I thought it was interesting that Ron Brown’s prayer before the Penn State-Nebraska game was, in part, that they would all play with all their strength and integrity, knowing that young boys all over the country would be looking to them as a way to learn what manliness means.
I was so glad that Bo Pelini made the comments he did - that football is nothing compared to the lives of young people, and protecting them. Again, that’s a public figure displaying manliness - the manly desire to protect the vulnerable rather than exploit them. It flies in the face of a whole society that is built on exploiting the vulnerable - either by lying to them, taking from them, or whatever.
We have in the White House today a man who believes that children born alive after a failed abortion should legally be allowed to be killed either through neglect or an outright act of violence. All because he claims that simply allowing that child to live would be “too much of a burden” on a woman. IOW, this politician is exploiting tiny infants in order to get the votes of the women who want to abuse those tiny infants. Politician exploits woman by offering her the opportunity to exploit the very most vulnerable among us.
Sick, sick, sick. What can a creep like that, or anybody who supports that exploitation, have to say about real manliness? They are grown-up bullies in male bodies, that’s all. And it’s no wonder our young people are confused. The whole society is exploiting every vulnerability they can find.
When I was younger and learned about how cruel ancient civilizations could be (child sacrifice, etc), I would think “thank goodness we have evolved”. I don’t believe that anymore. Ancient civilizations would sacrifice babies, virgins, slaves... in ignorance to a god for hopes of safety, better crops etc. We know the damage being done. We know that a fetus has a beating heart. We know that children suffer horribly (and for the rest of their lives) as a result of physical abuse/sexual abuse. The only true difference is we now seem to focus entirely on the needs of the perpetrator. We now label babies as “baggage” and children are offered to sickos each and every day. The media exploits this as well. Watch all sorts of movies/television shows and what do you see? Children being shown as “sexual” and teen characters taking care of their “little problem” by a simple visit to the abortion clinic. Nope, Butterdezillion, we haven’t evolved as a species at all.