[WarOnPrivacy]

> I think it's fair to assume things like these are location dependent.

Well, it certainly puts the notion on the table.

Let's run with that. Let's say that qualified folks have evidenced this phenomenon; we've learned there are regions in the US where playground dads are routinely considered to be dangerous to their own kids (and presumably kids in general).

And it's not universal. This indicates there's some strong social effect that can be tightly limited to a region - be widespread and pervasive in one region and fully absent in another.

What sort of effect could mass-mold minds across an entire region yet still be so geographically limited?