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Advocates for it could at least stop being cowards and call it inflicting physical pain on children.
(lemmy.world)
The usual suspects: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming
"Corporal Punishment," what a lovely, soft language term to legitimize literally terrorizing children through violence.
Maybe. I was in a really small town, but it was a good district that was fairly liberal, all things considered. We always used to joke about what would warrant it, since we were all aware it was a possibility. The form could have been a deterrent tactic, I suppose.