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Being abusive must make one stupid


I just watched the episode about the half sisters and suicide. The 13-year-old Shanell tries to help talks about the cruel things their father, John Daniel Kingston, has said and done to her, prompting her self-harm and suicidal ideation.

That made me think about the fact that while these polygamists might have an obscene number of children, it's still considered a humiliation to have anyone escape. Considering how many of Daniel Kingston's kids have left the order, you'd think he would be more careful about doing anything to drive more of his kids away. Obviously, if the man has successfully operated a criminal enterprise for years without landing in prison, he's not completely unintelligent. Thus my title: being abusive clearly causes these men to act against their own self interest, which is pretty stupid.

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