Celebrating Masculinity: ( Continues )

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"Today I was expecting to meet a hero of mine (Warren Farrell). But I also had the opportunity to meet and speak with Nick Freitas (former U.S. Army Green Beret and legislator in Virginia) as well as John Papola (Dad Saves America). Three heroes in a single day.

Warren Farrell is a legend of the men's movement, and an iconic author of nine influential books (from the mid-1970s through to the modern day). Well into his 80s, he continues to advocate for positive change, through the establishment of the White House Council on Boys and Men...

He had two roles at the ARC conference (in London ) today. One was a daytime panel discussion with Tammy Peterson and Virginia Tapscott, which was chaired by Gerard Holland. The other was a dinner panel with James Daly, Freya India, and Nick Freitas, hosted by Katy Faust and John Papola. Both were fascinating discussions on our social fabric, males, females, healthy relationships, and families.

Nick Freitas delivered a moving address on the first day of the ARC conference, about how our society has failed boys (and how we can save them):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqV6TCSkAgk

John Papola did a wonderful job of chairing a fantastic panel, with deep expertise, different perspectives, and strong views.

Virginia Tapscott mentioned that children need emotional regulation. Mothers are critical to the first three years, providing attachment during these crucial years. Healthy relationships require being able to sit with discomfort, and 90% of the skills for this are laid down during the first three years (hearing criticism, modulating reactions).

Warren mentioned dad deprivation a couple of times, with fathers being complementary to mothers. Males and females are different. 40% of children are born with parents not being married, which is a particular risk factor for boys. Warren is 83 years old now. Single most important thing in life is handling personal criticism without becoming defensive.

Tammy Peterson reflected on marriage being key, with her relationship to Jordan being an inspiration for many other people. They always had honesty, and effective communication. She wanted to have children immediately, but Jordan wasn't ready at that time. Marriage is full of revelation, for both partners."

"It was an honour to meet Warren and his wife Liz. He signed my first edition copy of The Liberated Man, and we had a lovely conversation."

 

from Anonymous Contributor. 

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In the interests of fairness and context.

( from Digital Anvil )

Wikipedia Neutrality? What happened ?

Wikipedia’s Neutrality Is Dead — And Blocking Its Own Founder Proves It

by Kym Farnik [Commentary]

If you ever needed proof that Wikipedia has drifted from “the free encyclopaedia anyone can edit” to “the ideological encyclopaedia a select priesthood controls,” look no further than this headline: “Wikipedia blocked its own co‑founder, Larry Sanger, for trying to make the site more balanced”.

Yes — the man who wrote the neutrality policy was locked out by the very editors who now claim to uphold it.

This isn’t just irony. It’s a flashing red warning sign about what Wikipedia has become, especially in terms of political, social, and religious items.

According to the New York Post, Larry Sanger attempted to re-engage with Wikipedia to push for reforms aimed at restoring neutrality. Instead of welcoming the guy who helped build the platform, Wikipedia’s entrenched editors slammed the door in his face.

Why?

Because Sanger’s proposals threatened the ideological comfort zone of a community that has grown overwhelmingly left‑leaning.

This is exactly what Sanger told Straight Arrow News: Wikipedia has a “liberal bias” baked into its editorial culture, its sourcing rules, and its governance. His plan to fix it — including ending consensus gatekeeping, allowing competing articles, and abolishing source blacklists — was never going to fly with editors who benefit from the current ideological monopoly.

Blocking him wasn’t a procedural decision. It was a political one.

Let’s be blunt: Wikipedia’s political articles don’t just lean left. They tilt, list, and fall over left.

Multiple sentiment‑analysis studies have shown a consistent pattern:

- Right‑of‑centre public figures are described with more negative sentiment, including language tied to anger, disgust, extremism, and controversy.

- Left‑of‑centre public figures receive more positive sentiment, with language tied to joy, progress, admiration, and social good.

This isn’t accidental. It’s what happens when one ideological faction dominates the editorial class.

Wikipedia editors decide which sources are “reliable”. And surprise: left‑leaning outlets are labelled reliable, while right‑leaning outlets are labelled unreliable.

If the only “approved” sources lean left, then the emotional tone of the articles will lean left too.

This is how you get biographies of conservative figures dripping with negativity, while progressive figures are bathed in soft‑focus praise.

It is so bad that there is a sub-reddit that specifically calls out anti-Semitic bias on Wikipedia.

High-profile Christian religious articles are frequently locked or heavily guarded by established “guardian classes” of editors. Users trying to introduce traditional or alternative theological viewpoints often find their edits quickly reverted for lacking mainstream secular citation.

Sanger’s warnings — and now his exclusion — raise the question:

Can Wikipedia be reformed, or is it time for alternatives that actually respect ideological diversity?

Because if the co‑founder, who came up with the name “Wikipedia” can’t get a fair hearing, what chance does anyone else have?

It’s time for a new name for the site, “WikiBiased”.

Read more: https://dailydeclaration.org.au/2026/06/25/wikipedia-neutral-block-founder/

Thank You to (Kym Farnik) Contributor.

In the interests of fairness and context this post is posted.

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From Digital Anvil.

Breakpoint of Britain ?

How Britain Enabled the Abuse of Thousands of Its Own Children

Last week, a group called Restore Britain released a summary report of an inquiry into the widespread and systematic sexual exploitation of vulnerable working-class women and children across the nation. At least a quarter of a million girls were sexually assaulted, trafficked, tortured, and even killed, mostly by gangs of Pakistani Muslims. The details in the report are so horrifying, it is difficult to believe they are true.  

As shocking as the reports of abuse are the descriptions of the response by British authorities, including police, teachers, social workers, doctors, and politicians. Evidence of the abuse and reports by victims were downplayed and ignored. When Prime Minister Kier Starmer, who resigned Monday, was Director of Public Prosecutions and the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, he dismissed 13,000 cases of suspected child sexual offenders with a warning letter rather than attempt to prosecute. According to the report, the fear of being labeled racist, the fear of losing votes, the fear of rioting if prosecutions happened, and the fear of accusations of classism all contributed to a culture in which “community cohesion” became more important than protecting women and children. 

British citizens who spoke out about the abuse or expressed criticism of mass migration were often prosecuted, especially if the criticisms were directed at Pakistani or Muslim communities. In some cases, fathers attempting to rescue their daughters from abusers were even arrested. Last year alone in Great Britain, approximately 12,000 people were prosecuted for social media posts, some for longer periods than those who committed the crimes they were protesting. 

Underlying the British response and the silence by media outlets both in Britain and in the U.S. is a cultural mood common among elites and shaped by Critical Theory. Western culture is assumed to be oppressive, and minorities, especially immigrants, are assumed to be victims of Western oppression. Thus, minorities cannot be expected to be held to the same standards. Their behavior results from their oppression, and identifying criminals within a minority group, it is assumed, will foster even deeper racism and Islamophobia—a term coined by the Muslim Brotherhood to shut down criticism of Islam. In this morally upside-down world, racism and Islamophobia are worse crimes than the sexual exploitation of children. 

The gangs that have been operating in Britain have deep ideological and cultural roots shaped by Islam, including Sharia law. While most Muslims are law abiding and many imams have condemned these gangs, the scale of abuse is so widespread that it must have been known. And yet, it was allowed and even enabled in some communities. 

Also ignored is the difficult truth that Islam, on its own terms, allows child sexual exploitation and trafficking. According to Islamic teaching, Mohammad received the Quran directly from Allah through dictation from the angel Gabriel. Thus, Muslims claim, it is the perfect and unchangeable expression of how Allah wants us to live, and Mohammad was the perfect exemplar of that way of life. Therefore, Muslims should pattern their lives after him.  

Mohommad, who claimed divine approval for himself, was a polygamist and a slaver. He promised his followers unending sexual bliss in paradise along with wine and other goods they were forbidden to have in this world, if they followed him and fought along with him. He married a 6-year-old girl and consummated the marriage when she was 9.  

Many Muslims believe that, under Sharia, the same behavior is permitted with children today, and that Muslims are permitted to take non-Muslim women, married or not, as slaves. They are also permitted to abuse and humiliate them, including prostituting them for the benefit of their owners. All this is part of Sharia. 

What these gangs have done to at least 250,000 women and children in Britain is allowed by these extreme interpretations of Sharia. Many of the young men responsible for these atrocities believe they are answerable to Sharia, rather than to British law. They believe what they are doing is approved by Allah, especially when done to an enemy who is oppressing them. This is something radical Islam has in common with Critical Theory. 

This terrible story reveals why it is foolish to suggest that all cultures and religions are morally equal. They are not. Though every person is made in the image of God and fallen into sin, some cultures and religions encourage sin and fallenness, including the abuse of other image bearers.  

Ideas have consequences. Bad ideas have victims. In Great Britain alone, the victims of Islam and Critical Theory number in the hundreds of thousands.

Thanks to Breakpoint for this Report.

 Love Revealed: ( Revisited )

 

I can know that God is love, I've known it since I was a young inquiring adult.

 

 But it's not until I grow in understanding of my self and selfishness and jealousy ,wretchedness and arrogance and pride and then look at His love for me that I truly see how deep His love goes. His love for me in my badness expands my awareness of the depth of His love.

 The deeper I go in self-awareness, the more expansive my view of God's love can be. While we cannot understand everything, the more I'm willing to open my heart to God and know myself (As the Ancient Greeks would suggest), the more deeply I can know God. 

The more i know of God and his Son the more i am aware of God's unequaled love. From the beginning God has loved me with this profound love, but now i am more aware of it. His love hasn't increased,just my awareness of it has grown.

But this very awareness can cause you to be overcome by the ruse of self to entertain the idea that self is more important than the awareness and love of God. Self can be an unfortunate enemy of God. When the forces of darkness attack, they mislead the self deeper into entertaining more of itself. Not of the love of God.

Thus awareness of self needs to be matched and overcome by awareness of God. In deed, awareness of God needs to supercede awareness of self. Both are necessary for the life - journey. Yet you and i need to comprehend the love of God. Something that is both comprehensible and - if one is honest- equally incomprehensible to us !

Ask yourself, as you ask God to reveal Himself today. You shall be surprised,i guarantee it.

by Digital Anvil.

( NB: Adapted - Final Form- Digital Anvil ) 

Final Comments:

It has become obvious ( to me and others ) that my Blog is no longer thriving and is barely surviving. With the recent decline in personal circumstances and the overuse of others work, my viewership has tanked badly! The Viewership statistics have sharply slid to just above choke height.

 

All jokes aside but many, many faithful viewers have waved goodbye.

 

The 3 highest 'polling' countries have left without so much as a goodbye comment or otherwise.

 

As my personal circumstances savagely 'died'  and my arrogant real-world  style adopted by me of relationship statuses recently, i believe i have come under the overall judgement of GOD.

 

With such a sharp decline of the real world circumstances and thereby virtual-world circumstances, i became manifestly aware with introspection and self-evaluation that i cannot justify my appalling poor real- world behaviour. This situation can not continue. So  for the rest of my life is  to be great and wonderful supernaturally, i need to change.

 

i need to be faithful to my GOD, country, persons and the like to see some of  the  "measures of obedience" sharply rise. And for all my relationships to improve remarkedly with real old- fashioned realism, love and humility. 

 

I shall humbly pray for His Forgiveness and restoration.

 

 

 

Looksmaxxing - A New Trend

Today there is a new trend for young men called "Looksmaxxing". It offers advice on how men could improve their looks, ranging from beauty products ("softmaxxing") to cosmetic surgery ("hardmaxxing"), and even “bonesmashing” – literally applying force with yours fists or a hammer in an attempt to realign the jaw and improve facial features.

Men and boys are aspiring to unrealistic beauty ideals and engaging in risky procedures – from steroid use to surgery – as they value beauty over other virtues such as intelligence, character and health.

Most of us understand that hitting yourself with a hammer in an attempt to increase your beauty is madness, yet it’s just a reflection of a culture that values how we look over who we are.

God's Word tells us that while people look at outwards appearances, God looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7).

Share this daily- reading.

Thank you, Karl Faase.

(From Digital Anvil)

Celebrating Masculinity: The War on Young Men (A Speech)

Celebrating Masculinity

The War on Young Men (A Speech)

  With wisdom,veracity and determination, presenting

 

Its --with a sigh of relief and of celebration- to continue the ( masculine a-n-d feminine) tradition of asserting the Good with the Great.

meaning?

Because of  past experiences and events and persons  i am thrilled to present on my blog the link to the entire speech of Gerard Holland detailing "the War on Young Men." 

Although you may not agree with all of his drawn conclusions, you can not ignore his data, points, direction and careful outline of this cause. 

Some points covered are

* suicide, leading cause of death among males under 35 year olds.

* Gen Z experiencing greater levels of medical disorders

*cost of owning a home, now 8 times the current level of income and more...

* women now earning more than most young men.

* and more... 

 

 ponder>>>

 

link to The War on Young Men 

 

 Tap or click on above link for a clip lasting < 10 minutes.

 

(by Digital Anvil) 

 

The Power of Lament or Sadness:

Power of Lament or Sadness:

There are many parts of the church in the West where positive thinking and “name it and claim it” theology are the dominant ideology. This works off the premise that God wants the best for you and is just waiting to give it to you. If your life is going well, if you are succeeding, then this way of seeing God and Christianity is what you are looking for.

But what if you are struggling? What if life is hard? What if you can’t see a way out of the situation you are in?

That is true of many people, and it’s not because they are unfaithful or that God is punishing them. It is true because life is often hard. The comforting news is that the Bible has much to say if you are finding life difficult.

The Bible gives us a model for how to respond in challenging times. It’s the power of lament. Many Psalms and the entire book of Lamentations show us how we can offload our burdens through prayer. It gives scope to complain, express outrage and share our pain. These parts of the Bible don’t offer solutions, but they show how God is interested in us expressing our grief and that he will ultimately walk alongside us.

 

My life has been marked by seasons of real pain and sorrow. ( My Wife of 35 years passed away almost 2 years ago ) So Bible with talking with friends and GOD has been a helpful part of my life- story.

 (Digital Anvil )