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Grouchy-Range-9032 , unattributed Report

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) How many witches were burned at the stake during the salem witch trials?

None. There’s no such things as witches, they burned innocent girls and women. Awful.

100points

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FreeTheUnicorn 13 hours ago

No one was burned at the stake in Salem. 19 hangings, one man pressed to death. More than 180 accused were not killed. Many were toetured. It's a stain on our history but so get your facts right.

103points

TheVendingMachineWas , Sora Shimazaki/pexels Report

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Open sexual harassment, unwanted touching, SA, etc against secretaries, female assistants, etc by their bosses. Woman were supposed to just grin and bear it.

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Johnny McFearless 12 hours ago

Also the fact that women were only secretaries and assistants.

52points

TrickySeagrass , Manoj Chauhan /unsplash Report

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Child marriage.

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WindySwede 14 hours ago

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22points

Outrageous-Yak4884 , @coldbeer /pexels Report

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Bull fighting in Spain.

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Mavis 14 hours ago

The pic looks like a rodeo not bullfighting. Rodeo is also disgusting.

64points

Young_Old_Grandma , Mulyadi /unsplash Report

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Doctors going on duty for more than 24 hours straight.

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Tamra 12 hours ago

I don't know how it is in other countries, but here in the US there has been a long-standing culture of over-working healthcare professionals. It's nearly ubiquitous to see doctors and nurses working insane hours, and it makes absolutely no sense.

37points

shutupandevolve , Pranidchakan Boonrom/pexels Report

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) The way some people treated pets. Leaving them outside. Hitting them.

85points

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WindySwede 14 hours ago

Talking about shooting cats just to prove they are real men.. no you are not, you are covering up some inside insecurity and feel you have to prove you are a real man to cover it up! 🤨🤕

25points

Flat_Ad1094 , Lucas Metz /unsplash Report

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Hitting children. Beating up children badly.

78points

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cerinamroth 12 hours ago

Hate to break it to you but still pretty common.

37points

Jon Steensen 11 hours ago (edited)

yep, and the scary part is that you get hailed down for it when you point it out.... some even quote the bible to defend it, "spare the rod, spoil the child", while completely ignoring all the other lessons from in there. (I'm not religious, and not trying to "sell" the book, but I know enough to see how that is completely ignorant)

7points

JJ 11 hours ago

...while at the same time you'll go to jail for hitting another adult, at least in most countries.

4points

WubiDubi 6 hours ago

Illegal in Scotland.

2points

El Dee 4 hours ago

Still happens. In Scotland the Monday after Saturday's 'Old Firm Game' sees many women missing work and children missing school lest their bruises and other injuries show..

1point

Noyfb 4 hours ago

This from the participation trophy/time out generation. Look how far we've come!

1point

Vivi Pettiss 8 hours ago

My dad sometimes gave me a slap but it was more to snap me out of whatever tantrum I was in than cause me pain. It was light and left no marks. If you get physical with your child, you should only hit them like this.

1point

Tamra 7 hours ago (edited)

You should NEVER get physical with a child. Hitting a child is never justifiable. Parents who hit children are ignorant, lazy, or have anger issues. As an adult, you should be smart enough and calm enough to discipline your child without hitting them.

4points

Nimitz 15 minutes ago

Matt Groening owes thousands of children a deep apology. My dad and others like him saw Homer Simpson choking his kid and followed suit. My dad would grab us and lift us by the neck into the air, choking us, or just throttle us like Homer did to Bart. Groening enabled the s**t out of child abusing parents

0points

tori Ohno 2 hours ago

Some American schools still use paddling as punishment. We're trying to make it illegal, but some parents agree with it.

0points

Ruthie R 4 hours ago (edited)

Most chocolate is produced courtesy of child slavery. https://foodispower.org/human-labor-slavery/slavery-chocolate/

0points

justagirl 9 hours ago

I mean, my mom will give me a slap sometimes because i'll be honest, i REALLY deserved the slap. Usually she just gives me extra math. not a bad thing. I hate it, so it disciplines me, and I also to better math. win-win.

-1point

Kira Okah 5 hours ago

I bet that those situations woud have been better resolved by a proper conversation so both sides could understand what was acually going on. My sister's ex used to hit my nephew for acting up (why he is an ex), and when they could finally sit down and talk, it turned out that my nephew was actually in pain every time he acted up; chronic tonsillitis. One tonsillectomy later, never acted up like that since.

2points

Kerry Fletcher 3 hours ago

Nothing wrong with a good smack on the a*s or palm but once. Only had it done to me 1x. Beating is another thing

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Pandora 13 hours ago

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Kira Okah 13 hours ago

Fair punishment never involves violence.

11points

Eric Berger MD 8 hours ago

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Tamra 7 hours ago

Disagree. If a parent doesn't have the intelligence and patience to discipline a child without resorting to physical punishment, then they shouldn't be a parent. Hitting a child (yes, that includes spanking) is the refuge of a lazy, undisciplined mind.

5points

MamaKit92 , Inga Seliverstova /pexels Report

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Spousal r*pe. It was legal up until 1983 in Canada. It wasn’t until 1993 that it became illegal in ALL of the US; prior to that it was only illegal in 3 as of 1975. I’ve heard some men reminisce about the days when they didn’t need consent from their wives. I’ve even heard women condemn other women for having the “nerve” to ever deny their husbands sex. It’s disgusting.

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Sofia 14 hours ago

there is worse... in italy the raper could marry the victim and repair the crime he committed

33points

Bizarre_Protuberance , John Trumbull Report

#10

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Definitely slavery, not just because it's a horrible thing to justify but also because people try to justify it *so often*.

One of the most popular lies in America is the lie that the so-called "founding fathers" can't be judged for owning slaves because that was accepted practice back then. In fact, the judge in the British Somerset case called slavery an "odious institution" in 1772: well before the US constitution was written. The abolition movement was very much in full swing in the anglosphere at the time. The Somerset ruling banned slavery in the British Isles in 1772. Canada banned slavery in 1793.

And yet Americans persist in pretending that slavery was widely accepted with no concerns at the time of the country's founding, just because they don't want to admit that the US founding fathers were bad people. They have their very own mythology, complete with heroes and villains, and they will not tolerate harsh criticism of those heroes.

65points

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GettingCereal 14 hours ago

There was also a major push to get abolition into the constitution, but the southern states threw such a hissy fit that the rest caved.

27points

#11

Just yesterday i had someone try telling me they regretted taking the covid vaccine and that "back than no one took vaccines".

I replied with "and people got polio".

whelplookatthat Report

59points

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Sofia 14 hours ago

The black plague killed almost the half of all humanity...

13points

Monalisa9298 , Polina Tankilevitch/pexels Report

#12

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Open misogyny and sexual harassment in the workplace. I’m a 64 yo professional woman and the behavior of some my male colleagues and superiors was horrible. And no one batted an eye.

58points

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El Dee 3 hours ago

Still happens..

5points

#13

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Forced marriage.

anon , Aastha Bansal/UNSPALSH Report

57points

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WindySwede 14 hours ago

An scientific education and sexual education should be mandatory for everyone, all over the world! Let go of old s**t!

17points

texaslucasanon , Monstera Production/pexels Report

#14

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) "My parents whipped my butt and screamed at me. I turned out fine."

Umm... no you didnt. You need therapy, boundaries, and a healthier friend group.

56points

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Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal 9 hours ago

If you think child abuse was acceptable, you didn't turn it fine

22points

rougecomete , Pavel Danilyuk /pexels Report

#15

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Adult musicians sleeping with puberty-aged groupies. Guarantee every single one of your faves did it or was in a band with someone who did.

53points

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WonderWoman 9 hours ago

I think that is still happening

11points

#16

Horrific mistreatment of disabled people. It’s still not great on a general global scale, but at least we don’t get left in the woods as infants or stuck in freak shows to entertain the masses.

an_ineffable_plan Report

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WindySwede 13 hours ago (edited)

And even just women who be "out of order"? Edit: like put in asylum for being anything her husband/dad didn't want to?

19points

AetherealSubject , Keira Burton/pexels Report

#17

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) All forms of bullying. It looked cool from people in high school according to my classmates. Now some of my classmates were now gone due to bullying. It’s not cool.

42points

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Ace 15 hours ago

Bullying was and is never cool. I really don't think anything has changed in this case, it's still just as common and bad as it used to be, just that a lot of it is done via modern tech rather than ust face to face these days.

16points

PickleFluffy1387 , Andrea Piacquadio/pexels Report

#18

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Automatically needing to respect your elders (and anyone older than you) just because it's the 'right' thing to do, not because they deserve your respect or did anything to earn it, but just because.

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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 13 hours ago

As Tony Benn said, you should respect everyone, until they give you good reason not to.

61points

BeeMyHomey , cottonbro studio/pexels Report

#19

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Ownership and the subservience of women. "Back in my day the women didn't vote or work, they waited on their knees for the husband to come home with a hot meal in one hand a strong drink in the other" along with a litany of other female slave fantasies men have of modern women.

42points

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WindySwede 14 hours ago

That is also a thing in the bible, if someone hurt a women so she miscarriages, they are supposed to pay money to her spouse or otherwise her father. That is nothing in the line of being an independent individual!

9points

TwincessAhsokaAarmau , Uncredited DOJ photographer Report

#20

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Throwing rocks at Ruby Bridges.

41points

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Weirdo with Internet 9 hours ago

These people are still alive! This wasn't that long ago and even if it was, still wouldn't justify throwing rocks and insults at a child

20points

Upstairs-Storm1006 Report

#21

Gay jokes. Go watch movies from the 80's & 90's. Or just watch "Friends," there were cheap gay gags in basically every episode. .

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Marianne 13 hours ago

True! I was so normal. Also using the term "gay" as a demeaning word in all kinds of situations.

21points

#22

Genital mutilation of children.

qmriis Report

40points

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Not Who You Think 5 hours ago (edited)

"It's a cultural/religious thing." Maybe you need to take a step back and really pay attention to what you're saying.

17points

#23

Genociding Native Americans.

Jack-of-Hearts-7 Report

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Hans Georg 13 hours ago

Genociding any people.

24points

coffeedr1nk3rrr1 , Hobbies on a Budget/flickr Report

#24

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) My grandma was telling us about some random stuff about her life as a kid, the usual, and then she dropped that her neighbor would give her a quarter to see her underwear? when she was like 5-6? wild s**t

also cheating on your spouse .

36points

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Not Who You Think 5 hours ago

The 25 cents for a little girls underwear peek is truly awful, but I love how "cheating on your spouse" was kind of added as an afterthought.

8points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#25

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Listening to stories from older colleagues there is so much stuff that was considered standard practice that would give Health and Safety an aneurysm these days. S**t like handling asbestos with zero protective equipment, even after people started realizing how bad it was for your health! Or guys working with natural gas lighting up a ciggie on the job site and it being perfectly fine because "we're not smoking near where people are working with gas at the moment".

ConstableBlimeyChips , Valiant Made/unsplash Report

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Marianne 13 hours ago

My family are farmers. 20 years ago, a person would be ridiculed for wearing safety goggles or a face mask while harvesting potatoes. While on the machine, you're exposed to huge amounts of dust that gets into your face. I have asthma and couldn't stand it on dry days. Protective gear just wasn't an option.

14points

Grouchy-Display-457 Report

#26

Smoking everywhere--even hospitals.

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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 13 hours ago

We were doing a good job of limiting smoking areas, but now vaping is taking its place with a vengeance. I regularly see (smell them first) people sneaking a vape inside restaurants. It's illegal and it ruins my meal out. Just selfish w4nkers.

15points

#27

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Hitting a spouse. My favorite tv show of all time is “I Love Lucy” and I have such a hard time watching Ricky put Lucy over his knee. Makes my stomach turn.

DotsSpotsBots , CBS Report

32points

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Sofia 14 hours ago

if you watch italian comedy movies from 80s is full of what nowadays is considered open harassment. The men keeps bothering and insisting if the women says "no" because women was supposed to say no even if they wanted

12points

Puzzleheaded-Swan824 Report

#28

Hazing, overworking and basically bullying new employees. C**p like “it’s character building” or “well, I had to do it”. I think people perpetuate this nonsense because they are basically trying to get some sort of revenge.

31points

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Kira Okah 13 hours ago

Hazing has killed people.

17points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#29

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Maybe riding around in the open bed of a pickup truck all over town and highways when I was a kid in the 70s.

captn_morgan951 , FourthAge/reddit Report

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IguanaStampede 8 hours ago

That was fun! We called them urban hayrack rides.

8points

Informal_Flight_6932 , cottonbro studio /pexels Report

#30

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) I take care of a 95 year old woman with dementia who had a black lab as a child. The dogs name was “n**ger”. She sometimes talks about her dog and calls it by name, and everyone reacts how you’d expect, and she always says, “He needed a name! A dog needs a name!”

Not sure if it quite fits this thread, but I was reminded of it so I shared.

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Ace 15 hours ago (edited)

Yeah, this one is a little out of place because although that term and the one it's derived from could have an insulting meaning if used in a certain context it was also commonly used in this way, perhaps much more outside the US, just because it means "black", ,with absolutely zero implied reference to people with that skin colour. Some people still get upset when they see "négro" used in languages like Spanish where that is literally all it means.

9points

The_Good_Guyy , ermias Tarekegn/pexels Report

#31

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Not back then, but in the present.

I have heard from a relative that pregnancies of indigenous children in my country are normal because it is "part of their culture".

29points

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penguino (they/them) 1 hour ago

The comments here are weird y’all can go look for yourself-but also, wtf? Kids shouldn’t be pregnant. Period.

3points

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#32

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Cat calling. Honestly can’t remember a time it was okay, but I’m always confused when guys try to justify themselves with “it’s just a comment. It’s always been like this” when I (a woman) get upset. Like I know my a*s is amazing but keep it to yourself, you know?

Brilliant-Hurry-5479 , Ashinia Junior Miller/pexels Report

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Apachebathmat 8 hours ago

“Thank you for attending our wedding today, I knew Wayne was the one when he shouted ‘WHHHHHHOOOOOA B***H, TIDDIES ON FIRE’ out the window of a speeding car”

27points

AtomAntvsTheWorld , energepic.com /pexels Report

#33

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) Drinking and driving. Every adult over 60 wants me to understand why those were the good ol days.

27points

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Ace 15 hours ago

Rubbish. I mean yes, is used to be a lot worse, i.e. more common, but you really won't find many people who would suggest that it was better back then as a result.

29points

#34

Lynching black people for failing to show the proper deference to a white man on the street.

Get_It_Hexyy Report

27points

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Weirdo with Internet 8 hours ago

Or looking at a white woman

15points

Objective_Soil_4054 Report

#35

Enforced poverty.

26points

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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 13 hours ago

This has always been a popular policy amongst capitalists - without poor people, nobody would work for sh1t wages in their dangerous factories.

12points

areUgoingtoreadthis , Yan Krukau/pexels Report

#36

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) "When I was starting out, our bosses abused us 10 times as badly as what you get pampered with, you don't know how good you got it".

25points

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WindySwede 14 hours ago

"I'm an unpaid intern with zero health care!"

7points

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#37

Smoking at 12.

Temporal_Somnium Report

23points

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Li’l E. 6 hours ago

My mom started smoking at 13, in 1959.

3points

#38

Racism.

hBoBh Report

22points

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Urbangirlatl 7 hours ago

I think I understand where Strings is coming from. When the CEO of Barilla pasta made a neg comment about including LGBT in their ads, I thought something along the lines of "thanks for letting me know where you stand so I can buy your competitor's product". It's not endorsing hate speech, but it's how we know we are dealing with @-holes.

6points

ExperienceInitial875 , Andrea Piacquadio /pexels Report

#39

“What's The Worst Thing People Have Tried To Justify With ‘It Was Normal Back Then’?” (40 Answers) My friend quite seriously told me she didn’t understand the issue with Bill Cosby because quaaludes were all the rage and this is just how it used to be for women around men. Never thought I’d see myself storming out of a Los
Angeles McDonald’s in anger but sure enough it did indeed happen.

21points

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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 13 hours ago (edited)

Had to read that twice to confirm the friend was indeed a woman. Talk about brainwashed! (Spelling edit)

15points