General Discussion

Not only was he a horrible homophobe and hell fire and brimstone advocate. He believed in beating little children and small dogs with belts and god knows what else. And he wrote books instructing others to do the same.

"In a follow-up book, The Strong-Willed Child, which also advocated beating the hell out of the brats, Dobson stated about how long the beating should go on: “Yes, I believe there should be a limit. As long as the tears represent a genuine release of emotion, they should be permitted to fall. But crying quickly changes from inner sobbing to an expression of protest. […] Real crying usually lasts two minutes or less but may continue for five. After that point, the child is merely complaining, and the change can be recognized in the tone and intensity of his voice. I would require him to stop the protest crying, usually by offering him a little more of whatever caused the original tears.” Ah yes, keep hitting the child until their will gives up. What can go wrong?

And it wasn’t just kids that he urged hitting. It was also the family dog! What is it with right wingers and abusing dogs? He described his dachshund — named Sigmund Freud — not wanting to go into its enclosure. So he got the belt. Here’s the relevant passage in The Strong-Willed Child: “I had seen this defiant mood before and knew there was only one way to deal with it. The only way to make Siggie obey is to threaten him with destruction. Nothing else works. I turned and went to my closet and got a small belt to help me ‘reason’ with Mr. Freud. […] “I hit him again and he tried to bite me . . . That tiny dog and I had the most vicious fight ever staged between man and beast. I fought him up one wall and down the other, with both of us scratching and clawing and growling and swinging the belt.”

A dachshund is a small dog and has a strong temperament because they were bred to hunt badgers.