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adjl posted...

So do some actual research. If the facts as presented by people that have actually studied them conflict with what you've seen in day-to-day life, don't just wring your hands and say "oh, it's hard for me to believe that" and dismiss the facts without thinking about it any further. Try to understand why you're seeing that inconsistency. Most of the time, I can tell you that the reason is going to be that you're wrong.

This is especially true where "everything you've seen in your life" is a handful of anecdotal evidence where you've done nothing to control for confounding variables or biases or even actually assess whether or not negative outcomes have arisen. You have zero credible basis for your opinion. To value your opinion higher than that of those that have a credible basis for theirs is just plain dumb.

Ive read the research before. This isnt the first spanking topic And it still doesnt change my mind Mainly because, like I mentioned earlier, its not what Ive seen in my experience So, even though science says one thing, its hard for me to believe when everything Ive seen IRL says differently So, even though I shouldnt say, Its hard to believe that, it still is And thats how its going to be, I guess