Karmelo Anthony is a product of a 2-parent home.
Went to school daily, played sports, and was on track to graduate HS.
Yet and still.
He carried a knife, and justified stabbing Austin Metcalf with, โhe put his hands on me.โ
This is cultural conditioning.
If you grew up Gen X, you didnโt just play outside, you LIVED outside.
You knew the exact metallic sweet taste of garden hose water on a July afternoon.
You ran the streets like wild packs with zero adult supervision, no phones, no trackers, just the sun on your neck and dirt between your toes.
Nobody strapped you into a seatbelt. You vanished into the woods or the empty lots for hours, and the only GPS you needed was your internal clock and the streetlights.
You knew your neighborhood like a soldier knows his battlefield, every alley shortcut, every rooftop you werenโt supposed to be on, every neighbor whoโd rat you out.
You navigated the whole world with nothing but your own two eyes and whatever change was in your pocket.
And the golden rule? If you stepped foot inside the house before dark, you were volunteering for chores.
That was our childhood.
No safety nets.
No screen time.
Just pure, reckless, beautiful independence.
Raise your hand if you survived itโฆ and wouldnโt trade it for anything. โ
@realpeteyb123 My dad was old-school and gave out good whooping when I was younger. When I had my children, I gave my son a spanking when he was two, and decided to never do that ever again and never did.
@Saeed1094601@gotrice2024 Unfortunately, heโd probably be allergic to whatever you fed him and his parents would sue you and youโd lose everything.
Indians need to understand, we don't care if you call us racist. We've been called worse by much better. Texas will not allow our state or this country to be turned into the shithole many of you came from. Keep your religion in your homes and temples. Do not plant idols in our public spaces. This is OUR country, NOT yours.
Assimilate or leave!!