Where are the men of courage? They’re
gone thanks to ‘toxic masculinity’

Unless and until the Leftists define, describe and denounce “toxic femininity,” I am not interested in listening to their simple desultory philippics on “toxic masculinity.” Your move, Leftists!

I married one and raised 4. Having a loving Dad in the home is essential.

They're still out there. In the past, they were the guy you could always count on. Now, they're not going to step up and save you unless they are sure you're not a Biden voter. When you divide a country, always make sure the people who know how to do stuff and the people who protect civilization are on your side of the line.

These people who make these proclamations that everything we have lived and believed for thousands of years are wrong. They may have the biggest mouths and they talk louder and faster than any who disagree with them. I believe the "woke" are the minority but they have they MSM on their side amplifying their stupid decrees. REAL people haven't changed. We are still out here. We know the difference between men and women, right and wrong, and still believe in heroes. We only have to look to this past weekend. Tens of thousands of people flocked to movie theaters to watch patriotic men (and a few women) who personify "stoicism, competitiveness, dominance, aggression, achievement...eschewal of the appearance of weakness, and adventure, risk and violence.” and they cheered through the whole thing.

They are still out there. They are cowboys, rednecks, construction workers, bikers, truckers, farmers. Most do not sit in a cushy office playing games on their computers. They get dirty and get "stuff" done. They don't put up with a lot either.

The Antidote to Toxic Masculinity is Responsible Masculinity

lots have retired, like my neighbor two doors down, or several other retired PD folks who would have done the right thing.

As #7 states, there are good men but they are aging out of active life/duty. TK, at 76, is one and will be one until Jesus calls him home. He describes himself as a "sheepdog". In his "retirement" he has become the unofficial mayor of our subdivision of 59 parcels. He makes sure the roads are scheduled for maintenance every spring, and collects the road dues to pay for it. He makes sure there are working locks on our highway gate. In the last five years, along with neighbor labor, he has developed and posted signage for three emergency exits that do not use our main road to keep it free for the fire trucks. He gave groups of neighbors physical tours of all the routes. In the wider community, he spent 6 years training CERT (Civilian Emergency Response Teams) for our county. He is active in Ham radio and is currently working with our Sheriff to organize the Hams to run emergency communications in our county when all outside lines are down. In the last five years it has happened three times; once the fiber optic cable was deliberately cut and twice damaged due to wildfires. He has a team of volunteers that will be at every hospital, nursing home, school and public shelter to keep our far-flung county facilities in contact through ham radio. However, his greatest concern are the younger men who no longer feel a call to volunteer for the communities. Our rural fire departments are volunteer, and their numbers are dwindling because there are no new applicants. When he was recruiting for CERT he rarely had students that were under 50. The institutions that built manhood, such as the Boy Scouts and the military, were taken over by the radical Marxists and systematically destroyed. Has critical mass been achieved, or do we still have remnant men enough to lead us out of this dystopia? The Progressive Communists are reaching the end of their long march through the institutions, but did they succeed 100%? I don't think so. President Trump inspired so many young people by speaking the truth. I believe there will be a backlash as women and men reclaim their natural selves and rights, and choose to build strong families. I still believe in American and her founding ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It will be a long a bloody fight, but we will save Western Civilization.

They are all celebrating Soddom and Gomorrah Month, getting a weenie snip, and watching the new rainbow mafia show Generation Drag.

My niece married herself a winner. We went to the wedding in Northern Montana and we were surrounded by real men who made no bones about love for God, family and country especially their beloved Big Sky Country. They still exist but it doesn’t just happen. You have to raise ‘em just like you have to raise good women.

We aren’t dead yet! I’m 68 years old! If you have never run a jack hammer, table saw, skill saw or fired 12 gauge without ear protection hunting pheasants…we won’t get along!

Hey #5, there are plenty of real men too who are engineers, physicians, firemen, bankers too!!!

Apparently very few of them ride the subways in New York.

Thank you, Miranda. You have written one hell of a column and it defines how the liberal/Marxist/Sodomites have destroyed what was once a great God-loving nation. How sad.

#10, has hit upon the nugget of truth that will turn the abomination of toxic masculinity and femininity around, “ You have to raise ‘em just like you have to raise good women.” Bingo! It all starts in the home. Far too many go into marriage with the concept of that we are to focus on what makes us happy which only breeds a selfish attitude. You go into marriage to build a home committed to each other and the children that are a result of that union. It’s darn hard work and takes everything you can pull out of yourself to make that commitment to rearing children while protecting the relationship between you and your spouse. I will tell you that having a faith based home where you take your children to church with you is an immense help because your children get affirmation of the values you instill into them. You are building a foundation that is so important. It will give your children confidence in who they are and what their roles in life should be. Clearly, the culture is coming for our children and they are very vulnerable in school. I am so proud of the parents who are standing up to the radical and dangerous ideology that infiltrates our schools and are speaking out. We must not fail our kids. We have to give them truths that they can take with them to protect them from the lies and misinformation they hear on a daily basis. Fight the creeping radicalism that wants to gain a foothold into your communities. Speak out. You will be surprised with the agreement you will receive. We no longer have the luxury of remaining silent or apathetic when it comes to what our children are being taught or exposed to. Our children are our business. They are ours to guide, protect, and teach. Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Only in leftist cities and states. Here in flyover country, we have plenty of men and women of courage.

Being a young male with a bent for leadership in today's America seems to be a blemish. I always refer to many of today's sitcoms on tv and commercial ads that portray the husband and male members of a cast as total dufuses. And thanks to today's social values or lack thereof, we have social gays, trannies, and pronoun individuals who believe they are of a special class. So what feeds this? With a divorce rate of over 50 percent in America, boys are raised with no father figure in the home and by a mother who works full-time and meets with her lady friends or boyfriend at Starbucks after work. And guess what the boys (and girls) are doing while alone after school. Yep - SM and video games. Look no further than the SM, entertainment, the msm, and education systems for the advent of "toxic masculinity".

#15 Very well said. When I read that Marines were going to use rainbow bullets or something, it almost put me back in despair, but there are just too many people like you who are very aware of what's happening and won't let it happen.

I talked to an older volunteer firefighter recently. He said our state demands almost 250 hours of training before you are allowed on a firetruck. On one hand, this is good for safety and rescue reasons. But, what young person can afford not working to get almost 7 weeks of training for a volunteer job? Is this because of liability or the want of only professional firefighters? More unions? How can a small community afford paid members? Thus, there are no young people that come. It takes a call to three companies to respond to a fire from what used to be to one company.

This excellent essay cuts to the heart of the crisis in America: Men no longer willing to do the honorable thing. Fortunately, Ldotters raise their boys to be men. Independent, brave, honorable, with a sense of duty to whatever they pursue. These are timeless virtues that will sustain the next society when this one eventually collapses.

Years ago, Rush Limbaugh recognized the "feminization of the American male." This "toxic masculinity" nonsense is just another rung on that ladder to "EQUALITY" (so long as former males are not involved in female athletics). Your boy child is to behave like a girl or be subjected to psychotropic drugs and counseling until he submits, his edges knocked off to fit that round hole on the peg board. He has no glass ceilings to celebrate, no causes of "social justice" to pursue for himself. He is continually (especially if caucasian and heterosexual) portrayed as the oppressor who needs to be punished by the reparations of "affirmative action". Colleges, professions, and pop culture are very active in the diminishment of the American male. How do you like those rainbow bullets? Get used to them...they aren't going away. Wait until the rainbow BDUs get issued...and don't think "Republicans" will roll any of this back an inch. None of them have yet, ever.

Well... out here in fly over country...our men are big and strong and helpful ....so if Washington's men are lite in the loafers...I don't see it here...as for the cops who were told to stand down in Texas shooting...the directive came from the top government officials...let's call the shots right...

No, we're waiting until the Schifft REALLY hits the Fan. As far as I'm concerned ALL Leftists are Communists and TRAITORS.

My wife and I laughingly refer to these metrosexual pussies as "Men of the Obama Era," for obvious reasons.

Where's a social worker when you need one?

By God's grace, I married an alpha male who exhibits masculinity in all his actions. And I'm sorry # 5, but he has never used a jackhammer, skill saw etc. He is a physician, a radiologist. He does not come home from work dirty. But he comes home from work having saved a diabetic's leg, or having injected anti-cancer meds into an organ that no other doc in town would touch. He stood up to the hospital administration when they wanted to implement forms of Obamacare before it was law. But in doing his studies he got a carpal tunnel and had to leave medicine. He went to law school. He stood up to the liberal younger students when they said "old people should give their money to us younger people instead of keeping it in retirement accounts". There was a young man in his class who celebrates Pride month. My husband had had very little interaction with him, yet the last day of that school year he told my husband that he was terrified of him. My husband was very surprised, and told him they had had hardly any dealings, so why was he frightened? The young man said he did not know, but he was completely frightened of him. I know why he was scared. God has been so gracious to me, we have been married over 54 years. He has been the kindest, most gentle man I could ever want. Yet I know that i can trust him to take care of me, keep me out of trouble when my mouth gets me in trouble, I have trusted him to lead our family for all that time. And like another wife said, he will be like that until Jesus calls him home.

One major reason is the fear of being sued. So you try to help & hit the guy he falls & breaks his neck. Will you be charged? If not will his family sue you? These are the 2 major things to consider before you do something Unless you know her why risk your financials? Don't doubt that won't cross your mind.