I must confess, as a kid it went right past me, but when I was a teen and later an adult, I've seen more people than you might think give that line the old Mrs. Krabappel "HAH!" whenever I've watched the movie in a small group.
Everybody just lets it slide, but yeah, ol' Splinter was definitely making a major ass-pull when he came up with that line. It's factually incorrect and easily disproven. All fathers should care for their sons, but a lot of them absolutely don't. But that wouldn't have achieved the same dramatic effect, obviously.
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