We have traded a generation of warriors for a generation of weaklings. America was founded on the backs of hearty, angry men and their faithful families. These men were so angry that they betrayed their mother country(which happened to be the most powerful country of the time), risked life and limb to win the land from that country, and then climbed an uphill struggle to establish a new form of government. These are the types of men that we need again!
I am not saying we need senselessly violent men that kill and destroy for amusement. We have plenty of insecure, hateful men that are joining gangs, establishing political factions, littering our streets, and flooding our prisons. We don't need men like this, but we really don't need the men that our culture is pushing for- the sensitive, effeminate,emotional basketcases that have become the new models for the ideal man. Everywhere you look men are bombarded with messages such as "Get in touch with your feminine side". So these men think that they should be more gentle, soft, and tender. We already have a name for someone like this-the woman! When a man does not reflect these traits as well as a woman, he is labeled an ignorant moron or chauvenistic pig. Just look at the nightly sitcoms-women run the home and the husbands are terrified of them! What is wrong with this? Men were created to lead and if they do not women will.
Before I get burned at the stake I want to clarify that I do believe that women are quite capable of leading. Many women throughout history have proven this to be true. Joan of Arc, Deborah, and Cleopatra were just a few of these strong women. I am not saying that women can't lead. As capable and moral as Sarah Palin is, I do not know if women should be in this type of role.(Yet she has more guts than most men in politics!)The other side of me says that woman were created to be helpmates, so I guess I really have no problem with her be a VP.
Back to the point, if men would simply do what they were created to do, we would not need such courageous women as Sarah Palin to fill our shoes. Men need to be infuriated with the idea that masculinity will soon become obsolete. In reality it never will, but our culture is saying this! What I am trying to say is that we, as American men, must stand up in the face of fear, apathy and feminism! Women you must encourage us to do this! If men would just "man-up" we would not have some of the most inexperienced politicians ever running for the most powerful position in the world.
5 comments:
Touche Aus.
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
-John Wayne
atta boy
i don't really see where u r drawing the connection between being a "man" as u say and being inexperienced. if the fact that "manning up" means that u r a real man, then i guess obama is a real man huh? looking at it the way it sounds like u do, it seems that obama is qualified to at least run, if not be president, based on the fact that he has "manned up".
In response to Shaky,
The point I was trying to make was not just political, but yes it aplies to politics as well. I was talking about American culture as a whole. The whole "manning up" quote was not directed to Obama, but I was thinking about the cowardly, experienced republicans who would not stand up to the democrats in congress and who voted a moderate such as John Mcain as their presidential pick. On the other side of things, if the democrats would "man-up", they would stop insulting the intelligece of America and would elect someone way more experienced than Barack Obama. This was not directed to the politicians themselves but to the party and people who elected them. Sorry about the confusion and thanks for commenting.
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