DYSFUNCTIONAL PARENTS TEACH THEIR KIDS BY EXAMPLE

Dysfunctional parents come in all sizes, shapes, and colors.

Kids raised in a dysfunctional environment come out of it with choices to make.

No one chooses to be a dysfunctional parent, but if that’s all you know, what else is there to do?

Plenty.

Starting with, “What is dysfunctional supposed to mean, smarty pants? You think you know everything, so what’s it mean?”

See if you agree:

There’s daddy coming home from a hard day at the factory and a stop on the way for drinks with the crew.

He wobbles out of his Dodge Ram while a dog on a chain barks from the front porch. The man starts cussing.

The dog dodges a few kicks, but catches one in the torso that launches it off the porch. With the dog hanging by its collar, the wife rushes out to save it from choking to death.

Her husband screams at her to leave the dog alone, then starts slapping her around when she returns to the porch and tries to go in the front door.

Five kids watch from windows, then run and hide when daddy comes in. He finds the oldest kid, accuses them of lying when they haven’t said a word, and whips them with an extension cord while his wife hurries to put food on the table.

After daddy passes out and mom tucks him in, the oldest kid beats on the smaller kids for getting him in trouble.

The Future Of Dysfunctional Parents

Here’s the dysfunction scorecard so far:

The dad is raising his kids the way he was raised, the same way his dad was raised.

Mom is understanding and knows her role since her father did the same things in her family growing up.

The kids all look forward to growing up and dishing out the same treatment they received.

This is multi-generational dysfunction with no checks and balances.

The man is a brute, the woman saw her mother endure worse beatings than her, and the kids all go to school with bruises from ‘just being kids.’

They live in a community of punching and slapping when their words don’t convey the correct meaning.

“Don’t talk when there are adults in the room. No one wants to hear anything from some stupid kid.”

“Keep quiet unless spoken to by an adult.”

“Finish every last scrap of food on your plate or I’ll give it to the dog and you’ll both sleep outside.”

“School is for pussies who are afraid to work. Look at me. I dropped out after eighth grade and I’m fine.”

Current Dysfunction

That was the wind-up, and here’s the pitch:

A man accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 returned to his loving family with special thoughts and warning.

Reffitt’s children allegedly were “disturbed” by his “extreme” statements. When they expressed alarm, he allegedly told them that “if you turn me in, you’re a traitor and you know what happens to traitors…traitors get shot.”

His wife provided information on the fight to investigators.

Along with:

Also on Sunday, the FBI received an arrest warrant for Michael Sparks, whom they accused of being the first person to jump into the Capitol through a broken window. Sparks’ acquaintances told investigators that he appeared to plan insurrection ahead of his trip to D.C. “This time we are going to shut it down,” an associate heard him saying on a phone call about the Jan. 6 event, according to the FBI.

The FBI affidavit also includes ominous Facebook posts Sparks allegedly authored before the attack: “TRUMP WILL BE YOUR PRESIDENT 4 more years in JESUS NAME. No need to reply to this just be ready for a lot of big events. Have radios for power loss etc. Love every body [sic]”

Dysfunctional Love

One argument for people who act out is, “They don’t know any better.”

It goes along with, “That’s just how they were raised.”

And, “They are no different than anyone else.”

Dysfunctional parents have a lot to lean on, right until it stops making sense.

Does it make sense that these hardcore, freedom loving, Jesus praying people transfer their need for guidance to a man who hates them for being who they are, but needs them to be who he is?

Who cuddles up to a loud mouthed fat man in makeup and hairspray as their ideal male?

What church man sides with a poorly aging, admitted ‘grab ’em by the pussy’, tax cheating, condo salesman?

Where do meaty men in military surplus camo, strapped and equipped with zip ties, radios, and inside details, find strength from a leader who wipes the scum from his dirty life on them?

And they ask for more, more, more.

How Does It End For Dysfunctional Parents

Millions upon millions of real Americans miss their spiritual daddy and the ‘facts’ he laid down for them to suck up.

“The corona virus is fake and will disappear like magic.”

He didn’t promise 600,000 deaths, but created an environment suited for that and more.

How much more?

Enter Donald Trump.

“Joe Biden kept talking about how good of a job he’s doing on the distribution of the Vaccine that was developed by Operation Warp Speed or, quite simply, the Trump Administration,” the 45th president said in a statement released via his Save America PAC on Sunday. “He’s not doing well at all. He’s way behind schedule, and people are refusing to take the Vaccine because they don’t trust his Administration, they don’t trust the Election results, and they certainly don’t trust the Fake News, which is refusing to tell the Truth.”

Is this version of The Truth about election results?

Or The Truth about peaceful tourists gathering at the Capitol on Jan. 6?

Could it be The Truth about his own covid19 virus experience?

One True Truth

If you tell a crowd to ‘rough up’ someone who doesn’t agree with you, that you’ll pay their legal bills, someone might get beat up.

Tell another crowd to march on the Capitol and fight, that you’ll be right there with them, they might take you at your work in spite of loads of crap already spread.

And now the The Truth about the covid vaccine, and how it’s effectiveness is tied to a lost election.

The Truth on this page comes from a writer experienced enough to connect a few dots.

One: A screaming man may get followers, but never enough to shut him up because his act reminds them of their dear old dad.

Two: A whining man who enjoys feeling superior to his base of followers to the point of it not mattering what he says, is not a leader of men.

Three: Men and women who follow said crying man with every fiber of their being are the same who disrupt businesses with their anti-science anti-mask shenanigans; who want new elections, recounts on the recounts, and need their father figure to tell them what to do next.

From one father to other parents: ignore this ignorance. You know better than to line up for another mouthful of spicy bullshit.

Know Who You Are

Be a real man and listen to your wife and kids, not some schmo with a string of broken marriages and sketchy kids.

Help your friends understand that independent thinking is essential for better choices. That looking for the next ass to kiss isn’t the same as finding a better way forward.

Stay safe, stay healthy. Take precautions when needed and wear a mask. Throw caution and conspiracy to the wind and get a covid vaccination.

Your boy right here has been around enough to say no one wants to drown in their own fluids in a hospital bed; no one wants to tap out when they still have a chance for living a better life.

If none of this makes any sense, then carry on like dysfunctional parents. Just know that those you leave behind won’t remember you the way you want to be remembered if you die from a virus you said was a hoax.

A hoax doesn’t come with a vaccine, that part is up to you.

Are you up to it?