• @Candelestine
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    431 year ago

    When it comes to iron determination, strength of character, courage, resilience and sheer power and scope, a man manlier than all of us was Fred Rogers.

    He was a pretty tough sonuvabitch. He saw a whole generation of children frightened by a bold new world, and did something about it. Could you do this?

    https://youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA

    • @AbidanYre
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      271 year ago

      I’m a big fan of the Two Rogers Rule.

      “If Steve or Fred wouldn’t do it, neither should you.”

    • @cmbabul
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      121 year ago

      My mother will go on and on about how much I loved watching Mister Rogers Neighborhood as a kid, he was a major contributor to my moral compass and his journey is inspiring

  • @lolola
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    161 year ago

    Somehow, just about every time elite American men look at virtually any sociological change, they see a crisis of masculinity.

    • NielsBohron
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      101 year ago

      And always a panic about the morals and life skills of the next generation. I’ve always hated “kids these days” arguments

      Although, now that I’m getting older and I work in higher education, it’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between actual need for educational reform to fit the modern climate and the relaxing of standards and rigor in higher ed. Is the crisis that we need to do a better job teaching students not to cheat, or do we just need to change how we write tests? Etc.

      Anyways, get off of my lawn and thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      Manhood or masculinity is perfectly fine so long as it’s a personal decision and you don’t judge others to whatever you’ve decided is the “standard”

      If you want to wear plaid with an 18 inch beard and chop wood, awesome. Just don’t tell me thats the only standard for “a man”

    • @t0lo
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      -31 year ago

      They can be fun and provide a lot of guidance for people in a world which otherwise has very little. It’s important for people to be able to celebrate who they are.

    • @tallwookie
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      -141 year ago

      no stupider than feminism

      • @[email protected]
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        -11 year ago

        Untrue, feminism is based on a desire for equality, masculism is based on a desire for mAnLiNeSs. It’s ephemeral, ill-defined, and pointless.

  • @Raphael
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    Elites… teach us??? Hmm, no.

    Unless they’re teaching us where not to stick the pitchforks.

    • Chuckles the Cheese
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      21 year ago

      I agree with some of what you say but "abhorrent trend " is a bit much. If anything I think it’s more of and eye roll.

  • @danhasnolife
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    11 year ago

    Great article. Insightful and over a longer time horizon than I expected

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    Initially, the article brought up a lot of cool things about masculinity, which I didn’t know: notably about how society, sees a crisis of masculinity, at every social change.

    However, the article did not wrap this up at all. It resorted to talking about essentially a religious convention, and Trump rally. Then referenced so-called “philosophers” and “scholars” akin to Joe Rogan. This isn’t a fair comparison, it’s literally asking a podcast host to solve a huge social issue.

    Additionally for some reason referencing how white men don’t even belong in America because it’s native land; when that is a whole separate issue that we can talk about and needs to be addressed but distracts from the article title.

    I would love to talk about this more, but this article really drags men’s mental health + belonging in the dirt and undermines anyone trying to legitimately help men belong in this world in a non-toxic and fulfilling way.