• Prison Mike@links.hackliberty.org
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    30 days ago

    I wish you weren’t getting downvoted because you don’t seem to be making some wild claim — it’s not like you’re saying everyone’s out there poisoning the kids.

    I think there’s merit to your argument, and even if not it makes for interesting discussion.

    • actually@lemmy.world
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      30 days ago

      Thanks, it honestly took a bit of courage to reply in those comments. I have been severely bashed by others about this very topic since the 1990s, so eventually I just went with the flow. There seems to be a large group of people, now and then, who were improperly scared and restricted by overprotective parents who made similar arguments to justify their bad parenting decisions. Or seen their friends restricted.

      It actually touches on why there are not so many kids playing today outside, unsupervised. All these baseless fears

      So, for many, anything that reminds them of that, is going to get a good downvote or so, at the very least, if not a snarky comment. But, while I have supervised or been on several Halloweens, now that my kids are grown and the grandkids are starting new traditions, I would like to be done with these fears while not embracing the idea that everyone is kind, nice or safe. Street smarts… etc

      Its a very contentious subject, and I would not be surprised this comment will rub people the wrong way. If you want to see interesting American social dynamics, this is a prime example. Its not entirely out of the realm I would be called a bad parent or bad grandparent simply by saying what I said