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Posted on 11/20/2025 3:12:20 AM PST by RoosterRedux
There is a strange trend in the modern West: telling the truth has become an act of defiance. Truth has not changed—but society’s tolerance for it has. [...]
What once anchored civilization became something that polite society treats as a provocation. Truth confronts feelings, narratives, and institutions that depend on fragile illusions. Yet truth has never survived by accident—it survives only through courage. And historically, that courage fell especially to men. The responsibility to defend truth has never belonged to men alone—but throughout history, masculine courage has often carried that burden when it mattered most.
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A society built on narrative control must first make courage seem unacceptable. It especially targets the men most likely to speak plainly. A world dependent on emotional compliance cannot tolerate the courage that questions official narratives and asks, “What is real—and what is not?” That is why truth today requires masculine courage more than ever.
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One of the most important insights of traditional wisdom is that delusion is not defeated through force. You do not need an axe or a sword. You need clarity.
The truth itself is the blade.
A man who speaks truth cuts through confusion without harming anyone. His weapon is not aggression but clarity. His force is not violence but responsibility. His courage does not seek to dominate but to liberate.
At the same time, refusing to speak truth is not neutral. It becomes a subtle form of harm—a spiritual harm. When a person sees what is real but remains silent, the conscience begins to rebel.
And worse, silence leaves others trapped in illusions they might have escaped had truth been spoken.
Silence in the face of lies does not preserve peace. It prolongs the harm.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
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Truth is offensive. It reminds people that they can be wrong.
(One of the most important insights of traditional wisdom is
THAT DELUSION IS NOT DEFEATED THROUGH FORCE. You do not need
an axe or a sword. You need clarity.
The truth itself is the blade.)
The truth itself is the blade
How’s that been working for us? Seems the blade has been a bit dull...
[for example: https://worldtribune.com/report-california-students-must-get-perfect-gender-training-score-in-order-to-register/]
At this point it seems like we’re
fighting an avalanche of
Godless Reprobate stupidity
Sigh 😔
That should be a thread 🧵🧵🧵 if it isn’t already
The left are manipulative and the first thing they try to manipulate is truth. They are trying to tear down tradition for whatever they have in mind.
Yup. Someone should remind Lefties that you should never fight against reality (i.e., truth) because reality always eventually wins.
True...I didn’t check to see if it was...
And any man who does so, is no man at all.
And that’s why there are no men on the Left or in the Democratic Party.
Yes, which is why I struggle so much to understand how any man could be a democrat/leftist. And I guess the answer is, they are not real men (and in fact, many of them seem to want to be women).
Just driving past the six new ballfields in town all for girls only shows where boys have nothing.
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Truth is hate speech...to somebody somewhere.
Excellent essay. Well worth reading the entire piece. Thanks for posting.
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