today I had someone, an otherwise seemingly kind rando, try to use the Manager Voice on me as if he thought everyone got the Christian Discipline Conditioning from childhood (parents and even public schools, who think Kids Must Behave Or Else) and now I'm kinda worried that works more often than it doesn't.
but also like, clearly didn't understand that's what it was because he was just completely confused when I told him he'd get a lot further up here in the north if he was less of a dick.
"discipline" here means "constant threat of violent punishment." The right wing Christian household belief set gives permission to parents to do just about anything to children, and teaches that beating or otherwise hurting children is good for them. This creates a conditioned flinch of fear and typically a deference to authority with it. It's often mistaken for leadership. It's not.
