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Strong Men Are the New Nails
Townhall.com ^ | July 27, 2020 | Pamela Garber

Posted on 07/27/2020 1:01:47 PM PDT by Kaslin

Leadership from strong men is slavery, newscast interviews with lawyers, academics, and mental health professionals tell us. "Toxic" is the new word for alpha. Masculinity, as with other pathological conditions, must be treated early – as early as possible. Treatment is unleashed in camp, school and recreation time in the neighborhood or at home. When the condition has been left untreated, teachers, medical doctors and psychologists must navigate a late diagnosis and implement treatment. Stat.

Carl Jung said that if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The hammer now at hand is made of ideological commandments. These commandments become transparent only through dissecting them. Commandment One, Thou Shalt Not Have Conviction of Character is typically merged with Commandment Two - Thou Shalt Not Have Allegiance to Judeo Christian Values. Hammering hands hate conviction of character. Conviction of character causes independent thinking: the taking in of new information, assimilating the new data and forming conclusions based on the foundational fiber of one’s personhood, and finally, taking decisive action. 

Our Men Are the First Target, But Women and Children Are Next

The nails to Jung’s hammer are us. We are the nails. We, Americans of White, Black, Hispanic, Asian and Muslim backgrounds are all participating on the American stage, a stage of freedom to partake in commerce and education. We are all equal – equally unequal. Equally unequal in terms of personal resources. Some people can sing, some have a photographic memory, some are energized worker bees with relentless stamina, some are nurturers. Equally unequal in terms of family resources. Some have loving, doting parents who teach them faith-based morality, kindness and boundaries. Some have familial wealth. And, some have poverty. Some have abusive family members, even their own parents. Others have no family at all, abandoned to the equally unequal playing field of independence by fire.

Within the invisible walls surrounding equally unequal people and their equally unequal backgrounds, some with home front advantages soar accordingly. Others crash. Some with tragic, violent backgrounds crash accordingly. Others soar. Within the walls are God’s living creatures – big and small. The front line of our species, the strong man is the first creature on the chopping block. Creative destruction is in play. Pest exterminators know that to kill all the ants in the house, you must find the queen. Gang leaders know that to kill the gang, you start with their leader. Being dulled cognitively and spiritually is a form of killing. The nucleus of American life is freedom. In America, freedom keeps us alive cognitively and spiritually. Kill our freedom, you kill our thoughts and spirit. Kill our thoughts and spirit, you kill us. You want to do this. You start with our men. You want to do this and have lasting effects – you get all of us – women and men, boys and girls – to do it for you.

Women In Combat Targets Men

Women in combat is another assault against men. Not that some women can’t be functional participants in combat – but do the benefits of their presence outweigh the consequences? No, they don’t.  It’s a given that corporate settings are a breeding ground for infidelity. Companies arm themselves with attorney authored human resource-driven employee policies against involvement between coworkers. Whether the stakes are literal life and death in military operations or the more common salary and benefits in business performance, biological drive, attraction, natural human impulse is sometimes a safe bet against logic, commitments and practicality. This is true for people in their forties and up. Such otherwise pragmatic people jeopardize marriages, child custody, careers and reputation, yet we ask 18 to 20-somethings, running on combat adrenaline, far from home to be beyond distraction. Distraction in combat is not the same thing as distraction in corporate sales meetings. Women in combat is another sophisticated snub at the men defending our freedom. Prioritizing female participation deems the mission and our men as expendable. And yes, the men know it.

Within the invisible walls surrounding equally unequal people and their equally unequal backgrounds, some with home front advantages soar accordingly. Others crash. Some with tragic, violent backgrounds crash accordingly. Others soar. Within the walls are God’s living creatures – big and small. The front line of our species, the strong man is the first creature on the chopping block. Creative destruction is in play. Pest exterminators know that to kill all the ants in the house, you must find the queen. Gang leaders know that to kill the gang, you start with their leader. Being dulled cognitively and spiritually is a form of killing. The nucleus of American life is freedom. In America, freedom keeps us alive cognitively and spiritually. Kill our freedom, you kill our thoughts and spirit. Kill our thoughts and spirit, you kill us. You want to do this. You start with our men. You want to do this and have lasting effects – you get all of us – women and men, boys and girls – to do it for you.

Women In Combat Targets Men

Women in combat is another assault against men. Not that some women can’t be functional participants in combat – but do the benefits of their presence outweigh the consequences? No, they don’t.  It’s a given that corporate settings are a breeding ground for infidelity. Companies arm themselves with attorney authored human resource-driven employee policies against involvement between coworkers. Whether the stakes are literal life and death in military operations or the more common salary and benefits in business performance, biological drive, attraction, natural human impulse is sometimes a safe bet against logic, commitments and practicality. This is true for people in their forties and up. Such otherwise pragmatic people jeopardize marriages, child custody, careers and reputation, yet we ask 18 to 20-somethings, running on combat adrenaline, far from home to be beyond distraction. Distraction in combat is not the same thing as distraction in corporate sales meetings. Women in combat is another sophisticated snub at the men defending our freedom. Prioritizing female participation deems the mission and our men as expendable. And yes, the men know it.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: character; children; culture; family; feminism; gender; jung; masculinity; men; toxic; women

1 posted on 07/27/2020 1:01:47 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Strong Men are necessary For strong families, the basics of a strong society.


2 posted on 07/27/2020 1:07:39 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Kaslin

Neighborhoods around Portland are thankful for strong men to protect them.


3 posted on 07/27/2020 1:10:10 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?my)
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To: Kaslin

The left is threatened by those with strong minds. Rightfully so.

Most leftists are basically cowards who only feel strong in a mob.


4 posted on 07/27/2020 1:14:20 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftists/Leftism ruins everything it touches.)
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To: gitmo
Distraction in combat is not the same thing as distraction in corporate sales meetings. Women in combat is another sophisticated snub at the men defending our freedom. Prioritizing female participation deems the mission and our men as expendable. And yes, the men know it.
5 posted on 07/27/2020 1:15:31 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?my)
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To: Kaslin
Hard Times Create Strong Men
Strong Men Create Good Times
Good Times Create Weak Men
Weak Men Create Hard Times

It Seems to be a cycle


6 posted on 07/27/2020 1:27:08 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Kaslin

The Left is especially angry because for all their wussification of men projected by television and movies, it failed spectacularly. For every gelding they could find, there are plenty of real men who walked away from all the nonsense and more importantly, the attractive women chose the real men.


7 posted on 07/27/2020 1:32:52 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Kaslin

Attributed to George Orwell but not a direct quote.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.


8 posted on 07/27/2020 6:46:01 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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