Posted on 08/06/2019 5:08:09 AM PDT by Pollard
In response to this week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a man named Michael Ian Black, whom I’ve never heard of but who’s apparently an actor and comedian, invited a “conversation” on Twitter that began with the following statement: “Deeper even than the gun problem is this: boys are broken.”
This is an absolutely, 100 percent true statement.
Unfortunately, Black quickly veered off course. “Men don’t have the language to understand masculinity as anything other than some version of a caveman because no language exists...The language of masculinity is hopelessly entwined with sexuality, and the language of sexuality in hopelessly entwined with power, agency, and self-worth...To step outside those norms is to take a risk most of us are afraid to take. As a result, a lot of guys spend their lives terrified...We’re terrified of being viewed as something other than men. We know ourselves to be men, but don’t know how to be our whole selves. A lot of us (me included) either shut off or experience deep shame or rage. Or all three. Again: men are terrified.”
Mr. Black is not the first to attack masculinity and suggest it’s at the root of all evil. Indeed, the phrase ‘toxic masculinity’ has become boilerplate language in America.
It’s not a hard sell, either. After all, it is boys and men who are typically to blame for violent acts of aggression. Ergo, testosterone—the defining hormone of masculinity—must be to blame. But testosterone has been around forever. School shootings have not.
Mr. Black is correct that boys are broken. But they're not broken as a result of being cavemen who haven’t “evolved” the way women have. They’re broken for another reason.
They are fatherless.
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For years I’ve posted that many of the social ills that had plagued urban blacks for decades were spreading into other communities; it is clear now for all to see (the broken families/nanny state “daddy”, the drug use, the violence - all boiling down to a complete lack of purpose in life).
Ageing childless women can’t ridicule men into marriage and fatherhood after they’ve been demonized throughout all of their earlier life. They seem much more content than their female peers to simply enjoy life and slip into oblivion without ever marrying or having children.
A lot of boys have the intelligence to rise above fatherlessness; some even have decent mothers who provide a good example of hard work and steadfastness. I think fatherlessness is the basic problem in our crime-infested country.
Not by any means but it’s probably a factor.
Here’s a few other possible causes.
White boys these days are told they’re the scourge of the earth all through school and on cable news so that’s something.
No jobs and it hasn’t really expected of them to get jobs since there were none. There are now but they have no clue what getting a job and work are.
Kids labeled as add, adhd, autistic spectrum and put on prescription drugs.
Not allowed to speak truth about lbgtqrst freaks
Pedophilia is a thing now so many of them were probably hit on or worse by older men
TV/Music/movies glorify gangsta life and portrait grotesque violence as being a regular thing. (natural born killers etc)
First Person Shooter games in realistic looking 3D.
Too much screen time instead of reality
Politics is more vitriolic than ever.
The world is going to end soon anyway because - climate change - which of course is the fault of the toxic masculine white men.
and on and on and on
I just posted on another thread that relates to this threat also.
This is true for both boys and girls, however the time frame is slightly different.
The pendulum must swing into both aspects of consciousness and come to whole utilizing them both for a child to grow.
All souls have an emotional child which is feminine. Early stabilization is through bonding with mother. A child in the womb will automatically abort if this bond does not exist to some degree.
Then, beginning about 7 or 8, under normal circumstances, logical consciousness begins to develop and assists the person in formulation an ego self separate from the mother. This is why multiplication and division usually is taught in third grade . This shift continues until the 16 year old thinks they are in control and knows it all.
The prefrontal cortex where analytic logic and thought processing is performed in the brain does not fully develop until around age 25, and in many people it does not develop at all.
There are many influences on this development. If there is no father figure, it hinders the shift from emotional child to logical sense of self. Childhood trauma can cause a premature shift to protect from emotional pain. This usually results in an unhealthy perception of self, i.e. the 7 year old going on 35.
Brain operational frequencies also change during the developing child. They begin in Delta in the womb, shift through Theta, then Alpha as logic develops and finally into Beta for analytical logical thought processing.
Only after this process has completed can a soul transcend self spiritually by integrating the masculine and feminine processing(wholeness). Then consciousness can move into the gamma frequency where wisdom develops.
Drugs, both legal and illegal can hinder or block this developmental process through the stages.
From the very beginning of human civilization the jails were filed with bastards, on the day the sun burns out and the Earth freezes, the jails will be full of bastards.
Empathy is a right brain emotional process, specifically strong around the right temporal parietal junction.
Sociopaths and narcissists usually shift from the emotional child prematurely to escape emotional pain and thus lose empathy abilities.
When I feel extreme brain activity just behind the right prefrontal cortex, I know the person is delusional, usually heard voices, and not grounded in reality.
While fatherlessness might be a contributory factor, I don’t think it’s the factor in and of itself. If that were so, one might predict an astronomical level of these mass-murder events, given the extent of the problem in our time.
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Perspective: fatherlessness isn’t just not having one; if your “father” is a limp-wristed, pansy who doesn’t teach you about the bible, about right from wrong, if he resembles 0bama in any way, then that is fatherlessness...for example, if he tries to just be your friend, and has no idea what you are web-surfing on, how many hours you play video games, never spends time with you...you are fatherless.
No compass.
No rudder.
While fatherlessness might be a contributory factor, I don’t think it’s the factor in and of itself. If that were so, one might predict an astronomical level of these mass-murder events, given the extent of the problem in our time.
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Perspective: fatherlessness isn’t just not having one; if your “father” is a limp-wristed, pansy who doesn’t teach you about the bible, about right from wrong, if he resembles 0bama in any way, then that is fatherlessness...for example, if he tries to just be your friend, and has no idea what you are web-surfing on, how many hours you play video games, never spends time with you...you are fatherless.
No compass.
No rudder.
“The desperate cry of America’s boys”
I have been saying this for years now to anyone that will listen to me, including in my posts on FR. Males are being emasculated; women are praised as superior to men; not an equal partner to men, but superior to them. All the maleness, their very essence, is being squeezed out of them.
The result of late, is whole generations of lost and bewildered males who are being constantly denigrated, especially if they have the misfortune of being a white male. And there are few avenues to vent their frustrations other than through sports, the military, etc. or, ... through acting out negatively, and thus you get reactions like these last two mass murders in El Paso and Dayton.
For a few moments, these twisted in the psyche men are powerful, macho commandos, masters of their own ship and destiny, sick as that may be. In a world where they have little to no control, they finally have a moment of control and people die. Many of these guys have no male role models, no good career or educational options, no support structures. Many have been feminized by single moms, missing in action fathers, the MSM, and the constant drumbeat that men are “bad”, the source of toxic masculinity, the perpetrators of war, the evil ones.
Finally someone on FOX took the bull by the horns and has addressed this issue head on, and that man is Tucker Carlson. I was so happy that finally someone on the MSM was very aware about what was happening to his fellow males, to young boys being raised in today’s toxic environment where they are denigrated and cast aside as nothing but a future sperm bank. No raison d’etre other than to propagate further emasculated male children when they really should be spawning more eventual feminazi quality girls to lead our country.
Brainwashed or just sick in the head or ignorant women perpetuate this fantasy of a female centered Amazon superwoman society, preferably with inferior beta males to rule over. And women wonder why so few men want to deal with them anymore. There is little dating, and men have to be constantly on guard that their woman can turn on them at any time and falsely accuse them of unwanted advances, rape or molestation.
Many of these young men no longer participate in sex as it is fraught with danger to do so. No normal sexual relations by some of these marginalized men leads to even more frustration, life as loners and leads to lots of negative acting out.
I’m not saying that all men are saints, they aren’t. Some are mental cases, but how did they get that way? How were they raised. How much good parenting did they have as opposed to bad or none at all? Where were their male role models? How much did alcohol or drugs pollute their potential? Occasionally people can be just plain evil, some have a low IQ, some are very poor with limited opportunities; however on top of that is layered feelings of impotence brought on by being so marginalized by a PC society. And then there are those that would manipulate them or use them as cannon fodder. It takes a strong man to rise above what is being thrown their way by the male and female elitists that attempt to dictate the course of their lives by holding positions of power.
Most men are good eggs, honorable, caring, protective of women and their family members. Qualities that are not appreciated by too many women who have swallowed the feminist ideology. And the Commie/Socialist; nazi-like elitists (mostly Dems) that are trying to fundamentally change our country’s values in order to rule over a nation of docile sheep. No manly men allowed. Not pliable enough.
I’d hate to be a man in today’s society. We are all worse off that too many men have so little testosterone left to give to their country. I mourn the loss of manhood. Not a good thing for any of us. But bravo for Tucker Carlson. He’s like a pit bull on this subject and won’t let go of the topic. Good.
That's a logical conclusion, and in the case of crime in general you can see a clear numerical association between the problem and the outcome. Not so with mass murder, since, despite the horror and immediacy of each incident, it's a relatively rare phenomenon.
Most of these mass killers are intelligent people who have some sort of severe personal problems that lead them (rightly or wrongly) to perceive themselves as failures. Unwilling to blame themselves for their woes, they use their intelligence to create elaborate worldviews that justify their situations and lay the blame for their failures on some class of people whom they consequently feel justified in acting out against. A worldview isn't a psychosis, but it can certainly masquerade as one.
Of course, to bring this acting out to the level of mass murder you generally have to have suicidal ideation coupled with a moral code (better still, amoral code) that allows taking innocent life. Alcohol and drugs might also be in the mix, because they lower inhibitions.
Young men are quite happy to walk away; we only hear about the relationship problems because their female peers are NOT happy with that outcome. Their male counterparts are supposed to dutifully play the providing fool depicted in TV commercials, but too many young men today watched their own families break up to risk whatever happiness they might attain in a relationship in the midst of the 24/7/365 gender wars.
As white women look elsewhere for mates/sperm donors, they’re often learning some harsh life lessons.
There is truth in what you say, I am a white dude in America and my future appears to be that of a tax cow for the benefit of foreigners children. I am trying to change that non-violently, and in doing so I am already being accused of mass murder by the opposition. Why not earn it?
I believe that is one reason why white young men are disappearing (or absent) from the “mainstream” workforce; they know they’ll be hamstrung by their race/gender in an office environment, so they couldn’t be bothered with college or the standard 9-5 jobs. When I hear the vitriol from the older childless white women at tax time, I have to chuckle; now they get to pay the bills instead.
Madam, you seem to have it pegged. I began raising my three grandsons shortly after my daughter divorced their dad. He is a nice enough guy, but he doesn’t really know how to be a dad. ‘Not all his fault... his mom had either four or five husbands?... she never told him for certain who his dad is/was. Neither here nor there.
I raised two daughters, and they had to be handled differently than raising boys, that was obvious to me. You don’t get the girls’ best shots until they hit around 11-ish in years. With boys, you get it right out of the gate, and it continues until they realize that you’re serious about kicking their little butt out of the house at age 18.
My first grandson is 2 years into his Air Force career; grandson number two will take the plunge in about 10 months. Grandson number 3 is just starting high school.
I’ve managed to keep all three on a track that can lead them to success if they’ll take any initiative at all. I’ve forced them to do daily chores, work with me in the yard, rebuilding fences, constructing floors for sheds, shelving, etc. Essentially, any dirty jobs that come up, they’ve got ‘em. Do they like it? Not in the least, but as I borrowed from Dick Marcinko’s line “they don’t have to like it, they just have to do it.”
As far as girls/women go... I usually point out examples of girls/women that they’re familiar with inside and out of the family. They hear all the gossip from their mom and grandmother, so they know what I mean when I tell them that “somewhere out there, there’s a young JoAnn, or a Kelly, or a Missy, all deadbeat females etc. just waiting to snag their little ass as soon as they get a steady paycheck.” Yep, those little girls have big plans for you! And when you divorce them, kiss half of your possessions good-bye! Women are not traditionally tools to be used and discarded after use. Raising two daughters taught me that.
Now to be fair, I tell them that there are also some very good girls/women out there that could make their lives very manageable and pleasant; however that’s a two way street. They’re also quite hard to find, because they don’t hang out in the places where you find JoAnn, Kelly or Missy. If you want a good woman, you have to be an even better man and look in the right places. A man cannot be a selfish egomaniac who fosters the attitude that “it’s always about me.” Many are the times where acquaitences of my wife tell her how lucky she is to have me for a husband after they’ve gotten to know me. Their husbands or ex-husbands were always so oppressive, and stingy or domineering, total irresponsible jerks they are. Of course, the women bear no responsibility for their situations, you understand. These women were victims to hear them talk. My wife usually straightens them out and explains to them that marriage is not, and never was a 50-50 deal... it can’t be. Sacrifices have to be made by both husband and wife to make it work. Especially where children are involved. I can’t even tell you how much money I make at my job, honestly. I could research and find out, but I don’t need to. My wife knows, and all the bills get paid, we have food, the kids have everything they need... we want for nothing. We even have money for emergencies.
I have a tee shirt floating around the house somewhere that reads “Any one can be a father, but it takes someone really special to be a DAD!” I was so blessed to have had my dad in my life, even though he was oppressive and mean to me; he made me do all kinds of dirty jobs and made me work really hard all the time taking care of livestock, building and repairing fences, fixing well-pumps when they malfunctioned, working on vehicles when they broke down... all kinds of horrible things! He also had to jack me up and tweak me when it came to how to behave properly and treat people with dignity and respect. I thank God every day for blessing me with my dad. Dad, whereever in Heaven you reside, Thank You! I love you and miss you very much! I’m following your proven game plan and raising your three spectacular great-grandsons! You’d be so proud of them!
Kudos also to Tucker Carlson for his consistent thrusting of this issue to the forefront on his show.
Leni
Yo are correct and passage of the 19th amendment enabled this and is the root cause.
Yes. You are on the mrk.
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