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Shouldn't boys be allowed to be boys?

I think so, which is why the new Gillett advert is quite disturbing:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSeNu9cbpV0]
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Boys are allowed to be boys, but adults have a responsibility to correct them when they act in anti-social ways. Pointing that out isn't anti-male.
MrSimons · 41-45, M
@LeopoldBloom I didn't suggest that boys should be allowed to behave in anti-social ways.
@MrSimons But when they do, the excuse is often "boys will be boys."

However, I do think children (not just boys) should be able to get away with some anti-social behavior occasionally.
MrSimons · 41-45, M
@LeopoldBloom No it's not. I don't know anyone who supports actual anti-social behaviour, including the person who made the video you didn't watch. Boys engaging in a bit of rough physical play is not anti-social behaviour and it's perfectly healthy.
@MrSimons I saw the commercial when it first came out a few months ago and conservatives lost their shit over it. It doesn't bother me at all.

I'm not going to waste 16 minutes listening to some butthurt MRA jackass talk about how "oppressed" the commercial makes him feel. I have no use for those entitled, whiny assholes.
@MrSimons As for supporting anti-social behavior, there's all the people here in the U.S. who voted for our current president, whose pussy-grabbing and other sexual harassment has been described as "alpha male."
MrSimons · 41-45, M
@LeopoldBloom Well, there's not really much more to discuss then. I am not really sure why you even bothered commenting in the first place.
MrSimons · 41-45, M
@LeopoldBloom Because they wouldn't have had other reasons for voting for him.
@MrSimons That was one reason given, although not the only one. He also appeals to white nationalists.
MrSimons · 41-45, M
@LeopoldBloom I very much doubt that anyone voted for him because of the crude remarks he made over a decade ago. He's not a white nationalist and that's the guilt by association fallacy.
@MrSimons He may not be a white nationalist, he's just a garden variety bigot. But he definitely sucked up to the white nationalists for their vote. Don't worry, they're abandoning him in 2020 because he hasn't lived up to his promises.
MrSimons · 41-45, M
@LeopoldBloom Sigh. everyone who disagrees with you is a bigot I suppose.
@MrSimons Not everyone who voted for Trump is a white nationalist, but you're delusional if you don't see how that was part of his message. Kick out the illegal Mexicans, kick out the Muslims, make America great again for white people.
MrSimons · 41-45, M
@LeopoldBloom Well, you should kick out people who have entered your country illegally. I honestly don't know why people think it is wrong to try to prevent people coming in on the back of a lorry. There is a legitimate concern about Islamic terrorism, so there was a ban on people from countries that bred terrorists. A Muslim from the UK would have been able to visit. I must have missed Donald Trump saying, "Make America great again for white people." I only ever heard him say, "Make America Great Again."

Insulting people like you are for raising legitimate concerns just increases support for people like Donald Trump, you know. It's like when Hillary Clinton called half of America, "a basket of deplorables." She really showed how to shoot yourself in the foot. You wouldn't listen the first video I posted, but maybe you'll listen to a fellow liberal comedian:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs]
@MrSimons The people who come into our country illegally perform a lot of the dirty work the natives would prefer not to do. And since most of them enter through legal visas, a border wall would be a useless waste of money. And there is no legitimate concern for Islamic terrorism; most terrorism in this country is perpetrated by conservative white folks who were born here. And the worst act of terrorism on 9/11/01 was carried out by Saudi Arabians, who oddly enough weren't on Trump's Muslim ban. So both of these "concerns" are bullshit, and even if they were legitimate, Trump isn't addressing them correctly.

The reason you didn't hear "make America great for white people" is because you're not paying attention. Trump has referred to black and brown majority countries as "shitholes." He also has a long history of racist remarks and actions. Clinton calling half of Trump's supporters "deplorable" isn't in the same ballpark, but it does show what a bunch of overly sensitive crybabies Trump's supporters are.

But what do you know. You idiots are ready to tank your economy and restart the troubles in Northern Ireland by exiting the EU, just because a bunch of English country bumpkins are upset about too many Poles in the country.