Many of us have seen this video, but it’s worth reposting. I find the mother’s arguments amusing — her son can’t be an atheist, as he has been “confirmed” by a priest. And you’ve got to love her threat that he won’t get any presents if he continues in his atheism:
Glad I didn’t grow up in that home.
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I am so grateful that my mother never put me through this crap!
At least he didn’t bleed. I usually do
I love it. An uncontested victory for marketers. Christmas – when the baby jesus gives Playstations to all good believers. Let’s keep Christ in Christmas. Because he’s the one who vets Santa’s good list.
I celebrate that we are leaving the darkest time of year (in the northern hemisphere), so I both get and give lots of presents. Hurray!
I would like to know the fathers opinion in this, he just sits there drinking. He even looks a little bewildered when his wife storms through the kitchen to yell in her sons face.
If he’s like the fathers in many other Catholic homes (I’m assuming it was a Catholic family since a) the kid was named Michael and b) I don’t believe any other religions have confirmations) he isn’t particularly faithful. My dad hasn’t attended Church in years and was never really very devout when we were younger. I have a feeling he went more to set a good example for us than because he actually cared or believed.
Protestants have confirmation.
He’s thinking: “Note to self: Never tell this fruity bitch you’re an atheist”
maybe she’d be happier if he told her he wanted to marry a boy.
Jeez, this makes me uncomfortable just watching. I wonder why the person that started filming, stopped. Watching this gives me the same feeling I get when I’m in a Walmart and want to beat the shit out of a parent that thinks yelling at or slapping their child for crying or misbehaving is appropriate. In both cases, the parent is utterly ignorant to their child’s emotions and concerns, and usually have no business caring for another human being in my opinion.
My father would always quote “Spare the rod, spoil the child” while he viciously spanked me with his belt, even though he was never particularly religious. Maybe that’s why I turned from the faith.
I don’t see a strong correlation between this video and someone disciplining a child at walmart. I find it ironic that you think “beat(ing) the shit” out of a parent for yelling at or slapping their child for misbehaving is an appropriate response. It strikes me as hypocritical, since perhaps you are being “utterly ignorant” to the parent’s “emotions and concerns”. If you think a parent doesn’t have any “business caring for another human being” just because they administer corporal punishment or yell at a child, then I can’t help but wonder what your justification for this line of thinking is.
I find this mother’s behavior appalling. I’d certainly refrain from attempting to bully my children for not sharing my beliefs, but if this is the worst it gets for him he should count himself lucky.
My justification for wanting to beat the living shit out of someone mistreating their children is: I’m a grown-up, I’m intellectually, socially, financially, and emotionally independent, and I am a physical match for you foul-mouthed, ill-tempered moron. So come and get some taste of your own medicine.
That does not mean that it would not be wrong to physically attack such vile caricatures of parents, but the idea still has some appeal…
In the real world, I usually settle with some rude, sarcastic, vitriolic comments in the general direction of these child abusers. If they take offense, there’s nothing I can do about that… :D
I think that will only make it worse for the child.
Thought bubble above the father’s head: “That’s it! Tonight I’m getting drunk and finding a hooker.”
Feel bad for the kid, but at least he stood his ground, from what we see there.
Worst I got was denial and my mother telling me “you don’t know what you believe.”
Same thought process, but handled much better than this harpy.
Threat FAIL… When withholding christmas presents has absolutely NO effect. At all.
But since Christmas presents are about the only tangible things a Christian can expect to get from their beliefs, that’s probably the best she can do.
(Just don’t tell them that non-christians, and even Jews, also get presents around the winter solstice… I don’t think they’ve caught on yet.)
That can’t be real. Can it?
This reminded me of my mother. I didn’t grow up in a religious household, but she was kind of abrasive and threatening and frantic about any number of things. This video vis-a-vis religious upbringing doesn’t really seem all that terrifying, or at all unique in any regard.
jeez, poor kid …. she’s worse than the Rollover Minutes Mom
The rollover minutes mom finally pushes Dad over the edge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA0MSlqKga4
I can’t stand the Rollover Minutes Mom. She’s been added to the long list of reasons behind my boycott of AT&T.
Logan, I am right there with you. AT&T is a devil among devils. Yeah, Verizon has crappy phones (let me tell you about the P.O.S. I have right now!), but at least their service doesn’t make me want to become the Unibomber.
wowzers. at least the kid can find relief in the fact that he can live his own life when he moves out. and that at least his dad isn’t a complete psycho.
That’s just it… I was treated that way as a kid, and when I moved out I simply cut off all contact with my mom. That made her realize her mistake, and after a discussion and apology, we’re back on speaking terms, this time with a mutual respect that was never there before.
no, just a milquetoast!
Holy crap. Is this real? I feel so bad for the poor kid–and his mom is a bit…unhinged, no? If this is real, hopefully, she’ll come to regret this kind of behavior.
Since when is Christmas about loving Jesus.
Does anyone know who this kid is? I just feel like sending a gift this december. His bravery deserves it.
I was confirmed, and sure enough as soon as I was old enough to have a say in whether or not I went to church, I did. Funny how thinking for yourself works. Parents just can’t stand it.
I was confirmed, baptized too, big deal. That’s all in the past. Besides, who needs Xmas when there’s Festivus?
“You’re an atheist. Give me a fucking break, Michael.”
Wow! ANOTHER loving christian!
“You’re getting absolutely nothing for Christmas!”
“Okay!”
“No, it’s not okay!” Dumb broad can’t make up her pimple at the top of her spinal cord.
Wow! What a shining Christian beacon of the lord Jesus Christ’s pure vicious hate and nastiness! THAT’LL convert the kid!
Maybe Joe Bible’s right: that can’t be real, can it?
Yet another prime example of a loving christian. f’ing hypocrites.
Love that her response is they’ll be attending church every Sunday. Guess she’ll be happier if her son just goes through the motions and it appears he believes. Go ahead son, lie. And as a reward, we’ll give you presents. I swear pretty regularly but I’ve never said the f-word that viciously at another human being, let alone my own child. Guess her most valuable lesson is what not to be like when you grow up, so kudos, mom.
Interesting, because I just gave my mom my Xmas list.
Jeez, she’s vapid. I can’t help wondering how real this is, the physical threats are just too weird, especially coming from a mom! “Give me a FUCKEN BREAK..” Wow.
My beat the shit out of me when I was a kid, and called me many offensive names, so yeah, some moms are psychos…
“A lot can happen. You can think.”
I hope this kid escapes that religishrew of a mother and keeps on thinking.
I love how when she says there are no presents for christmas he accepts it and his reply is OK, she then tells him its not OK! As if she has flipped the argument and is now going to force him to accept gifts on christmas day! Maybe she thinks that might save him.
I’d love to see the look on mom’s face when and if she is told that Xmas is not biblical in origin, and has to do with Paganism, NOT j.c.! What a sorry excuse for a mother, poor kid. And I agree with Diego ~ we should all send him gifts next month!!
I have never gotten this angry response from my religious members of my family or friends. I do hear “Oh you’re really not a atheist”, “Some part of you still believes in god”, “Keep searching and you will find god” or the classic “Be more opened minded”.
I do give out holiday presents, but except for a Mr. Hankey doll I hang in my front window, I do not decorate my house for X-mas.
Jesus Christ is just Santa Claus for adults. “He sees you when you sleeping, you knows when you awake, he knows if you been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake, Oh you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not shout, I’m telling you way, Jesus Christ is coming to town”
Hmmm where did those christians get their moral form again?
Whatever they get it from, it is not working.
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Heee’s gettin’ nothin’ for Christmaasssss;
Mommy and Daddy are maaaaaaaad;
Heeee’s gettin’ nothin’ fer Christmas,
‘Cause he ain’t been nuthin’ but baaaaaaad
I’m sure this is simply a reiteration of many of the previous observations, but:
I particularly liked the way that mother-dearest opted to use emotional bullying of her own flesh-and-blood rather than reasonable dialogue to make her point. What a lovely example to set.
//endirony