High Correlation Between Trump Supporters and Pro-Spanking People?

[KittyWampus]

Some people on DU love to hate Facebook. I have a very few real world family/friends on FB and belong to groups for politics and art and history. I get great graphics, information and humor from those groups.

I also play a couple of games. And for games you join the relevant community and add friends solely for the purpose of playing that game.

So I have quite a large number of virtual "friends" who simply play the same games I do. Many are liberal and many are conservative Trump supporters. I let the little stuff go and push back on the worst. And rejoice when I finally get someone to delete or block me... LOL

Anyway, I have found a really high correlation between people who post positive stuff about Trump and those who post graphics that laud spanking kids.

I really wonder if a lot of the psychological dynamics of Trump/Republicanism is thinking you somehow deserve abuse. People who were abused as kids never grew out of that sick cycle.

[kwassa]

1. corporal punishment for students is still legal in former Confederate states ....

that is one strong point of correlation.

[elleng]

2. I suspect a correlation,

I'm pro-Professor Lakoff, with the Good Mommy/Bad Daddy split, and I don't think I've seen a 'spanking' discussion among my FB friends, most ACTUAL friends from personal relationships.

[Phoenix61]

10. Thanks, I hadn't read anything by Lakoff on family

structure before I saw your post. John Bradshaw in "On The Family" touched on some of the same points Lakoff made. When Hitler came to power the German family was definitely authoritarian. Some suggest that aided Hitler.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. Trump appeals to authoritarians. Authoritarians demand compliance.

John Dean wrote a book on authoritarianism in politics. I haven't read it but heard him speak on the topic a number of times. He's a smart guy with a lot of personal experience whose book is well-referenced.

[irisblue]

6. get it from the library if you have not read it yet. very well done

[hvn_nbr_2]

4. "The child is father of the man"

Somebody famous said that but I don't feel like looking up who. Anyway, concerning abuse, I extend that saying to, "The abused child is father of the abusive man." Your observation is quite likely right on.

[pinboy3niner]

5. 50 Shades of Trumpettes?

[Glamrock]

7. I don't know, I was spanked as a kid.

I'm thinking there's a higher correlation between Trump supporters and head injuries.

[subterranean]

8. Being pro-spanking correlates with an authoritarian world view.

And authoritarianism was found by at least one study to correlate more strongly than any other variable with support for Donald Trump.

[Phoenix61]

9. There is a correlation between Twitler

voters and hostility toward women. I can see how that would translate to an authoritarian family structure where blind obedience is highly valued. Throw in the Christian right and the spare the rod spoil the child belief for good measure.