Posted on 03/26/2021 4:54:20 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Chances are you’ve seen them – car clubs gathering in suburban parking lots full of beautifully shiny classic vehicles, hoods open, windows down, men and women milling around comparing notes and sharing a mutual love of a hobby.
But according to media reports, car clubs are under fire in Austin, Texas, for exuding a “toxic display of masculinity.”
The term “toxic masculinity” is a recently invented term, coined by academics and media personalities who believe certain masculine traits are harmful to not only society but also to the men themselves.
Repeating a lie long enough doesn’t make it true, of course. Masculinity isn’t toxic at all – it’s God-given and has literally shaped and saved civilization.
Without the American men of the “Greatest Generation” we’d be speaking German. Or maybe we wouldn’t be here at all, especially since it took strong men to sail for America in search of a better life.
The nature of men is under assault these days, both lampooned and delegitimized by those determined to neuter the very characteristics and qualities that have distinguished males from females since Adam first walked in the Garden of Eden with Eve.
It was the Boy Scouts of America yesterday and car clubs today. For the perpetually aggrieved, it never really ends. A new day – a new offense.
Although this conversation is much more than about car clubs, let’s entertain the folly.
Texas Monthly paints the setting and scene of the offense:
After a few loops around the park, some drivers—most of them Black and Latino men in their twenties and thirties driving customized lowriders, bright, candy-colored slabs, and jacked-up trucks with flashy chrome rims—packed into a nearby middle school parking lot. Some unloaded barbecue grills, toddlers, and pit bulls, then cracked open beers, and blasted Texas hip-hop and Tejano music.
Some variation of this assembly has taken place nearly every Sunday afternoon since the early nineties. But now many residents of The Weaver, a newly built luxury apartment building across the street—whose website promises renters access to a “community that is rich in history and tradition”—have decided it’s time for the weekly event to come to an unceremonious end.
Might some of the club’s participants be a bit obnoxious or inconsiderate from time to time? No question. But does it warrant the banning of the club and the labeling of the behavior as toxic?
The article concludes, quoting a “twentysomething” man named Kilo who said he’s been participating in the car club activities since childhood:
He wondered why instead of calling the police and creating unnecessary tension the blond woman and other angry residents hadn’t walked across the street and introduced themselves first, opening up dialogue. “If you come with good energy, you’ll find out that we’re just here to chill and enjoy the cars and the scenery,” he said. “Don’t be scared.”
Fear is often at the root of any visceral reaction to masculinity. Maybe from a bad experience or just plain ignorance, many people seem to think strong men are dangerous.
In reality, strong men are precisely what this world needs.
Strong men love well – honestly, sincerely, sacrificially. They make great sons, husbands and fathers. They’re good neighbors and terrific friends. Strong men stand up to bullies and stare down enemies who want to do others harm. They’re good humored, empathetic and eager to do whatever it takes to serve their families well.
Instead of talking about “toxic masculinity” we should be discussing “Biblical masculinity” – acknowledging the fact that God deliberately made two sexes of equal value designed to complement one another.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them (Genesis 1:26-27).
Culture would benefit from encouraging – not demonizing honorable displays of masculinity. Let’s celebrate and champion car clubs, hunting excursions or any other healthy activities that attract men to gather together.
“Toxic masculinity” only applies to white men. But I am sure it’s totally not about race or anything.
Does "Kilo" refer to his weight or to his profession?
In any case, Kilo is right. The best way for women to end toxic masculinity is to bake cakes for men.
Bkmk
Straight up sexism.
Weird how the woke “tolerance and diversity” crowd isn’t.
I look at them and think of my high school parking lot.
Better than being a limp wristed daisy.
In defense of Scouts:
Boy-only troops are still boy-only troops.
Girl-only troops may be formed under the same national umbrella organization “Scouts BSA”.
There is no obligation, nor prohibition, for a boy-only troop to associate with a girl-only troop, sharing time & resources.
Girl Scouts is practically defunct, a woke shell of what it once was. Any girl wanting classic Girl Scouts now has Scouts BSA as an option for those wanting merit badges and primitive camping.
I quickly analyzed the situation around 1972 that if the feminists (then “women’s liberationists”) destroyed male roles and jobs and contributions to society, there was no feasible and desirable alternative roles for males.
“A woman needs a man like a dish needs a bicycle.” Any man who succeeded in being the best medical specialist or pilot or painter or anything, must have done it by keeping down a woman somewhere.
Example: You can’t be a strong, confident provider and head of a family-—the women should be praised as “strong” and advancing past the men in professions. Men take a back seat.
Many other examples. But “taking the man out” of all terms was not only practical but symbolic and insulting.
Not Fireman, fire fighter. Not manning the front desk. Not man hours for the project. Not the policeman is your friend.
Not Time Magazine’s Man of the Year.
Eliminate “man.” And don’t call on him if he’s a boy in class raising his hand with the right answer. Just sit down and be quiet and meek.
But way back then, only high school kids drank beer in the parking lots.
If instead of normal men enjoying cars it was trans men reading fairy tales to children or a gay male s&m meet up, the sensitive leftists would welcome it.
A ‘62 Impala Super Sport with a 409, 2 4bls, and a 4 speed.......there’s some masculinity somewhere right there. Guarantee it.
At every opportunity, mention “toxic feminism.”
When In think of my high school parking lot I think of pickup trucks with gun racks in the rear window.
I love this. Typical woke liberalism. This is not about the cars. It’s about the culture. It’s happening all over Austin; formally lower income neighborhoods are now becoming hotspots for gentrification and now homeowners paying $300,000 for a little bungalow do do not want those types of people in their Neighborhood park.
Karen wants to speak to the manager.
“Strong men love well – honestly, sincerely, sacrificially. They make great sons, husbands and fathers. They’re good neighbors and terrific friends. Strong men stand up to bullies and stare down enemies who want to do others harm. They’re good humored, empathetic and eager to do whatever it takes to serve their families well. “
Which is why the forces of evil hate strong men. As is all leftist thought, feminism is of and from Satan.
Everything wrought in the name of feminism needs to be reversed, even the things that many people regard as good ideas.
Do you think equal pay for equal work is a good idea? I’ve never seen a woman doing equal work at any time during my seven decades in this world.
Do you think women on the battlefield is a good idea? So does Satan. The Israelis don’t. They don’t do it any more.
Get your stuff in one sock, America, or you’re going down.
“The white liberal is the worst enemy to America and the worst enemy to the black man.”
—Malcolm X, before he was exterminated for thinking for himself.
Sounds as if the residents at The Weaver just want to get rid of what they consider the riffraff and came up with a PC-approved reason to do it.
“according to media reports, car clubs are under fire in Austin, Texas, for exuding a “toxic display of masculinity.””
What kind of news publication would ever print that, The Snowflake Times? SAD Magazine?...How ‘bout The Weakly Reader for schoolkids?
Amen!
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