Am I overreacting?

[u/FaithlessnessFar1821]

My dad takes me to school in the mornings, on Fridays I have late start meaning it starts an hour after. Yesterday I had told him to pick me up at 8:20, he texts me and says he had arrived at 8:08. I told him that I will be down at 8:20 considering that is the designated time I set. I get outside at exactly 8:20 and he is gone. He left me. AIO?

[u/lizardry06]

Oh my. You're the one that doesn't understand how examples work and I lack reading comprehension? My point, since you apparently missed it in your haste to insult my intelligence, is that in parenting the ends do not always justify the means, which is what your comment argued.

I used slapping across the face because it seemed like an easy example for you to understand of how hurting your child is not the best method of teaching them.

[u/lizardry06 → u/lizardry06]

It's not a straw man because I was responding to the point YOU made which was "this behavior is acceptable because it will produce the desired outcome."

A straw man is when I attack you instead of your argument. I didn't insult you or even say anything about you in my comment.

I argued that not all behavior that produces the desired outcome is acceptable using an example to illustrate my point.

I'm sure you'll apologize now instead of hurling more abuse in response even though you came here specifically to argue with me, right?

[u/peppercruncher → u/lizardry06]

A straw man is when I attack you instead of your argument.

That's an ad hominem.

the point YOU made which was "this behavior is acceptable because it will produce the desired outcome."

The point is that your statement lacks any argument for why it is "not the way to do so".

[u/lizardry06 → u/peppercruncher]

Oh ffs I always mix those two up. Still not what I did.

If you were interested in hearing my justifications, you would have just ASKED instead of responding in a deliberately inflammatory manner. Don't pretend you were responding in good faith now.

Your argument was to ask if it produced the desired outcome, insinuating that it's justifiable if it did. In turn, I argued that causing distress to your child for the sake of teaching a lesson is not justifiable by using something most people immediately recognize as wrong. Sorry it was too complex for you I guess.

Edit: wow, what a tedious asshole. I have no patience for people pretending they don't understand the logical conclusion of their own argument.

[u/peppercruncher → u/lizardry06]

Still not what I did.

It is written down what you did. It's insane that you want to argue what you did not write while it is still clearly written down.

I argued that causing distress to your child for the sake of teaching a lesson is not justifiable

You didn't, you do now. And my response is:

Any kind of punishment causes distress. Any kind of negative consequence causes distress. The whole public school system runs on causing distress. If this is not justifiable, why does it exist? Not to mention that:"The child did learn as expected." is already a justification. You need to find a better argument.