Funny story actually. I was talking with my mother in the kitchen when I was super young and for some reason I put my hand on the stove (I thought it was turned off) So I'm like "OWWWWWWW!!!!!!' And my mom was like "Well what did you expect to happen when you put your hand on a hot stove? XD" (The XD was her laughing a bit)
I get the whole thing with different parenting styles.
If a Parent decides "You know, my child will best learn not to get burned from the stove, if they get burned" I can understand the reasoning.
I personally don't agree with it in this case, but I understand it.
But I was simply saying that such a stove incident is one (of very few) situations where swatting/hitting a child might be acceptable in my personal opinion.
I do agree that anyone trying to shove one overall superior parenting style is not only hurting people, but is being completely ignorant to parenting as a whole and to how bad a "One size fits all" style can be.
But there are specific tactics where I will put my foot down and say should never be used in child raising, physical punishment for the intention of pain being one of them.
I view it with the same logic I would view someone going "I molest my child to discipline them".
No, I'm sorry hypothetical parent. Mentally damaging and harming your child is not good parenting and they do not learn or gain Jack shit from it.
:3 That's what I find fascinating about threads like these.
Because you start out with a lot of people that are giving opinions that would probably considered "unpopular" in society at large (for example, "religion is bad", "society is too sensitive", "parents should hit their kids more", etc), but the fact that there are so many people in agreement shows that the opinions really aren't so unpopular within the Iwaku community (or at least the GC crowd).
So then, because of that, you have people posting opinions that are opposite of all these commonly shared "unpopular" ones ("religion is good", "society is not too sensitive", "parents should not hit their kids"), because reading all the opinions on this thread makes it seem like people who disagree with all these shared stances are then in the minority, even though said opinions would usually be considered to be in the majority in society at large, even though they're clearly the minority in this particular crowd.
So then you can have two opinions that are the exact opposite of each other that are both considered "unpopular", albeit in different ways.
Not to mention, it allows you to say something against commonly-repeating opinions that you disagree with, without calling out any one specific person and starting a debate regarding their specific stance on it and how they worded it. So, you then have a way for everyone to share their opinion and even go into great detail about why they feel the way they do without actually starting any debates, even on heated topics.
And I just think that's fascinating to watch. :D
Eh... Remember Iwaku =/= The General Public.
You've already trimmed down the herd here, so there are going to be some usually unpopular opinions that are going to be more popular on Iwaku.
Especially since this is an Internet community, which are well known for harboring people who are essentially rejected or misunderstood by the outside world.
So some of these 'unpopular' opinions are unpopular in real life, but not here.
But like you said, as a result people will see this unpopular opinion, see it as popular and then treat their own opinion as unpopular.
+Let's remember the whole concept of 'unpopular' or 'popular' is subjective to begin with.
++Let's remember that it's easier to notice people disagreeing than agreeing. Both because people recall negative experiences better, and if someone agree's they'll generally just nod and move on... someone who disagrees though will often either start a debate, or go out their way to insult/degrade you for holding a different viewpoint.
