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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 12, 2024 7:03:29 GMT -8
Truer words have never been spoken. Although I haven't quite gotten used to it yet.  At least in the guise of shuffling off one's children to "day care," that has been achieved in the West. The actions and attitudes of the public school systems make this abundantly clear. Thus I reject the idea that feminism started out with good intentions but only recently warped into something rotten. This is still a minority opinion, but the correct one. I was paying attention and yet admit to being surprised at how quickly the idea of "transgender" caught on as a social contagion. And here's what I think is a striking paragraph from Gress' article: We shorten that to "man-hate." But it's also clearly "woman-hate" as well. All things, normal, biological, or maternal are to be hated and rejected. Only one specific kind of "woman" is allowed for a feminist, much like Clarence Thomas is the wrong kind of black. Diversity schmersity. And I do think that Gress is right in that this rejection of womanhood combined with adopting the "male mode of life" (a nice characterization) opened the door to the entire rejection of the idea that sex is real and sexual differences are real. And if one accepts that, then of course the "blurring of gender" is a natural outcome. I just find that she packed a lot of summary truths into that paragraph. Notice that all the critics of feminism are women. I would love to engage her in a conversation and ask her opinion of the ways men have been bought off or bullied into silence. But surely they have. I said much the same thing the other day. It's not the only ingredient in play, but it is a quite active and central one. I've said for years that what is driving most of this grievance stuff is "the last child picked on the playground when choosing up teams" syndrome. I can't find a good acronym for that though. But we're talking about people, perhaps through no fault of their own, who are bent or misshapen in some way. Rather than accept their limitations or faults (or trying to improve themselves), they lash out at society and try to normalize their faults, shortcomings, perversions, etc. Note how the Democrat Party in many places is even trying to normalize thievery. And I would say the one element that can correct for this (men) has been marginalized. I love how these chicks are writing books and giving speeches about the harms of feminism. And that's good and needed. But equally needed are good, righteous men who will, for instance, bar the way physically of men trying to shower with their wives or daughters in the locker room. There is no substitute for going beyond merely talking about something and instead defending a line. Feminism's greatest victory was neutering the male. And I'll guran-damn-tee you that most conservatives have no idea what I'm talking about or are aware of their own complicity with all this junk. And don't ask me about Libertarians who are far worse in this regard. |
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 19, 2024 15:58:46 GMT -8
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 19, 2024 18:37:42 GMT -8
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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Post by Brad Nelson on May 29, 2024 17:39:20 GMT -8
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 16, 2024 10:08:34 GMT -8
Just a reminder that the satanic leftist goons have been chipping away at the family for centuries. This effort gained huge momentum in the 1970s with no-fault divorce. The left does what it can to create directionless people who are easier to manipulate than those with a solid background. America has a father problem |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 16, 2024 12:50:15 GMT -8
Yep. Happy Father's Day, Mr. Flu.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 16, 2024 17:39:01 GMT -8
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 17, 2024 6:30:58 GMT -8
Fathers have faced much slander these past few decades. But it's not an easy job in the best of circumstances. A father has to lead. A father has to not be afraid to say "no." A father's job, to some extent, is to instill character, set limits, provide basic necessities and protection, and take out the trash.
I was chagrined yesterday when I got a text message from the pastor's wife to come upstairs and have some food. Normally their "Food and Fellowship" happens on the last Sunday of the month. And here I thought it was the middle of the month.
But she told me it was Father's Day. And, not being a father, or having a living father, the day sort of skips right by me.
Might I have been a good father? Maybe. But I just don't have the temperament for a long-term relationship. (I hope you didn't fall off your chair when reading that...I'm quite sure you didn't).
I know that your fatherhood came with special challenges which I'm sure you've met with a sense of duty, gumption, and fatherly love. And that role is so important. And maybe that's why in the rush to Utopia, fathers have been maligned. Utopia doesn't like limits. Utopia doesn't like anyone imposing good character. And certainly Utopia must not ever let a man have any say over what a woman does.
And so here we are, a somewhat fractured society that could never in a million years come up with a TV program titled "Father Knows Best." But there is a Father above us all, however tentative and unclear our understanding is of this Creator. We know this, not just to settle our minds in chaotic times, but because the universe does not make sense otherwise, just as families do not make sense otherwise.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 17, 2024 11:38:09 GMT -8
Being a father is difficult, even at the best of times. But as they say, "Nothing worth having comes easy." Family, friends, the good life...all require effort and there is no guarantee that the effort will pay off. What we do know is that if you don't try, you don't get much of anything of value. In any case, it is wrong not to try.
Sometime after we found out Flu Jr. was handicapped, I was visiting friends and told them of the situation. One of the things they said was that I had to be careful not to love him too much. I am not sure one can love one's son too much.
I think what they meant was that I needed to be careful not to let everything slide because he was handicapped. If I did, it would ruin him. If this is what they meant, they were absolutely correct. Too many hold too low expectations for the handicapped. As a result, the handicapped often are happy to satisfy these expectations. On the other hand, if one aims higher and helps the handicapped aim in the same direction, it is amazing what can be accomplished.
We understood that Jr. was going to have a difficult time in the world, thus socialization was a big goal for us from the start. As I say, "Someone who is tall, nice looking, polite and personable, will be accepted a lot faster than someone who is short, ugly, nasty and obnoxious."  Knowing that a child's personality is basically formed in its early years, Mdm. Flu and I constantly worked to insure Jr. learned how to behave and be personable. Believe me, this was not easy. As in all areas of their lives, for these lessons to sink in require more effort and time with handicapped children. One must constantly repeat things and be consistent. But our work paid off in spades. We have been told hundreds of times how well behaved, happy, sociable, sweet and loving Flu Jr. is. These traits did not come out of nothing. And if they are not instilled by the time a boy is a teenager, it is very difficult to instill them.
It took many years for me to really accept the fact that Jr. was handicapped. I often lost my temper and was irritated with him for things which he would do. Since he cannot express himself very well, he would sometimes do things out of frustration, and these were not always nice. Very annoying. Then one day, something broke in me and I finally acknowledged reality. Jr. was not, and never was going to be, normal.
Since that time, I have much more patience and rarely express any type of anger to him. I try to point out his mistake, and remind what he needs to do and how to do things properly. Our lives have become so intertwined that it would be hard to separate us. He is constantly around me and tries to be helpful anyway he can be. He loves to please people and receive praise. A simple "good boy or good job" makes him very happy. His help generally takes much longer than it would take me to do something, but it gives him joy and prepares him for the time that neither Mdm. Flu nor myself will be around.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 17, 2024 13:11:11 GMT -8
I think you said it very well, and expressed an amazing story that is ultimately one of triumph. And this standard of holding to high expectations can, and should, be applied to everyone. It's not about "tough love," although that has its placed. It's about respecting the uniqueness of people as human beings. They are not bags of DNA. They are people with a mind, spirit, soul, talents, needs, creativity, weaknesses, abilities, and various aspects of uniqueness. But look at commercials, politics, and the news. It is clear that most treat people as mere "things" to be talked-down to and manipulated. The favorite teachers I had in school were demanding (but fair). Being too soft helps to create hoodlums. Just look at California or other places where to be "nice" they have decriminalized crime. You must have done a good job under difficult circumstances. I mean, just look at all the "privileged" people out there who are spoiled, self-centered, rat bastards. This stuff matters. And as you said, particularly so with those with special needs. Because we're in hockey season, and the Edmonton Oilers are in the finals, the story of Joey Moss has come up. He was Vicky Moss's sister who Wayne Gretzky dated for quite a while. Early in his career in Edmonton, Wayne approached Coach Glenn Sather and asked if Joey could be a locker room attendant. Sather is not a touchy-feely man, to say the least. I can't remember what he told Wayne, but the answer was "yes." Wayne was telling a few stories about Joey here and there as he anchored the broadcast booth in between periods at TNT with the other jocks. Say what you will about big stars, but the way Wayne talked about Moss was astonishing. The matter-of-fact stories he would tell. The way Moss would walk into the locker room and pick the guys up after a big loss. There is zero sense of do-gooder-ism from Wayne. They came to like the kid. And Moss, in fact, lived with Wayne for a time. Wayne eventually was traded to LA and Moss outlasted all those great Oilers of the 80's. Joey was still there in Edmonton. I think Wayne had talked to Moss when his trade to LA became public. Would Joey be okay? Would he want to come to LA with Wayne? Nope. Joey was going to stay in Edmonton and take care of his team. They now have an official "Moss Pitt" (play off of "Mosh Pitt") outside the arena where spill-over Edmonton fans gather. There's more in that article at Wiki. But suffice it to say, this was a handicapped guy who touched a lot of people. He wasn't heroic. He was just himself. And some great people, including The Great One, were touched deeply by this kid. So for every Hunter Biden we can hope there are at least a couple Flu Juniors and Joey Mosses. |
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 17, 2024 15:45:45 GMT -8
All of us need guidance in our lives. This is particularly true for children and even more so for handicapped children. If tough love is exposing people to the likely results of their actions, then it is often necessary.
Of course, modern satanic leftists, including many libertarians, pretend that people don't need the type of traditional guidance which has been part of humanity for thousands of years. Parents guide children, religion guides believers, wisdom guides those who are seeking it. Modern-day types pretend that children, and others, need only follow their emotions and passions. In one way or another, this leads to servitude.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 20, 2024 11:17:01 GMT -8
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 20, 2024 17:22:08 GMT -8
I love it. That's what you call straightforward.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 27, 2024 13:22:54 GMT -8
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 28, 2024 8:09:00 GMT -8
I was taught as a child not to take pleasure in the misfortunes of others, Mr. Flu.  Oops. One commenter writes: Another writes: These are occasions, of course, for trotting out one's pet theory and receiving confirmation. What we're supposed to do, of course, is subscribe to the supposed truth that liberal women are much more in need of a mental health professionals because they care more. That would be the official line from the deniers. The reality is going to be a mix of influences, including the one that mentions "indoctrinated brains." Yep. People have been indoctrinated to think of themselves as victims. And all their dogma ("Climate Change") is pessimistic and specifically designed to make them angry and an ongoing active agent for "the cause." Still, that this is tilted highly to young liberal females (not presumably young liberal males), there's much more to this story. Women need men. Men need women. This is a startling idea for most women. But, yep, women need men. And one reason they need men is to act as a governor. No, not the political personage. The mechanical thingie:  A woman, left to her own devices, is geared to go off half-cocked and to be hysterical. We saw that completely in the KFF panic where men (they still are) were sidelined and female hysteria ran amok. A woman needs grounding by the more logical male. Vice versa, the usually violent and uncouth male needs civilizing by the female. That's the way it's supposed to work. But if you tell chicks that "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle," their brains are going to run hot, start vibrating, and threaten to take down the whole machine as they spin and spin with nothing to bring them back to a more moderate revolution. Without a good man there (or any man), there is no one to counter-balance their natural hysteria and irrationalism. So there you have it. And you'll not read that anywhere but here. But it's the essential truth. Conservative women, by and large, haven't bought the idea that men are disposable. And they have certainly not bought into the idea of Female Fascism. Without a built-in hostility toward men, they're going to be treated better by the men in their lives. And they will thrive and be happier, and certainly will have no use for a shrink. |
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 28, 2024 17:39:08 GMT -8
We had lunch today with a friend who we haven't seen for a year, or so. She tends to being somewhat liberal, but is not a woke Marxist. During lunch she mentioned a couple of her grandchildren who are extremely intelligent, one with a full scholarship to Fordham and the other who was accepted to places such as Rutgers, but has decided on UT Austin.
Our friend noted that the people of this age are completely brainwashed by the universities they attend. For example, years ago, she and I discussed the question of sex-change and how badly one must feel to have this done. Thankfully, in those days, only a few thought they needed the procedure. But she noted that today, something like 40% of college students think they are the wrong sex, mixed sex or some other nonsense.
One day she was referring to some friend of her grandchildren who she thought was a girl, but was a boy and she referred to him as "He." Her granddaughter then attacked her saying that the guy's pronouns were "She/They" and that grandma had better get it right, or something like that. Thankfully, our friend lit into her granddaughter and let her know that she had better straighten up as nobody was going to tell our friend what to say.
Our friend has become more conservative and wonders if the nation can survive this, and the other madness being spread across the country. The world is a strange place.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 28, 2024 19:20:50 GMT -8
To see this stuff as a problem rather than benefit is half the battle. She recognizes the destructive and screwy nature of it.
No doubt she gets 120 volts of Kungian Philosophy when you meet. But most people are simply fish swimming in the sea of this stuff and don't give it much of a thought.
For example, is was said today that many people turn their attention to politics during the debates. And supposedly (I don't necessarily believe this, but you never know) for many people Thursday's debate was their first realization of how deteriorated Biden was.
So there is some truth in that, I suppose. You and me drink this stuff for breakfast. But "civic duty" ain't what it used to be. By rights, people should be engaged in this stuff and know what's going on. But most don't. Or engage in a highly superficial manner.
That's one of the main reasons that a relatively few Marxist zealots can control the agenda. And these clever Marxists have the language to deflect, defame, and befuddle so that anyone can believe they are "paying attention" by signing onto whatever shibboleth the Left has offered. It's easier than thinking and makes one feel as if one "cares."
I'm not saying that your friend fits this category. But I think most women, in particular, do.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 29, 2024 10:19:16 GMT -8
During our lunch discussion, my friend mentioned that she had recently run into an acquaintance at some shopping center. They chatted a while and the acquaintance told her that she had received a phone call or text msg from Direct TV which advd her of the possibility of cutting her monthly fee in half. All she had to do was buy some gift cards and mail them to a certain address.
My friend thought this was fishy, but decided to check and called Direct TV immediately. She had the no. on her phone. The people at Direct TV told her that there was no such "special" offer and that her friend was being scammed.
My friend got off the phone and told her acquaintance what the agent at Direct TV said, but the silly woman didn't believe it. She kept stating that it was real. It took sometime for the truth to sink in and my friend's acquaintance called her a few days later and admitted she was right and thanked her for stopping her from getting ripped off.
The point of the above tale is that Americans are a particularly gullible bunch. They will swallow the most absurd stories. This trait was on massive display during the KFF fraud.
I guess the root of it lies at Americans being a pretty trusting folk. This might have something to do with the Christian roots of the country. I also think that there is something about the idea of getting a good deal, being smart enough to pay less than others, that is very attractive.
On the flip side, I believe a major part of the hesitancy to admit that one has fallen for a scam is that people are loath to admit that they have been foolish. It takes time to process and honestly understand one has been a sucker. I still maintain this is one of the reasons so many will still not accept the truth about the KFF scam and the IEUGT jab. Admitting one's fallibility, loosing one's face, it hard for all of us. Of course Big Pharma and government will not admit it because they would be on the hook for huge fines if they did.
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Knowing that a child's personality is basically formed in its early years, Mdm. Flu and I constantly worked to insure Jr. learned how to behave and be personable. Believe me, this was not easy. As in all areas of their lives, for these lessons to sink in require more effort and time with handicapped children. One must constantly repeat things and be consistent. But our work paid off in spades. We have been told hundreds of times how well behaved, happy, sociable, sweet and loving Flu Jr. is. These traits did not come out of nothing. And if they are not instilled by the time a boy is a teenager, it is very difficult to instill them.