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[North Carolina Pastor instructs congregants to beat children who act outside of gender norms.]

So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, 'Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,' you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed.

Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God to be a male and you are going to be a male. And when your daughter starts acting too butch, you reign her in. And you say, 'Oh, no, sweetheart. You can play sports. Play them to the glory of God. But sometimes you are going to act like a girl and walk like a girl and talk like a girl and smell like a girl and that means you are going to be beautiful. You are going to be attractive. You are going to dress yourself up.'

Pastor Sean Harris, Huffington Post 92 Comments [5/6/2012 5:18:40 AM]
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Submitted By: Rabbit of Caerbannog
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#1399775
whoanelly

Ugh. Please, please, please just die, so you don't pollute the world with this foul shit anymore.

5/6/2012 6:08:46 PM

#1399784
Raised by Horses

More quality advice from the religion of Family Values, which brought us such hits as "stone your children if they talk back" and "it's okay to kill your kids as long as you think you're hearing the voice of God".

This guy's got some major issues to work out. It's only a matter of time before he's discovered in a motel room with a gay hooker and a metric ton of blow.

5/6/2012 6:49:42 PM

#1399785
Robespierre

Because there are no macho gays or lipstick lesbians...

5/6/2012 6:52:00 PM

#1399786
Skyknight

@Reynardine: Actually, because of the capitalization, I thought you were referring to a board game or Apple IIc-era computer game. Bah...{has lived his entire life in coastal Massachusetts}

5/6/2012 6:53:34 PM

#1399788
JSS

Aww. Children cannot stand up for themselves the same way an adult can, so therefore it's okay to be bullies and moral cockroaches by encouraging violence against them, right Mr. Harris? I mean, it's not like you should be expected to peddle the same garbage against someone you're own size right? They could beat you up.

Let's hope your preaching gets to the social services congregation.

5/6/2012 7:17:11 PM

#1399789
Wehpudicabok

Fuck off and die, you prick.

If I had been your child, I would have killed myself. Literally. There were times that I wanted to kill myself anyway even though I'm lucky enough to have loving, supportive parents. If I had sprung from your satanic genes I doubt I would have lived to see my eighteenth birthday. Death would have been greatly preferable.

You are the most despicable being I can imagine.

5/6/2012 7:19:14 PM

#1399804
rebel

Go Die in a Fucking Fire. I don't care which way you look at it, you're advocating child abuse. So much for that, "Won't someone please think of the children" line, you fundies are so fond of.

5/6/2012 9:31:18 PM

#1399807
Hasher

Dickhead!

5/6/2012 10:40:32 PM

#1399821
\m/>_<\m/

reminds me of some bullying i suffered because i wasn't aggressive enough when playing football... good thing i knew how to pitch a screwball, or sports would've been even more dreadful.

FYI, Harris, sports =/= manliness incarnate

5/7/2012 1:45:14 AM

#1399856
Big Jilm

Besides all the other obvious insanity, who would make their 4-year-old dig a ditch?

And another thing, fuck stick: androgyny != gay. There are feminine heterosexuals and masculine homosexuals.

5/7/2012 4:04:17 AM

#1399875
Atheissimo

@ Reynardine

As a Briton I was never more than 70-something miles from the sea, so beach civil engineering figured quite a lot on my holidays.

I didn't have the benefit of the Atlantic or Pacific though. When you've got the North Sea bearing down on your little sand village it genuinely is a matter of life and cold, windy death.

5/7/2012 5:20:27 AM

#1399876
Atheissimo

@ Skynight

It's brilliant fun. You build an elaborate sand town complete with streets, castles, pools etc. when the tide is out

Then you have to dig ditches and build walls and dams to keep the sea from destroying it when the tide comes back in. You get the most points if your town gets completely surrounded by the sea without succumbing, though it always does in the end.

5/7/2012 5:25:02 AM

#1399892
dionysus

You punch your fucking kids? What a fucking asshole! What, does it make you feel all big and mighty to be using violence on those smaller than you? You fucking bully!

5/7/2012 6:33:22 AM

#1399913
SpukiKitty

@clockworkgirl21

Apparently you didn't read my post. I still think he's a complete monster!

Need I SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU IN LITERAL TERMS?

Can't a gal be facetious for once?


5/7/2012 7:13:12 AM

#1399916
aaa

Tell me a good reason to not beat your ass with a cricket bat.

5/7/2012 7:20:52 AM

#1399923


Who digs a ditch when they're four?
Here's something basic about human psychology that this geezer doesn't seem to know; when you "squash" (repress) fantasies, desires etc, they tend to rebound with equal force, sooner or later.
What is it that could make someone react with such aggressiveness to differences in gender roles? Could it be that playing with gender roles threatens patriarchal power itself?

5/7/2012 7:26:19 AM

#1399938
D Laurier

Methinks this pastor needs a good punch.

or two... or ten.

5/7/2012 7:39:29 AM

#1399948
Raised by Horses

@Big Jilm

"Besides all the other obvious insanity, who would make their 4-year-old dig a ditch?"

Apparently, Pastor Harris here would:

Harris: Son, stop lollygagging around the house, already. Get in the yard a dig a ditch.
Son: But daaaaaad...
Harris: DIG!

Like I said, this guy's got issues. Listen to his screed on Youtube. The guy's screaming and sounding like he's moments away from suffering a complete mental breakdown.

5/7/2012 7:55:05 AM

#1399954
Misterboston

Utter bullshit. I have a 14-month-old son. He is the light of my life. He's a happy, easy-going, kind, generous, humorous little guy, and I treasure every minute I spend with him. The idea of trying to "modify" who he is by punishing any behavior or expression he may someday exhibit outsive of the "norm" is about the most monstrous thing I can imagine. My job is to help him discover the person inside, to become the best person he can be. To do anyting less just seems so repellent to me.

5/7/2012 8:06:56 AM

#1399978
Tatsukun

I have a feeling tons and tons of early female American settlers would 1) take issue with this guys' bullshit, and 2) kick his ass.


5/7/2012 8:49:08 AM

#1399986
Xotan

Would some kind soul please translate 'Man up' into standard English, please.

Oh, and does NC have no legislation against child abuse? If it does why isn't this 'pastor' in jail for advocating a crime?

5/7/2012 9:10:56 AM

#1400042
John

Homosexuality can be beaten out of people? Who knew it was that easy?

5/7/2012 11:39:36 AM

#1400085
Frelus

Someone read too much “Holes“?
For those who do not know, it is a novel about a bootcamp where young teens are forced to dig holes, and anything else I could write here would make no sense out of context.

5/7/2012 1:52:45 PM

#1400170
Shadoboy

Hopefully everyone idiotic enough to hear this dickwad will end up in jail for child abuse. Preferably with a big black guy in their cell asking them to call him Molly.

5/7/2012 9:18:11 PM

#1400183


My children will surely trust what I say is true if I BEAT it into them.

5/7/2012 10:04:37 PM
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