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> infantilism So if a male chooses another path outside of employment he is to be compared to an infant? This post should be flagged. That is definitely not o

• roymurdock 10y ago
  Let's reserve flagging for clickbait and off-topic posts. It's OK to disagree with an author and discuss why you disagree but there's no need to stifle the conversation altogether.
• sjg007 10y ago
  It's referred to in the article.. But I agree that it is a weak argument.
• mancerayder 10y ago
  Flag because you disagree with the validity of the analogy? Or because it's offensive to you? Should we flag invalid arguments? Potentially offensive material? Since you didn't elaborate, other than the 'definitely' qualifier, it's unknown what your beef or overall goal is, here.
  • hiou 10y ago
    Because it's an inflammatory insult. Calling a group of the population a bunch of babies isn't really appropriate intellectual conversation for a site like this.
• squozzer 10y ago
  It's not every day someone suggests flagging a column by George F. Will. "The collapse has coincided with a retreat from marriage (“the proportion of never-married men was over three times higher in 2015 than 1965”), which suggests a broader infantilization." Sadly, Mr. Will comes from an age with a rather rigid standard for "manhood" - job, wife, big house, 2.5 kids, dog. Moreover, he forgets that while many people wanted and worked hard for things such as equality, very few considered the possibility that social progress would turn out to be a (nearly) zero-sum game. Obviously Mr. Will didn't get it. So he blames the victim.