You might want to target a
girls school which is safer because there are no beta males throwing themselves
for their rescue.
Anonymous
See the quote above? It’s not meant
to be inspirational but a horrible exposition of our modern society.
The day before the Umpqua
College shooting that took 13 people and injured 20 others, it’s believed
that the killer headed to the
anonymous forum of the university to discuss his intentions. The reaction
from several other posters, instead of trying to talk him out of hit or
alerting the authorities, was to offer their advice on how to best execute his
plan! Again, the same rhetoric that we saw after the Isla Vista shooting in
2014 came up, to go after women as they offer an easier target, but to do this,
he needed to avoid “beta males throwing themselves for their rescue.”
Back then I discussed how we
as a society create and feed this kind of monsters. I commented how a
culture of cowardly infamy and a need to be noticed no matter what provided
the perfect breeding ground for this kind of cowardly act. What I didn’t
consider back then is how we already have a way to dissuade this kind of
events, something that hit me across the face as I read that quote.
…No beta males throwing themselves
for their rescue…
I found this quote rather surprising
as this behavior is exactly what has been socially defined as the Beta
Male. The Beta Male, as defined by Urban
Dictionary, is “an unremarkable, careful man who avoids risk and confrontation.
Beta males lack the physical presence, charisma and confidence of the Alpha male.”
Yet with that definition, most acts of White
Knighting are usually attributed to beta males. Last I checked, throwing
yourself in harm’s way to protect others is actually the opposite of “avoids
risk and confrontation.”
Unfortunately, the extreme factions
within the Feminist movement have promoted the idea that any man stepping up
and helping women is an open act of sexist and a promotion of the patriarchy.
On the other end of the SJW spectrum, the extreme MRA’s (Men’s Rights
Activists) promote the idea that men being told to step up and defend women are
actually hurting men as it promotes the idea that a man’s life is worth less
than a woman’s.
Just to be clear, neither of these
extreme factions represents either the Feminist Movement or the Men’s Right
Movement and shouldn’t be used to diminish what both groups do to help gender
equality. Now if both movements would try to keep in check and muzzle their
more radical members that would be great.
So how can we challenge a word that
tells men not to step up? How can we promote the idea that everyone is willing
to run and hide, letting evil run rampant? How can we change a world where
everyone validates their personal Victimhood as an excuse to commit horrible
acts?
The answer is rather simple. By
letting the world know you’re not a victim. I’m not talking about walking
around with an assault rifle flung over your shoulder. In truth, I view that as
an act of promoting the notion of victimhood as you believe it will keep you
from being a victim. I am talking about having the moral fiber and the
character to do moral acts no matter what society tells you. It’s about speaking
up and standing up when they want you to sit down and be quiet. It’s about
keeping your warrior spirit alive when everyone wants you to kill it off. It’s
about wearing that White
Knight Armour proudly.
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