“I got hit with a strap. Bam, bam, bam—and I’ve never been to a shrink—by my father,” Hannity told his guests, while conceding that Peterson “went too far” with his own son. “I would tell you that I deserved it.”
“I had welts when my father hit me in the legs with his belt,” Hannity told his guests as they detailed the allegations leveled against Peterson.
“My father punched me in the face when I talked back to him once, and I deserved it,” Hannity later said in the discussion while defending his dad’s alleged actions.
What a weird thing to brag about: being abused by your father but never seeking any help. I guess in conservative world if you admit something troubled you or you might need help, or if you question the authority of violent men, that’s perceived as weakness. What a miserable way to live.
I think he’s trying to say “if it worked for me and my dad, it’ll work for you and your kid”, failing to not that it did not, in fact, work for him, as evidinced by present circumstances.
“By the way, when my father would hit me with a belt, I didn’t actually raise my voice,” Hannity went on. “How did this country… You know, we used to be the land of the free, home of the brave. What happened? When did we become the land of the snowflake?”