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A Dad’s Life
Weekly Standard ^ | MAY 25, 2015 | JONATHAN V. LAST

Posted on 05/26/2015 7:32:18 AM PDT by Popman

I was once reasonably dignified. I dressed like a gentleman and luxuriated in the cultural heritage of Western civilization. My three places of residence—my home, my office, and my mind—were free of clutter and arranged so as to allow me both to make the most of my days and to begin to venture out into intellectual life. Then I became a father.

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TOPICS: Education; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: dad; manliness
Great article on fatherhood and manliness ...and the consequences of the American male abdicating their roles
1 posted on 05/26/2015 7:32:18 AM PDT by Popman
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To: Popman

When the term “baby mama” became accepted usage, instead of something to be despised..


2 posted on 05/26/2015 7:38:21 AM PDT by ken5050 (If Hillary is elected president, what role will Huma Abedin have in the White House? Scary, eh?)
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Baby daddy falls into the category....


3 posted on 05/26/2015 7:44:26 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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Very good, but he lost me at, ‘manlihood can be bad. Boastful, etc’

He should know that women say, ‘he’s not a man’, about bullies. Men earn their title. Until then they are ‘guys’ r some guys never attain ‘man’ in this popular view


4 posted on 05/26/2015 7:54:13 AM PDT by stanne
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Yes...that left me wondering myself...

That aside it’s a good article....


5 posted on 05/26/2015 9:07:47 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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"Thugs and bullies are manly. I would even go so far as to say that Joseph Stalin and Mohamed Atta, who forced Solzhenitsyn and Karnes into action, acted from manliness themselves. So manliness can be a source of trouble and a cure for it, too."

Bullshit.

Men are men, thugs are thugs, and only metrosexuals trying to undermine men for a pat on the head by their bitch queen owners would dare equate the two.

Of course, this emasculated formerly male writer literally started his article by describing himself as blocking his son's genitals, so what do you expect?

Soft poison for cowards, dished as pablum by the hateful females running magazines, created by crushed dogs whimpering under the sadistic stomp of their spiked witches' heels. And if you think there's hyperbole in that statement, you're wrong. Hillary's running, and the female media filth is just going to get more and more depraved to match the hell of the rotting monster the hags want to elect.

6 posted on 05/26/2015 9:51:57 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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I would agree that part of the article left me scratching my head also...

It really is the complete opposite what he later on decribes as manliness...

7 posted on 05/26/2015 9:56:27 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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