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alarimer

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14. Toxic masculinity is going to kill us all.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2018, 09:04 AM

Mar 2018

So damaging to everyone, but especially to men, who are supposed to live up to some standard that is impossible in this day and age.

Look at who all those mass murderers are. Most of them are men, often, but not always white me. With guns.

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Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns? [View all] elleng Mar 2018 OP

Thus the quick trigger finger of white cops when dealing with unarmed black men. Fear and panic. brush Mar 2018 #1

It all boils down to this line: bearsfootball516 Mar 2018 #2

Plague of Peyronie Disease. Sneederbunk Mar 2018 #3

caused by scar tissue elleng Mar 2018 #4

Said it for years, white wing racists are the vast majority of ammo-sexuals. Hoyt Mar 2018 #5

Insecurity. SergeStorms Mar 2018 #6

They also like muscular SUVs. Doodley Mar 2018 #9

Oh yes, or big honking pick-up trucks. SergeStorms Mar 2018 #12

They see guns as a symbol of masculinity and strength. Doodley Mar 2018 #7

Four words: Paranoia will destroy ya madinmaryland Mar 2018 #8

You dont have to be pathological paranoid to be a gun nut Major Nikon Mar 2018 #11

THey left out.... concreteblue Mar 2018 #10

"struggling to find a new story--one in which they are once again the heroes." SunSeeker Mar 2018 #13

Toxic masculinity is going to kill us all. alarimer Mar 2018 #14

Two points to add to this gay texan Mar 2018 #15

Actually, gun sales have gone down so far since trumps' election that Remington Nitram Mar 2018 #16

That's a function of there no longer being a black Democratic president. Paladin Mar 2018 #17

Gun sales always went up whenever gun nuts worried gun control had a chance of passing. Nitram Mar 2018 #20

It's convenient, but flawed to take the entirety and apply it to a specific demographic. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #18

Easy answer: my dick is bigger than yours! machoneman Mar 2018 #19

And all this time I thought it was AA women with PhDs Abu Pepe Mar 2018 #21

Easy Question: FEAR! errant boy Mar 2018 #22

I'm a 43 white guy with two kids, a wife, and a nice dog titaniumsalute Mar 2018 #23