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"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
- Thucydides
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" B. Franklin
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
Captdon (11-27-2018)
I loathe the idea of banning or silencing people because of political ideology. I see it happening and it bothers me tremendously. I hedge on that where ISIS or the like are concerned. I strongly disagree with emotionally labeling people -- for example, suggesting, stating and strongly believing that someone is for Female Genital Mutilation because they voted for Trump. That's just me, though.
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
Admiral Ackbar (11-27-2018),Captdon (11-27-2018)
1. Yes, that's exactly what I just said.
Seriously though, one does not 'become a woman'. It is not a choice or an alterable condition. What I have suggested is that people should be allowed to just be individuals rather than socially prescribed performances of 'how men are supposed to be' and 'how women are supposed to be'.
2. Show me an example of a "derogatory and spiteful" application that I have employed on this thread because I'm not seeing it.
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Green Arrow (11-28-2018)
Emasculating boys harms society. Without positive male and female role models we see more crime, not less. We see more violence, not less.
And extreme example is found in Sunni Islam. They separate the sexes (as opposed to emasculate the males) so younger generations have a stilted view of positive male and female role models. It directly led to easily radicalized fodder for militant Islam.
Don't forget the Bolded word above.
ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
Admiral Ackbar (11-27-2018),Captdon (11-27-2018)
Here, for anyone interested, are the views of Dr. Debra Soh, Neuroscientist, on the above. Jump to the 25 minute mark. According to science, gender is binary and not a social construct as the postmoderns would have it.I view gender (defining social roles for men and women) as an intrinsically restrictive social construct that exists to ensure men remain socially dominant. I think people should just be real; that they should just be their individual selves, not a performance of dominance (masculinity, as we gender-code it) or of submissiveness (femininity, as we gender-code it). Gender is an act, not a reality.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Captdon (11-27-2018)
Radical feminists want to eradicate masculinity. Isn't that sexism?
When Donald Trump said to protest “peacefully”, he meant violence.
When he told protesters to “go home”, he meant stay for an insurrection.
And when he told Brad Raffensperger to implement “whatever the correct legal remedy is”, he meant fraud.
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
Captdon (11-27-2018)
Polly is not DGUtley your friend too. I think we are all friends here. I know you guys had a spat in the FGM thread, but I can tell you two are friends.
BTW it is too late for you. You have been brain washed in the true tradition of Mao.. It is hard when you get a glimse of the light through the fog the Maoist have put there for you...it clouds the real world and that is the intent
"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining"----Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales
Here's Dr Soh again, briefer:
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
I tire of hearing women in the west whine about how they are treated. There is no issue with women, women's rights,, how they are treated. We need to focus on our boys and men. They are by far struggling the most.
Making them in to wussies has not work. Time to MAN UP!
"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining"----Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales