Funny thing about humans… unless you work hard on ruining their self esteem they tend to naturally rebel against accepting the mantle of blame for things that they didn’t do. This is one of the reasons why “original sin” is a fundamental tool for breaking and controlling people. If you can arrange it so that they always feel guilt for something they didn’t do and can never become forgiven for on their own then they must look to you as the arbiter of their self worth.
“As men who would be feminist allies, we can recognize and appreciate all of our feelings, both our feelings of guilt and our feelings of responsibility. Still, we can try to use the feelings of responsibility to overcome the guilt to a degree where we can do something about the world apart from feeling defensive. I don’t think this is ever easy, but it’s a place from where to begin.” – poor jeff hating himself
When you look at many of the radical movements you will see that at the core each of them requires you to accept (or assign to others) some form of original sin. Crimes against “the people” or “the planet” or “women” are common accusations. The only problem is that most people who have any shred of self esteem, logic or internal morality will look at you like your an idiot when you try and force them to take on a mantle of guilt that has nothing to do with them. How do those who wish to force this guilt upon you respond to your reasonable objections?
They tell you that your very self esteem is an indication of how bad a person you are.
The saddest part is how many victims fall for it. Whether it’s men who begin to hate themselves for the actions of some men or whether it’s people with success and wealth who hate themselves for not starving or even Americans who have learned to hate being a major world power. People will sadly line up for the self immolation of internalizing the loathing the hate merchants push on them.
The most amusing part about this all is that if their accusations were correct, they would be unable to make them. Here are a group of people who claim consistently that all of society is created to beat down, silence, rape and abuse women – and they continually forget to mention how such a society would grant them the vote, legal protection and lopsided “abuse” legislation they currently enjoy.
Fortunately, there are a number of people who don’t buy into this bullshit.
“Taken in this regard, the defensiveness males displays is a natural reaction to being forced to accept responsibility for actions they have not individually committed. This would be akin to demanding anyone with the name Adolf or Saddam take responsibility for the actions of the two men best known by those names. The reason why this is the most applicable analogy is because males are not a collective group. Concepts about masculinity differ from culture to culture, nation to nation, racial group to racial group down to region to region. To demand that males collectively take responsibility for other males actions makes about as much sense as demanding American Muslims take responsibility for the actions of the terrorists who attacked this country six years ago. When this has been suggested, it has been rightfully challenged and dismissed as it has no bearing on the reality of the situation.” – TS commenting on “the blame game”
If you are at all tempted to let someone tell you you are a bad person because someone else is an evil fucktard, run away from them or slap them. Either works. Then go read something that makes sense.
Very good points.