.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Perish in hell, bastard

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No he isn’t, and that’s a shame.

The point of the concept of hell is so we feel better that people who escape justice are punished in the afterlife, but this isn’t a thing.

This fucker escaped justice, and that sucks. We need to make sure people like this are punished in this life because there is no hell. No ‘oh, he’ll be punished in hell’. That’s not real.

I’m angry people like this never get comeuppance. Fuck that. There is no hell, and some people get off scott free.

[–] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The author does state at the end that they don't believe in an afterlife. The title is meant to be more provocative to draw in theistic readers.

I agree with your comment. He escaped all accountability while inflicting suffering and feeling morally justified in it. Makes me sick to my stomach.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was too angry by the end to notice that. The bullshit these idiots peddle and the damage they’ve done to our society truly pisses me off. Like it’s hard for me to see past that now.

I wish this wasn’t true, but I’m becoming blinded by my disdain, to the point I can’t even read anymore.

Did you see they’ve done a trial run of their red heifer sacrifice in Israel? Apparently Mike Johnson was there for the pre-ceremony. I literally can’t.

e: link.

e2: when the house is burning down should we be debating which shades of yellow we’re seeing?