🙄 the sheer amount of opportunities that exist in the world for a man to serve and care others and "save" people so vast that I can't take this article seriously. - ThreadSky

shimminykricket.bsky.social • 16 days ago

🙄 the sheer amount of opportunities that exist in the world for a man to serve and care others and "save" people so vast that I can't take this article seriously.

Reposted from The Free Press

“A society should never entirely dismiss the appeal of the hero archetype, especially in the way it resonates with younger men,” Chris Arnade writes in The FP: thefp.pub/4gIB0re

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awebster1337.bsky.social•16 days ago

The Free Press is hands down the worst collective of journalists and opinion havers I have seen in years. Barri Weiss and her friends continue to lower the bar with intellectual dishonesty (especially in this article) and by providing cover for bigotry, incompetence, and genocide

cindynorth1.bsky.social•16 days ago

Chris Arnade is a dumb person masquerading as a smart person

ibumichele.bsky.social•16 days ago

That mask is slipping

cindynorth1.bsky.social•16 days ago

we weren’t buying this back in 2017

ibumichele.bsky.social•16 days ago

Nope. The ease at which white men could just be heroes is phenomenal. Just fucking go be nice to people and shit.

cindynorth1.bsky.social•16 days ago

the bar is BELOW the floor for them to be heroic and they don’t do it, so 🤷‍♀️

aurelius.quest•16 days ago

I remember him lecturing me on Twitter about Youngstown, Ohio like I didn't live there for 20 years and didn't go back 3x a year.

cindynorth1.bsky.social•16 days ago

Yeah, he’s a piece of work

shimminykricket.bsky.social•16 days ago

Yikes

armthewhales.bsky.social•16 days ago

Not sure if this is exactly appropriate or not, but it's the first thing I thought of....

https://genius.com/Tina-turner-we-dont-need-another-hero-thunderdome-lyrics

jimmyshi03.bsky.social•16 days ago

When your entire premise is that a segment of the population opts out of attempts at self improvement, and they should be either lauded for that or acquiesced to, there’s really nowhere else to go

ellegitimate.bsky.social•15 days ago

this, is a telling line “young male Americans who feel like it’s harder and harder to find a way to do something big and important” - “big and important” is a recipe for narcissism, not the mundane heroism that life requires in just showing up and doing the thing that needs doing.

shimminykricket.bsky.social•15 days ago

Exactly

snarkypanda.bsky.social•16 days ago

this feels like the sadest hero ever.

blocksincoming.bsky.social•16 days ago

Maybe the manosphere can man up and actually produce a few heros to make the archetype real.

I'm not holding my breath, though.

sunanda.bsky.social•16 days ago

I'm not even sure I can read this piece cause this explanation is so unserious

icookfood2023.bsky.social•16 days ago

Nothing but a “white male” fluff piece. 😒 This had been their chosen narrative since the inception of this country. Enshrined by western movies throughout decades of history. While they stole land and labor to build this country.

ebharrington.bsky.social•16 days ago

If you put on your x-ray specs, the actual meaning of that headline is:

"Men Want to Be *Treated* As Heroes without Doing the Work of Heroes."

shimminykricket.bsky.social•16 days ago

Bingo

townandcountry.bsky.social•16 days ago

Those men longing to be heroes can start by getting up off the fucking couch and stop blaming their problems on someone else.

shimminykricket.bsky.social•16 days ago

We can talking about structural issues, social factors, mental health and other factors that may explain why men aren't taking advantage of these opportunities but acting like opportunities aren't being provided is bullshit.

shimminykricket.bsky.social•16 days ago

talk*

allflicker.bsky.social•16 days ago

Heroism is love and sacrifice. It’s doing things for other people that don’t get your picture plastered everywhere. All these men are desperate for is attention and adulation.

wishda.bsky.social•15 days ago

They are just re-doing ‘30s fascism. It’s the exact same bullshit in the exact same packaging.

artlatl1.bsky.social•16 days ago

It’s not hard to get on the path to hero. Football 🏈 is right there in front of you. If you’re grown already, my Marine Corps is looking for a few good men. Sign the fuck up “Hero”…

Paramedics & firefighting training opportunities abound. You a trained mechanic yet? HVAC /appliances certified?…

artlatl1.bsky.social•16 days ago

The Peace Corp is still around.
Plumbers protect the health of the nation. Stocking groceries during the upcoming pandemic is hero work..

I’m not buying it. There are too FEW men who want to be heroes here in America in real life. Too fkn few.

artlatl1.bsky.social•16 days ago

Not being a hero is fine too, b/c 1. it’s really not it’s all cranked up to be & 2. It’s a tangibly hard life/struggle/journey for abstract/ethereal/fleeting rewards.

As a bonafide hero, I actually don’t recommend it.

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