The hard, grim, and frequently dark humor shared amongst MEN isn’t for everyone. And that’s OK.
Those of us who “get it”, get it. Those of you who don’t should probably retire to the kitchen and make sammiches ...
Men get it. We have no problem making sammiches. Jesus washed the feet of his Disciples. Indeed, per St Thomas—”the one thing God wants from every rational creature is the sacrificing of their will to his.”
Effeminacy as defined by St. Thomas Aquinas is “an unwillingness to put aside one’s pleasure in order to pursue what is arduous (difficult).”
If Hegseth was trying to be funny or kitschy or get likes during a solemn prayer service, that’s a textbook definition of a fem.
If FReepers cannot call honest balls and strikes, knowing they’d have butchered any Dem who did this, and want to pursue popularity over truth, that’s equally fem.
I am more willing to cut him a break for not doing due-diligence than opting for popularity.