He clearly thought he was providing good parenting. Totally agree it's because it is what he experienced, and thinks it as appropriate. 4 year old being struck at-all, let-alone 10-15 times? Ugh.
In a previous post above, Rob said he considered this worse than what Ray did. I don't want to get into that. Slippery slope debating what horrible thing is worse.
I'll say that even if his intentions (providing discipline) were in the right place... the results here are sick. Don't know if significant ramifications will come to AP, but do think this image will stay with him.
The problem is, everyone had this intense hate towards Rice...which is justified.
But where is that same hate towards AP?
I know a video isn't there but we don't need one.
I mean, look at this thread...there has barely been a mention of it on here yet we had tons of people throwing their opinions out there about domestic violence...and that was before the step was released.