Are feminized, liberal young men less likely to charge a gunman and save the lives of others in this PC era?

Question

Around 10 or 15 years ago, a psycho opened fire at a university in upstate NY...another male student charged him, was hit in the side, but successfully subdued the shooter and survived.

Now we have title IX, ritalin, metrosexual, queer, and transgender glorification...

Answer 1

I don't like Libs, nosire.

Answer 2

It has nothing to do with people's political affiliations. Keep in mind that we've been told over and over again that if someone's pointing a gun near you that you ought to do what he/ she says, like in a bank robbery. They then take the money they want, you all live, and the gunman gets caught somewhere down the line. It's ingrained in us not to charge the gunman. But when you're talking about someone already firing that's really not a good idea. Plus you can say "I'll charge a gunman when something like this happens", but you don't really know how you'll react in such a situation. It's so rare and so stressful you may wind up reacting in a totally different way then you expected. That's one of the many reasons why I can't fault what anyone did (besides the gunman himself) yesterday.

Answer 3

Seems you're homophobic and sexist to me.

But seeing as how I'm none of what you listed in your last line, I doubt I'd charge a gunman in a hail of bullets. The man you speak of was lucky to have not been shot worse.

Ofcourse, I don't know what you are refering to 10-15 yrs ago, so perhaps that guy charged the gunman from behind. *shrugs*

Courage, bravery and stupidity go hand in hand. What is brave and courageous is usually the stupidest thing you can do and most likely to get you killed. Though, if you are lucky, you'll take the other person with you.

Answer 4

I am not sure it is just the feminization of men. Some people (men more than women) are predisposed to handling dangerous situations. There is a lot of pressure on young men these days to fit in and be more “sensitive”. This extends across all strata’s of American life. A man in the household as a young man is growing up as a role model is one of the greatest factors in molding a temperament that is both level and reasoning. Of course if the “role model” is not much – you can have a different outcome.

I think the greatest issue is raising children or young men as individuals who are successful without the praise or acclaim of their peers. This allows them to be responsible for their own actions and make their own decisions.

Most younger men today spend almost twice as much time around women role models than they did in the previous generations. Single mom raising children, Daycare is predominately women, school system is mostly women with a few men in there who are emasculated by the system to not be great role models, college is feminized through PC speech and deeds – group think eliminates cognitive reasoning.

There are still some great young men out there – they just fade into the background in most institutions.

Answer 5

most people dont know what to do in a crisis there is a serious lack of leadership qualities that has been breed & brainwashed out of our nations attitude even the faculty staff were completely terrorized by this incident and could not react, with the divisions in our country ever polarizing im sure we r going to see more of these "home grown terrorists acts" you may have your chance to be a hero & show true courage in the face of danger

Answer 6

I don't know if I would word it that way, but I hear you. It seems like everyone is being raised to be the victim. If I was there, I would have shot him. If I didn't have a gun, I would have shot him with his. Or just disarmed him and then beat him silly with the severed arms. No but really, I would have shot him, and then they would have arrested me or kicked me out of the school for having a gun in a "Gun Free Zone." Guess what? Gun control didn't work again.

Answer 7

Just realize that characters played by John Wayne and Clint Eastwood are just that....fictional characters!

I wouldnt charge anyone if it wasnt smart tactically and realistically. Glory and martyrdom is great...but your still dead and will be off the media wire within a week

NYC subway hero anybody? exactly.

F*** you and your liberal bashing. Go jump in front of a bullet, one less redneck con-job i have to listen to bashing me for not likeing the current misery called the Bush Administration

Answer 8

Agreed. They'll have to send the women.

I liked the one in California where they loweried the physical admission standards for firefighters because women couldn't pass. Makes me feel better knowing a woman that can't carry me to safety is there instead of a man that could because lets face it, I'd be insesitive not to.

Answer 9

It depends. if a gunman seem to have training, charging him would deem courageous but also stupid because you'd surely be killed. As a body moves closer, the fatal range increases.

I doubt parents would like such heroism from their sons or even daughters.

How do you mean charging a gunman, from the back?

Answer 10

Too bad you weren't at Va Tech yesterday to save the day.


EDIT:

The news has reported that 2 different individuals tried to stop the killer. A black resident assistant in the first attack and a elderly Jewish professor who was also a holocaust survivor. Both were killed while trying to save others.

Answer 11

Why are we politicizing this? As a highly Conservative mother of a very "boy" boy, I cannot say what he would do in this situation. Or what I would want him to do.

Who's to say there is a right and wrong here? We weren't there.

I try to teach my son sound judgement. Not machismo.