If I ever have kids, I'm going to teach them the value of refusing to just obey authority figures

[ck4829]

If I were to tell them to do something and not tell them why and they did it... I would chastise them for just following what an authority figure said.

"Wow, you just did what I said without knowing why? Go to your room/Give me your phone for five minutes and think about what you just did."

No, this isn't tongue in cheek, if parents did this, while frustrating at times, it would stop authoritarianism and the creeping fascism cold in it's tracks and from what I know of my extended family as well as from my own experience growing up, you would be raising kids you would be 100% proud of.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I grew up independently resisting authority figures, esp. if they were wrong.

I pushed back on my father for being angry, arbitrary, and dismissive of me.

Classic example: When I was 17, Dad got mad at something I said or did. He yelled at me. He told me I was grounded for two weeks, meaning I had to stay in the house after dinner. I looked coldly at him and pronounced that he couldn't do that to me. Always ready for a challenge from me, Dad rebutted, "Oh yes, I can! I'm your father!" (Go for the obvious and weakest argument, Dad . . . ) I then had to remind him that his punishment was redundant because he hadn't realized that I always returned to my bedroom to read after dinner. Always. Sarcastically, I suggested that maybe he should push me out the front door, slam it, and lock it behind me -- to really teach me a lesson.

My mother, sister, and brother were afraid of him. I was scared but never too scared to stand up to a bully, even if it was my father.

[d_r]

2. Black children

Get shot

[Yavin4]

3. Yep. They get shot even when they obey authority figures. n/t