What you permit, you promote.

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Please explain your reasoning with examples. 
   
Bonus question: Do you practice this in your daily life?

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I ❤ Kay posts.  I knew this was you from the title. I said yes. If I permit a man who has said nasty, racist, sexist things to get my vote,  I am promoting white supremacy and rape culture.

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I half agree. 
My mum lets me smoke outside at hers but hates smoking. She realises I’m an adult and will do what I please but she still hates it.

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If I let go of plans and expectations, I promote growth and flexibility. I do that more now being uncomfortably pregnant than I did before though.

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I don't think so, at all. Sometimes you have no choice but to permit something you wouldn't promote.
For example, when you are trying to save someone from a larger mistake. I think a lot of mothers are cornered into this, when making decisions for their teens. If you have a rebellious child, some parents will allow things that they don't actually want to allow, to avoid a nasty situation. Or with the ideology that the child will learn from their mistakes, etc. I think this can be applied to many situations, not just parenting.

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Do I practice what I preach? Yes. 
I wholeheartedly, agree with what you permit, is what you promote and there is no way of getting around it. I do understand there are areas of grey depending on the issues/situations.

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Agree.
If I permit adults to bully children, then I am promoting bullying. For example, if I see another teacher targeting a student, or ignoring a situation of bullying, then I'm also guilty of promoting bullying. It's like that quote, "if you are silent in the face of injustice you have chosen the side of the oppressor." (Bad paraphrase, I know.)

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Absolutely agree. If I were to permit my kids to get on the pill for protection or get them condoms ‘just in case’ I’d be promoting sex before marriage which is a no no.

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Yes, but I understand you can’t always practice that and I certainly don’t all the time

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I disagree. Mum allows me to practice safe sex in her home, but she doesn’t agree with me being sexually active.

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If I allow a man to treat me like shit, then I’m promoting to him that it’s okay to treat me like that & therefore should expect that he will keep doing me wrong unless if I stop permitting it.

What you permit, you promote.

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