Damn, that's deep
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Isn't this just another way of denying free will?
Why should one be grateful for something that is an entitlement?
I think being contrarian has a fair amount of value, if it's not done mindlessly.
No, because the child still has their free will to do as they please, and so does the parent. However, the child has been influenced in their personality, values and thereby will by the parent's rearing. Unless you want to argue that people are 100% nature, their will will be influenced incredibly heavily by their parent's. Ergo, they hold considerable blame when a child, who we do not hold to the same standards as an adult as they are still maturing, commits an action.
Which means it is pure selfishness and denying their own culpability when they now deny that child love over something they do. They have the freedom to do so, regardless.
The same way I say thank you when someone whose job is to do something does that something. Taking something for granted has always been a negative act, regardless if it is in fact granted.
If you think this level of contrarian isn't mindless, then you really are losing your edge. Because all its doing is making you look dumber and everyone else double down because of how easy it is to pick your argument apart.
Except in cases of abuse, it is pretty close to 100%. People do not want to hear this, but it is the truth.
The intention was not at all to deny anyone's culpability. Only to say that people are entitled to nothing.
It is far more likely to be taken for granted if you present it as an entitlement.
And yet no one did.
Sure man. Whatever makes you feel more intelligent.
No one successfully challenging your claims does not make you either intelligent or stupid.