Man, you are so gonna get it in the neck for that LOL

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Man, you are so gonna get it in the neck for that LOL

I can't help it. The voices make me do it.

I can't wait to see the comments on that one!

"HAULS OFF AND SMACKS THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF YOU!"

What are you trying to do?
Make her asshole turn into to a decimal point?

OMG....ROFL

After I change my underwear your getting rep for this!

''I understand I'm just a man and therefore not as sympathetic to the need for constant approval as well as unlimited tolerance for bullshit''.

Lol, you crack me up man.

that bit about digging musta made the ears of some men pop up as they tolerate the tirades agin his morale

Another home run! You are getting quite good at this.

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Another home run! You are getting quite good at this.

Thank you, sir. It appears there will be more of it over at the Spearhead. I've decided to take on a mock self help guru persona over there and run a lot more pieces like this one.

Good video Lester but I want to make one point. I think if someone gets violent with you, it's a flaw in their character regardless of provocation and this is true for men and women. I get what you're saying, that some people will snap if you heap shit on them eternally, and this is true, but I don't think people who have the capacity to 'snap' in such a way are necessarily healthy individuals when there is nothing preventing them from simply walking. I say this not so much in defence of women, but because 'he drives me crazy' is the primary excuse of females who abuse men, and I don't like the idea of such concepts having any currency at all. The choice is always yours, in the end, how you react.

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Good video Lester but I want to make one point. I think if someone gets violent with you, it's a flaw in their character regardless of provocation and this is true for men and women. I get what you're saying, that some people will snap if you heap shit on them eternally, and this is true, but I don't think people who have the capacity to 'snap' in such a way are necessarily healthy individuals when there is nothing preventing them from simply walking. I say this not so much in defence of women, but because 'he drives me crazy' is the primary excuse of females who abuse men, and I don't like the idea of such concepts having any currency at all. The choice is always yours, in the end, how you react.

Excellent point.

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Thank you, sir. It appears there will be more of it over at the Spearhead. I've decided to take on a mock self help guru persona over there and run a lot more pieces like this one.

Man I swear, if we were kings........

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Good video Lester but I want to make one point. I think if someone gets violent with you, it's a flaw in their character regardless of provocation and this is true for men and women. I get what you're saying, that some people will snap if you heap shit on them eternally, and this is true, but I don't think people who have the capacity to 'snap' in such a way are necessarily healthy individuals when there is nothing preventing them from simply walking. I say this not so much in defence of women, but because 'he drives me crazy' is the primary excuse of females who abuse men, and I don't like the idea of such concepts having any currency at all. The choice is always yours, in the end, how you react.

With all respect, DS, you missed the point, and I was quite explicit about it. Indeed, I couldn't have been any more direct that the hitting was a mistake. But I pointed quite honestly to the fact that the circumstances of some men who get violent with their women is because they did not exit an abusive relationship before things got out of control.

In an age where women are getting off scott free for murder due to bullshit defenses like "battered wife syndrome" we should at least take a more objective and thoughtful approach to the idea that some men hit as a result of repeated and chronic abuse at the hands of their female partners.

And even in that, I was most careful with my words, and that should be clear, if those words are heard without using oversensitive ears and interpreted without a knee jerk reaction.

In retrospect, I probably should have given myself even more latitude. One of the unfortunate consequences of PC culture is that even MRA's walk around hypersensitive to the idea that we are mandated to parrot the "all violence is wrong" feminist line so that we don't get accused, even from our own, of sending out a message that condones violence.

It's like pressure to say I have nothing against black people when I talk about race. That sort of thing is bullshit and it is unfortunately exactly what I did in the video and essay. And what did it net me? Your admonition pointing out that it was really his fault, though I already did that.

I don't say that with anger. I understand where you are coming from. But this one is a lesson for me, and perhaps some inspiration for another subject to address in my writing.

With all respect, DS, you missed the point, and I was quite explicit about it. Indeed, I couldn't have been any more direct that the hitting was a mistake. But I pointed quite honestly to the fact that the circumstances of some men who get violent with their women is because they did not exit an abusive relationship before things got out of control.

I did not miss the point, I grasped the idea of your video, and agreed with it, otherwise I wouldn't have made a point of noting that I thought it was good work. What I don't agree with, was that you appeared to be placing an element of responsibility onto the shoulders of the victim in a situation involving violence within a relationship; I don't agree with this. Even if you do state that the person who has initiated the violence has done wrong, in my mind this doesn't mitigate or reduce the former assertion. Judges often will talk about the seriousness of an offence, and it's immorality, in regards to women and then proceed to give them no more than a slap on the wrist. Society does not hold women responsible for their actions because society empathizes with women who do wrong, and so finds excuses for them and gives them license to behave immorally; I don't agree with this. I think this is wrong, so naturally I am wary of anything which seems to me an effort at promoting the same licence for men. I don't think the idea that 'all violence is wrong,' (at least in this context) is a feminist concept; I believe it, and I would rather see women held accountable, as men are, than promote the idea that neither should be. I know that you're not promoting this idea directly, and feel free to say that I'm simply being paranoid, but I see some of your ideas as moving in that direction, and therein lies my concern.