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Okay, I grew up in Oklahoma, so I think I can explain what's happening here.
To start with, there has been a conservative faction that's outlined seven key areas of control they need to capture to turn America into a theocracy. They came up with the plan before I was born, and it's cut from the same cloth as Project 2025.
One of those areas is education, and they've done a fantastic job of butchering the education system in large swathes of America, leading to what you've described. Where I grew up, education wasn't about thinking, it was about memorizing facts so you could pass tests. Everything got boiled down to a yes/no, and questions were met with "because I said so" at best. At worst, you can get sent to the principal's office for asking too many questions because it's "disruptive".
As an example, in elementary school, I asked what happened if I tried to subtract a big number from a small number. The teacher scoffed and told me that you can't have less than zero, which caused the class to make fun of me for asking a stupid question.
So yeah, they probably don't actually understand why they're not supposed to hit people, they just know they can't because the authority figure says no.