Stop defending Adrian Peterson. Seriously, just stop.
I have read hundreds of comments all over the internet defending Adrian Peterson until I can’t take it anymore. I am shocked, and saddened, by the number of people gleefully recounting stories of their own abuse to justify Adrian Peterson’s beating of his 4 year old son. “We all got whippins. We turned out fine.” “That’s what’s wrong this country. No one will beat a kid’s a** anymore.” As if hitting children somehow equates to patriotism and if only more people would do it, we could save the country from the clutches of wild-eyed liberals. And of course the ever popular, “Spare the rod, spoil the child.” We’ll get to that one in a moment.
What is going on? Has everyone lost their minds? Would your reactions be different if he had beaten a woman this way?
Here are the facts: the abuse was so severe that it was reported by the boy’s pediatrician. According to the police report, the child had bloody cuts all over his body, including his genitals, bruising to his face, and he also described how his father stuffed his mouth full of leaves. To top it all off, Peterson then sent out jovial text messages describing what he had just done to his child. Folks, not one bit of this is even remotely defensible.
I have read hundreds of comments all over the internet defending Adrian Peterson until I can’t take it anymore. I am shocked, and saddened, by the number of people gleefully recounting stories of their own abuse to justify Adrian Peterson’s beating of his 4 year old son. “We all got whippins. We turned out fine.” “That’s what’s wrong this country. No one will beat a kid’s a** anymore.” As if hitting children somehow equates to patriotism and if only more people would do it, we could save the country from the clutches of wild-eyed liberals. And of course the ever popular, “Spare the rod, spoil the child.” We’ll get to that one in a moment.
What is going on? Has everyone lost their minds? Would your reactions be different if he had beaten a woman this way?
Here are the facts: the abuse was so severe that it was reported by the boy’s pediatrician. According to the police report, the child had bloody cuts all over his body, including his genitals, bruising to his face, and he also described how his father stuffed his mouth full of leaves. To top it all off, Peterson then sent out jovial text messages describing what he had just done to his child. Folks, not one bit of this is even remotely defensible.
