It's the same justification used by abusers. (Picture)

 

"I'm doing it for your own good" Also the same excuse used to justify why we aren't supposed to help poor people, why we should let school children starve, and should abolish social programs. "It teaches them" "They are motivated by their suffering" "Suffering builds character" And the worst parallel of all: "This is what I lived through, so you have to suffer also" When it comes to conservative ideologies, the cruelty is the point.