I was polite.
Could it be you that is trying to apply your view of what a perfect male is on others? Just maybe?
You are going off the deep end - yes, assuming things not evidence. Including me "trying to pick a fight with you". You are free to assume whatever you like. It is pretty clear we can't discuss this without you being emotional about it going far beyond what was said.
So I'll let it be.
I appreciate that, and enjoy your jab that I was being "emotional" after you implied that my son had to be hiding the truth about his fighting as a young boy because my position couldn't possibly be right. (Cute ploy to make me look bad).
But I do understand that in order for you to win the debate here, given that I am giving truthful information about my family, that you have to imply that either they are not truthful, or that I am mistaken. You have forced yourself into arguing this from a position of weakness and not strength.
You could have said that we just disagree, but you had to accuse......... and as I said, I understand that, given the untenable position you put yourself in.
As for that "perfect male" thing....... that's pretty imaginative on your part. What I've been trying to communicate here is that there IS no such thing as a "perfect male" (if you had read my posts, you would know that). Boys, just like girls, are unique creations of God, made in His image, but with differing personalities. The position I have been arguing against is the
traditional (again, not conservative, but merely traditional) view that boys are aggressive and they have to fight because that's what boys do (scroll back and you will see that voiced here).
I understand that much of what is being said is reactionary (you boys are so emotional! ^-^) against the evil left, which has distorted gender and tried to remove all masculinity entirely. But what I am saying here is that just because the left has destroyed an issue (as it has race), doesn't mean that we have to swing back to "primitive" masculinity.
How about we do what I have suggested, and look at human behavior based on Scriptural guidelines and the example of Jesus? HE was the only perfect male. (And he didn't get in any fights, even as a boy).
Now I will leave this with saying that the men in my family are extremely masculine (my husband was a terrific defensive back and a HS wrestler, one son a soldier, and the other a highly successful ultra marathoner who has run 100 mile races through mountains), and
none of them got into fights because they knew how to behave themselves from a young age. The idea that a male has to fight is a weak attempt to prove some "perfect male" myth that the other side of this argument is making. NOT me.
So as I swim in the shallow end, I shall throw you a life preserver in your deep end, and call it a day.
Peace.
@DB