Mar 1
Weak Men Create Hard Times
“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men and weak men create hard times” — G Michael Hopf.
Committing a micro aggression or suggesting that men and women are different can have heinous consequences.
J.K Rowling pushed back against an article that referred to “people who menstruate”. She was suggesting that we used to call these “people” women. The cancel mob accused Rowling of being transphobic.
The comic Kevin Hart was cancelled from hosting the 2019 Oscars because of a series of bad jokes published on Twitter in 2009.
Victim status has become a path to attention. Being offended by the words that someone uses has become a source of power over others. The victim never has to take responsibility for themselves. It is always someone else’s fault.
The so-called victims, who revel in being offended, lobby governments for protection. Bill C-16 in Canada mandates the use of pronouns. This was the hill that Jordan Peterson stood on. He refused to be told by the government what language he could use. His outspoken stance catapulted him into the limelight and made him the target for incredible hate speech. Those who are so easily offended certainly don’t appear to hold back on their vitriol when someone disagrees with them.
The West is falling over itself trying not to offend anyone. The result is the creation of an enemy from within.
On The Martyrmade Podcast, the host Darryl Cooper, tells of his experience working as an intelligence agent for the US government. He tells a story about going on a training course to spot foreign agents. After learning about the usual tell-tell signs, he asked about consequences for accusing an American of Chinese descent of being a spy. He was quickly shut down. Cooper concluded that he was more like to be reported to HR than his allegations being taken seriously.
The Chinees and Russians have no foreigners in their intelligence services and are not worrying about who they offend with their accusations.
Putin is not likely fretting over Russian troops dying in Ukraine. He has chosen this moment of weakness by the West to assert his power.
While the West is concerned with micro-aggressions, real aggression is a tank rolling down the street towards Kyiv.
The weak men were tested by the COVID and failed. Now they are being tested by PUTIN. Hard times ahead!
Justin Spencer-Young
