Iconoclast Chad Hermann has no use for ideological purity, political correctness, or partisanship. His political views are all over the map, and his Pittsburgh Post-Gazette blog can best be described as a repudiation of bullshit. He's the guy who demolished the one-in-four lie: see here. Among other things, this is what he wrote today:
"• This past Tuesday in Pocatello, Idaho, some parents saw an old man taking pictures of children in a public park. They approached him, yelled at him to stop, and immediately called the police. When officers arrived, they discovered the man had been taking pictures of his grandson, whom he had brought to the park to play. An updated media report — that’s right; a local television station ran a story about a suspicious man before anything had been confirmed or investigated — eventually declared that police [were] no longer worried about the man, and he is not suspicious. Which is doubtless a relief to grandfathers, aged uncles, and prematurely gray-haired men everywhere.
"• Forget that none of those paranoiacs bothered to talk to the old man before calling the cops or verbally assaulting him, and just ask yourself: what was the more likely outcome there? That the man was related to one of the children? Or that he was some sort of stark-raving, playground-stalking pedophile?
"• It’s a wonder I allow any of my male friends or relatives near my sons. For that matter, it’s a wonder I allow myself near my sons."
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This is why I will never approach any child at any time under any circumstance.
Even if that means letting a child die. I've accepted the message, not welcome. Ok, I get it. So as far as it concerns me, children don't exist.
I'll just leave this here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/j2khp/its_shit_like_this_society/
Click the image and prepared to be appalled. It's EXACTLY the kind of fear-mongering that led to this grandfather being falsely accused.
Fine, I'll just let the children die, avoid marrying and just have random sex, and try not to talk to women whenever possible. It's much safer this way, I realise that now, thanks feminists!
BobSutan said...
I'll just leave this here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/j2khp/its_shit_like_this_society/
Click the image and prepared to be appalled. It's EXACTLY the kind of fear-mongering that led to this grandfather being falsely accused.
Jul 29, 2011 8:22:00 PM
It is beyond appalling. It is beyond pathetic and shows true bias. What would the woman, the police and/or the media have done if the man were a woman? I doubt they would have initiated such a witch hunt.
More proof that there is a war on/against men.
That article is just further proof.
If I saw a child in distress, I would call the authorities.
But approach the child? HELL NO.
Anonymous said...
If I saw a child in distress, I would call the authorities.
But approach the child? HELL NO.
Jul 30, 2011 2:24:00 PM
I wonder how many good men saw the lost 8 year old New York boy who was recently murdered, and avoided eye contact or ignored his distress because they didn't want some Mad cow accusing them of being a creep or a perv.
All this over protectiveness is probably having exactly the opposite effect.
Besides: overprotecting children is really a form of abuse. At any rate, it's very harmful to children.
http://www.emaxhealth.com/1357/7/36160/overprotective-parents-may-create-mental-health-issues-and-inhibit-brain-growth.html
Speaking about signs of the times, my favorite sign is one I saw in a childrens park in San Francisco which read, "No adults allowed in playground unless accompanied by a child"!What a world we live in.
Meanwhile, 'stranger danger' is extremely rare. But telling people that is asking them to base their world view on reality, and not on John Walsh and Nancy Grace.
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