@SmashJT Call him what you will, but there is an underlying truth in what he's saying, isn't there? The working man has definitely been shafted in recent decades. Personal choices matter greatly, but so do the choices of our so called leaders who are ready to sell everything to China.
@vamp1bella A festering of foreign child rape gangs, facilitated and covered up by the authorities and institutions for decades for fear of being called racist.
@TransNikita@creation247 I'd say it's pretty trad to be a mum. Well, a good mum, anyway, which it sounds like yours was.
Being double-income household is more of a necessity rather than a choice, though, right? Especially when there's a child.
Choice in tradition > cruel necessity in a modern economy
@dazburns123@Awk20000 I agree with you. I'm no fan of modern liberal ideals either. Nor am I arguing for the suppression of masculitnity. Defending the family, the home, the nation - I'm with all that. But our instincts also have to be tempered, by our own wills more so than by social constructs.
@TransNikita@creation247 There are exceptions to the rule.
Even then, you could still say that bringing life into the world is the most trad thing you can do.
Literally the birth of the species level trad.
Now, if she had aborted you, that would be much more... progressive.
@dazburns123@Awk20000 You don't see any virtue in turning the other cheek? If anything, this is the MOST masculine route: "I'm strong. You can never hurt me."
Also, don't you think that a masculine primate bravado could easily be taken advantage of? Think military propaganda, etc.
@1WretchedVessel@veldadufort@Awk20000 Christian teachings are clear: abnormal sexual behaviours and expressions are sinful.
Vlad’s prank was spiritually compromised. The attacker's response was criminal, fragile, and completely lacking in restraint.
Both sides were trapped in low-level, worldly behaviour.
@TransNikita@creation247 Covering yourself in ink and piercings is what you consider self-acceptance?
Having a child you regard as a gamble, losing out, submitting to abuse?
There surely couldn't be an in-between, could there? Happy, stable, and loving families don't exist, apparently.
@dazburns123@Awk20000 But humans are distinct from other primates, right? We're not just instinctual animals. We're capable of forethought, reason, compassion, forgiveness.
These are the holistic values I would pass down to my children. Strength expressed as our capacity for love. To be Christlike.
@dazburns123@Awk20000 "Public humiliation by another male is an act of aggression."
What are you basing this on? Some creed or set of ideas you subscribe to? Certainly not traditional ethics.
Sounds like fragile ego talk.
What if a man is publicly humiliated by a woman?
@dazburns123@Awk20000 As a father, you'd teach your children to get physical if they feel humiliated? Do you think that's a mark of strength, as opposed to self-control?