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COL Mustard

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17. It's the whole philosophy of...

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 10:07 AM

23 hrs ago

Spare the rod, spoil the child. Which, by the way, is not found in the Bible, although many of these faux-Christians think it is, especially in the Deep South, where this incident took place.

She was released the next day on bond, but the school fired her. If she goes to prison for this, I imagine the other inmates will make life Hell for her...they don't like child abusers.

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Christian School Teacher of the Year Arrested and FIRED after adult son posted video of her beating younger son [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday OP

kids KNOW!!! Years ago there was a young girl ( maybe 11) in town who went to the police station samnsara Yesterday #1

Yup, my oldest granddaughter was "the nicest, kindest" girl at 11... haele 18 hrs ago #43

What is with these "christian" parents? mwmisses4289 Yesterday #2

so much of their self worth is tied up in their kids. mopinko Yesterday #5

rules azureblue 23 hrs ago #8

It makes me wonder does she do this to her students? mwmisses4289 23 hrs ago #9

spare the rod, spoil the child Brainstormy 23 hrs ago #10

I'm an atheist but... NNadir 23 hrs ago #12

James Dobson and his fellow travelers would disagree with the Episcopalian Priest. paleotn 22 hrs ago #22

That is a really interesting interpretation, and it does makes sense... electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #40

there's ALWAYS another explanation Brainstormy 17 hrs ago #45

It's in the bible. Old Testament christians are a violent bunch. sop 23 hrs ago #14

Ok, I haven't read a Bible in so long, I've forgotten a lot it (thankfully). mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #20

It is. You know, the 'spare the rod spoil the child' bullshit. Joinfortmill 23 hrs ago #15

It is in fundigelical circles. They're all about it. paleotn 23 hrs ago #16

I remember those cases now. I believe mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #25

When you govern your life by a 2000 year old book, what would you expect? walkingman 22 hrs ago #32

Nailed It ProfessorGAC 17 hrs ago #44

It's the whole philosophy of... COL Mustard 23 hrs ago #17

A lot of conservative Christian parents are all in on corporal punishment, and back it up with passages from the bible. Martin68 21 hrs ago #33

It's an EXCUSE MorbidButterflyTat 18 hrs ago #41

Well, disciple and discipline have the same root meaning. cloudbase Yesterday #3

Bully WmChris Yesterday #4

Cell phones and CCTV are great. multigraincracker 23 hrs ago #6

agreed BlueWaveNeverEnd 23 hrs ago #7

Sickening.. mountain grammy 23 hrs ago #11

My outrage has no bounds. None. Throw her in jail. NOW. Joinfortmill 23 hrs ago #13

The shool was using Old Crank 23 hrs ago #18

Some people shouldn't breed Aviation Pro 23 hrs ago #19

This woman needs some serious jail time. flashman13 22 hrs ago #21

Dead eyes. niyad 22 hrs ago #23

I am of a generation where corporal punishment was very common. In fact it was the norm. Although hitting a child 20 Fil1957 22 hrs ago #24

Yeah, our butts got it only once with either open palm or wooden paddle. mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #26

That's horrible.🙁 Dave Bowman 22 hrs ago #27

A "Christian" school UpInArms 22 hrs ago #28

"it transpired" bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #29

Mommy.nt moniss 22 hrs ago #30

Where does it say she was "Teacher of the Year"? Bluetus 22 hrs ago #31

Former Alabama Teacher of the Year Arrested Over Beating Child in Viral Video BlueWaveNeverEnd 21 hrs ago #35

Thank you. I think we should be clear Bluetus 21 hrs ago #39

It was clear MorbidButterflyTat 18 hrs ago #42

Big brother deserves praise Iris 21 hrs ago #34

Lil bro too. I think lil bro filmed it, sent video to older bro BlueWaveNeverEnd 21 hrs ago #37

Those are strong bonds. Iris 21 hrs ago #38

Read something once that helped me have a bit more sympathy for some of these lunatic fundamentalists EverHopeful 21 hrs ago #36