tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post1478816536288638067..comments2023-09-26T05:14:02.611-04:00Comments on o filthy grandeur!: 61 year old man slaps a toddler for cryingFilthyGrandeurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939478425921080818noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-49982812570272167482009-09-04T18:03:41.492-04:002009-09-04T18:03:41.492-04:00Excellent point, Renee. This guy might have been e...Excellent point, Renee. This guy might have been equally annoyed by a crying boy - or even more so, since boys "aren't supposed to cry", but I'll bet he would have been much less likely to intrude on another man's control of his children.<br /><br />This really is creepy beyond belief. If this guy feels justified in repeatedly striking an unknown child in the presence of her mother in a public place, I can't bear to think about what he felt entitled to do to any children of his own in private.<br /><br />I haven't struck anyone since I was eleven and punched a neighborhood 16-year-old because he was (literally) pushing my older sister around. But Mr. Cranky should be thanking his lucky stars he didn't try that with any child in my charge.Maudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-27621284304366106002009-09-04T16:26:02.568-04:002009-09-04T16:26:02.568-04:00wow, i hadn't even thought of that, Renee, but...wow, i hadn't even thought of that, Renee, but yeah, i can totally see that. this may have been a different situation entirely if it were a father and son instead.<br /><br />semi-related: when i'm at work i have male vendors talk down to me and get rude and loud with me in a way that they do not with my male co-workers, despite that it's my section of the store that their products are going in. it's very frustrating.FilthyGrandeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939478425921080818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-59995700573045957632009-09-04T16:04:21.810-04:002009-09-04T16:04:21.810-04:00After I posted this on my blog, where I focused on...After I posted this on my blog, where I focused on the fact that the same people that were upset because it was a stranger, would have turned a blind eye to a parent, the unhusband pointed out the gendered nature of this assault. This happened to a mother and a little girl, what are the chances that he would not have become violent if the parent had been male? Men often feel that they are entitled to act violent with women and girls due to patriarchal privilege. Would he even have seen a male child crying as annoying? Just some questions that lead to some really interesting conversation in my home.Reneehttp://www.womanist-musings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-41106450252872770372009-09-03T00:57:34.990-04:002009-09-03T00:57:34.990-04:00i can't even imagine how the mother must have ...i can't even imagine how the mother must have reacted. someone ever attempts to hurt my child, you can bet they'd be limping out of that store...FilthyGrandeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939478425921080818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-12433858692980335572009-09-03T00:53:29.196-04:002009-09-03T00:53:29.196-04:00I wish I had been there, I would have beat that gu...I wish I had been there, I would have beat that guys ass all over that storeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-70093871597129767072009-09-02T19:08:30.520-04:002009-09-02T19:08:30.520-04:00Yeah, it's pretty obvious that he was way out ...Yeah, it's pretty obvious that he was way out of line. <br /><br />I wonder what he was charged with? That looks like a mugshot. (And a priceless one at that -- the epitome of a grouchy old man.)macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-36054816062738585172009-09-02T18:34:13.850-04:002009-09-02T18:34:13.850-04:00What do you want to bet that if he gets a vicious ...What do you want to bet that if he gets a vicious lawyer and the mom is some combination of young, unmarried, poor, and/or brown, the asshole walks.<br /><br />On the other hand, if he's the kind of person who feels entitled to enact violence (under the guise of discipline) on someone else's kid (not that it being your own kid entitles you to do violence to them), I wonder what may come out about how he's behaved towards less-powerful people where social concensus might exist that he has some degree of legitimate authority over them, like his own kids or grandkids, spouse, etc.Intransigentiahttp://intransigentia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com