Posted on 11/17/2014 4:43:47 AM PST by LeoMcNeil
Have you noticed men wearing extremely long Civil War style beards lately? The so-called lumbersexual is essentially engaging in a pop-culture extreme overreaction to the metrosexual. You’ll recall the metrosexuals are generally straight men who spend an excessive amount of time on grooming and their clothes. In some ways the metrosexual mirrors certain aspects of the homosexual culture in this regard. The lumbersexual, in extreme overreaction to the metrosexual, has decided that the beard is the height of masculinity and demonstrate that masculinity in extreme manner. Both the metrosexual and the lumbersexual are just following the crowd, very few of them actually think for themselves. In the case of the lumbersexual, he’s adopted an absurd definition of masculinity.
We live in a society wherein everyone insists they’re unique and special, with many believing their clothing and appearance demonstrate their unique specialness. Of course the people insisting they’re unique the loudest are usually the ones who look exactly like everyone else in their little sub group. The goth’s are a good example, they insist on their uniqueness and yet every last one of them looks identical. They’re aren’t unique, they’re just following the crowd without admitting it. The same has always been true of the metrosexual, who pretends that his interest in grooming sets him apart from all the other men who in his mind are slobs. In reality, all the metrosexuals look identical. They wear the same style of clothing and groom themselves in relatively the same manner. There’s nothing unique about them as individuals, they’re following the trends of a particular group.
The so-called lumbersexuals are no different. Tired of men spending more time in the bathroom grooming themselves than women, these men have decided to grow long beards and care little of their appearance. Yet in doing so they aren’t demonstrating anything unique about themselves. All they’re doing is showing the world that they to can follow cultural trends. These days it’s popular for men to demonstrate their masculinity via a beard, so the lumbersexuals all have obnoxiously long beards. Congratulations guys, you to can follow cultural trends while pretending to be unique. Worse, you imagine you’re making some sort of statement against men behaving in a vaguely feminine way. In doing so, the lumbersexuals have accepted the progressive notion that every single daily event is a political statement. We need not make political statements to the world via our grooming and clothing. Yet the lumbersexuals as a group are doing just that.
You don’t prove your masculinity via your beard. It makes no sense for men to settle for such a superficial and cheap definition of masculinity. Yet the lumbersexuals, in their extreme overreaction to the metrosexuals, are cheapening masculinity to the point where a beard defines it. A man, it appears, is nothing more than a beard. Why are these men, who apparently are interested in demonstrating masculinity, allowing such to be defined in such an irrelevant manner? Masculinity isn’t demonstrated by a beard, it’s demonstrated in how a man treats a woman, how he loves his children and most importantly in how he loves Jesus Christ. A beard is frankly irrelevant to masculinity. You can love your children and God with or without a beard, it really matters not. You can treat women in a chivalrous manner with or without a beard. Why are we allowing progressives to cheapen masculinity to our beards?
Of course no one sporting a long beard and calling themselves masculine has spent a moment thinking about how they’ve cheapened masculinity. They’re just following the crowd, the same as the metrosexuals, the goths, the hipsters and so on. No one bothers to think about anything they’re doing these days, they just react with emotion and follow everyone else. That’s ultimately the problem here, no one thinks for themselves anymore. That doesn’t stop people from imaging they’re special snowflakes or unique individuals while they follow the crowd. It says a lot about education in this country, the government schools in particular aren’t teaching kids to think. As a result we have a legion of men growing obnoxiously long beards while believing they’re making a statement against overly groomed men. Worse, they believe their beard is a sign of their masculinity. No wonder our nation is in such bad shape.
well according to your theory, this conformity and psychological dysfunction that compels men to demonstrate their hyper masculinity has destroyed the country
we need a photo of you wearing a dress to work and place of worship - throw in one of you in your daisy dukes too
set an example for us - to save the country and all
LOL, I decided I should read more than the first line of the article before posting.
Then reading first couple of posts, I see you posted exactly reason I wear a beard.
I can understand that. I'm lucky mine stays full no gaps. But it's the hair on the top of my head that decided to leave me LOL. About 20 years ago I worked maintenance in a nursing home and wore coveralls all the time. One resident always called me Santa. Last year close to Christmas I was in Wally World buying a few things and a kid looked at me and ran to his mom. The mom came over laughing and said my so came to me and said Mom there's Santa but he's not in his uniform LOL. I get a kick out of it. My wife of 29 years has seen alleged pictures of me without a beard and says don't shave.
The most fun I had was when I was out of the Navy and going to an adult Voc/Tech school. In the middle of the course I joined the NG's for a year hitch for extra money and Army rules was no beard. The next day my course instructor knew me but the Math instructor didn't. At the urging of the rest of the guys I pranked him the entire class doing weird things and not saying nothing.
The terms of other sexual are greatly overused and the term homosexual is very underused to appease homosexuals so their perversions of once good meaning or other meaning words could be used as more acceptable terms for their lifestyle. Society unfortunately allowed them to get by with it. :>}
Operators operating operationally over in the Middle East. Let’s not forget them.
I’ve worn a goatee and mustache for over 20 years.
You just spent several hours criticizing other men's grooming habits.
Beard, no beard, goatee, mustache, who cares?
If you have that much time to waste I suggest taking up a hobby. Perhaps knitting.
LOL.
#56 have had a beard since 1979. I have smoked a pipe nearly as long. I have always worn flannel shirts. I play the banjo.
You in the movie Deliverance? : )
#56 have had a beard since 1979. I have smoked a pipe nearly as long. I have always worn flannel shirts. I play the banjo.
You in the movie Deliverance? : )
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Ha! I waited ALL DAY for someone to make that reference!
No. I still have all of my teeth.
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what you said!
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