[ SECRET POST #3159 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3159 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Knights Errant]


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[HeadOn]


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06. [SPOILERS for Tales of the Abyss]



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07. [WARNING for rape]



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08. [WARNING for sexual assault/harassment]



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09. [WARNING for child sexual abuse]


















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Comments

Re: Men with guns

[(Anonymous)]

This may be totally unfounded, but I think it might have something to do with how men are socialized to "do" way more than "think" or "feel" or "express". Women are valued for how they look, and men, comparatively, are valued by society for what they do or can do or what they have achieved. The idea of "doing" and "taking action" is held in high regard, and the idea of not "doing" is something that's looked down on.

Society values men that "do" things, and using a gun or being violent is "doing" something in the eyes of these guys. Men get told all the time: you have feelings? Do something about them. You have a problem? Fucking do something instead of crying and whining about it. You have ideas or thoughts? What the fuck does that matter unless you're going to do something about them? Shut up and do.

And what is more decisive and action-oriented than something instant and irreversible like using a gun to shoot yourself or other people?

Re: Men with guns

[(Anonymous)]

^ The same reason that a lot of dudebros don't take things like lit or fine art seriously - lol feelings, amirite, what a wimp - and why men judge each other on how much money they make or how many women they've had sex with. "What have you done? Prove me your worth with your actions." Imo, anyway.

Re: Men with guns

[(Anonymous)]

^^ And the absolute shittiest thing is that you'll find people who respond to shit like Columbine with faint approval because those guys "had the balls" to "at least do something about it." The people who say that are usually men ime.

Re: Men with guns

[(Anonymous)]

Really? Most of the people I see (online) rooting for the Columbine shooters are those crazy women/girls who are serial killer/shooter groupies. The same people who thought the Boston Marathon bombers were so dreamy.

Re: Men with guns

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, that's not the people I mean. Crazy people who profess to be fans and aren't ashamed are outliers. I was talking about people who thought the shooters were wrong and were not fans, but who still thought of "taking action" as the sole positive part of it all.

"At least they had the balls to ___" is a common comment to something otherwise reprehensible. Which is why you also get far more men than women IRL priding themselves on "talking straight" or "being an asshole" because that to them is doing something or taking action instead of being polite in order to avoid a problem.

Re: Men with guns

[(Anonymous)]

I was talking about people who thought the shooters were wrong and were not fans, but who still thought of "taking action" as the sole positive part of it all.

This makes me suspect some substantial overlap with the people who still think that the Columbine shooters were bullying victims who had been pushed over the edge.

Re: Men with guns

[(Anonymous)]

A lot of (if not the majority) of people think that. Not because they empathize with the shooters but because that is is how the media portrayed the shooters.