Posted on 05/06/2020 12:21:44 PM PDT by ammodotcom
It’s a common refrain: We have bubble-wrapped the world. Americans in particular are obsessed with “safety.” The simplest way to get any law passed in America, be it a zoning law or a sweeping reform of the intelligence community, is to invoke a simple sentence: “A kid might get hurt.”
Almost no one is opposed to reasonable efforts at making the world a safer place. But the operating word here is “reasonable.” Banning lawn darts, for example, rather than just telling people that they can be dangerous when used by unsupervised children, is a perfect example of a craving for safety gone too far.
Beyond the realm of legislation, this has begun to infect our very culture. Think of things like “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces.” These are part of broader cultural trends in search of a kind of “emotional safety” – a purported right to never be disturbed or offended by anything. This is by no means confined to the sphere of academia, but is also in our popular culture, both in “extremely online” and more mainstream variants.
Why are Americans so obsessed with safety? What is the endgame of those who would bubble wrap the world, both physically and emotionally? Perhaps most importantly, what can we do to turn back the tide and reclaim our culture of self-reliance, mental toughness, and giving one another the benefit of the doubt so that we don’t “bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security,” as President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us about?
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We are becoming increasingly secular and nihilistic, and we kill 4000 babies a day. But we fear death more.
The problem is rampant effeminacy and loss of respect for the important place legitimate masculinity has in public and private life.
My comment from another posted article yesterday seems appropós, so I may as well just copy and paste.
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“where have all the MEN gone?
And where have all the warriors in the military gone?”
Both women, and men alike, can quickly fall into a terrible pattern of effeminate thought patterns and commensurate conduct.
Masculinity and true femininity can easily coexist, and have for most of human history.
By contrast, rampant effeminacy, which typically comprehends moral groundlessness, a surprisingly stubborn soft-mindednedness, and many other bad traits, is capable of crowding out masculinity. Large amounts of societal decay can ensue, and quickly. Particularly if not enough people are bothering to notice, pay attention, or timely object.
Liberals are generally afraid of everything. It’s a bizarre trait.
Snowflake-ism seems to be rampant. So many are afraid of so much so often. Such weakness is unbecoming.
...our rulers are junior high girls. Even the men are girls.
You just described Minnesota. Where women are Karens and so are men.
It won't be long now - "Thunderstorm Mary", "Rainstorm John", "Tornado Stanley", etc.
I'll pack it in when I hear "Lightning Strike Jeremy". :-)
Used to shoot archery some. Bow hunted when we got older.
Here’s a game I saw played a couple of times. You shoot the arrow straight up and then try to catch it, on the shaft or course, as it returned to earth. I declined. Call me a pussy but it is what it is.
There fixed it.
“Dewfall Seth was terrible. Be extremely careful on that damp grass folks, it’s treacherous.”
Freegards
Cuckmerica?
Ha! Had to look it up.
Another word I’ll never use. Scrabble maybe?
One guy, best athlete I ever knew, maybe ever saw, got really good at it. Idiots would get drunk and start betting.... He’s dead now though. No arrow through the head or anything. AFAIK.
;o)
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