Jesus H. Christ. As much as Todd Epp claims to be so distressed by the 'vicious' attacks against him, you'd think he'd quit writing ridiculous stuff that simply begs more viciousness. His latest post is one of the greatest combos of offensive and delusional I've seen outside of SibbyOnline. Check this tripe out:
Soft males are too much in touch with their female side. Sometimes you have to be a warrior. Sometimes you have to be a protector. Sometimes you have to accept adversity and privation and not bitch about it. Everything is not a Kumbya sing-a-long where we hold hands and say how special we all are. Sometimes it takes a Max Hawk to grab you by the facemask, kick you in the butt, and tell you to out there and get the damn job done.
I've noticed some men my age and younger don't like to hear that. They whine and complain. They'd rather not get their hands dirty or yelled out. They have "feelings." I see that with my 14 year old son's male peers. No one challenges them and has expections for them as that is too "mean" and not the way feminized men behave in the 21st Century.
Seriously? Soft males? Feminized men?? I feel like this had to have either been copied out of a Focus on the Family newsletter or a high school health textbook from the 1950s. I won't even get into the hypocrisy of someone who claims to believe in equality for women and the LGBT community wallowing in such shallow and outdated stereotypes -- let's just focus on the hypocrisy of Todd trying to cast himself as the tough "red blooded" hard (I presume) male. Not whining and bitching? Taking responsibility for your actions? Please. I cannot even believe that after the comment deleting, moping and complaining, total SHIT FIT he had, Todd could possibly have the balls to insinuate that some guys talk too much about their feelings. Dear readers, you don't even know the half of the hysterical rampage that took place outside of the blogosphere simply because Todd couldn't take a little criticism about his content. I suppose it's only fitting that someone with such delicate sensibilities would try to make himself feel better by questioning the masculinity of others, but I'm still honestly astounded.
You know, I really feel bad about holding back against Todd and asking other bloggers to do the same because I was honestly worried about him. Go ahead everyone -- we don't want him to assume we think he's soft!!
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Help, help! I've fallen into softness and I can't get up!
I'd get my hands dirty and leave a challenging comment on Middle Border Sun... but Mr. Epp banned me for yelling him out. ;-)
He probably didn't want your softness feminizing up his blog.
P.S. I'm assuming the blog picnic will now include lots of kumbaya singing. Should guests bring tambourines?
Well, the possible upside is that perhaps more women have discovered, through Epp's definitions, that they are as "manly" as it comes.
Warrior? Protector? Getting our hands dirty doing what needs to be done? Yep, been doing that all along.
And not whining about it or blocking/deleting others' comments, even if they accuse you of something so heinous as "eating your own." I think that kind of strength merely qualifies one as an adult, without regard to gender. It doesn't take "chutzpah" to reinforce easy stereotypes.
And for all of Todd's progressive claims, if a person works that hard to divide and insult their own "side," that's not the side they're on.
--re.
Thanks for posting this. I'd already taken Todd's advice and quit reading.
But I loved this: "Sometimes you have to accept adversity ... and not bitch about it." I see, "real men" don't bitch if criticized. They have an absolute meltdown and do the blog equivalent of yelling, "Stay out of my yard."
What I want to know is the name of the tracking service that knows the sex of blog visitors. Maybe it can even tell if they're "soft men" or "real men."
You must be kidding me...
I am an outside observer to this whole situation and I must say that Mr. Epp's reaction to this entire situation is completely sophomoric. If he made a faux pas on his blog (which he holds out to be a liberal, progressive blog) he should have simply admitted his error and removed the offending material. End of story. However, instead of doing that he has decided to continue in his obstinate position that he has done nothing wrong regardless of what many say. Furthermore, his continued justification for his highly sexist and inappropriate behaviour only uncovers his deeply hidden prejudices against people whom he determines to be "weak" or "less masculine". In the end Mr. Epp does not differ in the slightest from the phallo-centric dominator which is in control of this state and its political and economic structures of power. Some liberal, some progressive...for all of Mr. Epp's whining and complaining through his "Babe of the Week" and through the draconian measure of limiting comments on his blog he has placed himself squarely within the ranks of right wing facists that he attempts to denounce on his "blog". We, those who embrace true freedom and liberty must rejoice, however, in the fact that we have discovered a traitor in the ranks...a wolf in sheep's clothing. In the final analysis Mr. Epp is neither a "man", "woman", or a "non-woman" he is simply a child...juvenile, delinquent and unable to admit that others hold opinions that differ greatly and justifiablly from his own.
Well said, Roibeard!
Todd probably just assumes that people coming from sites like yours that talk about books and ideas and other soft things are soft men, Tim :)
Ha! HARD MEN tear books in half and then spit on them, and then run them over with their pickup trucks.
OMG! I just laughed and laughed. I agree with you all, and in the court system, in which Mr. Epp spends so much of his time, real mean admit mistakes!
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