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Exactly this. Specifically in the U.S. we have a self righteous moralist problem. People say words about how they want equality. In action they're just followin

Exactly this. Specifically in the U.S. we have a self righteous moralist problem. People say words about how they want equality. In action they're just following discriminatory culture all the same. It's not new, it's influenced from American Christian culture where the social perception of individuals is more important than the truth. The perception of holiness to buy ones way. In reality the overwhelming majority of those that say it's "okay" for men to be vulnerable and emotional will react negatively when it happens. Unfortunately that in itself is an unacceptable opinion by the moralist because it paints woman in a poor light. Again, caring about perceptions, not the truth. In truth its universal, woman+man relationships just happen to be the majority. It happens in all other forms. It's something about the power dynamic of relationships.

_gabe_ 4y ago
> It's not new, it's influenced from American Christian culture where the social perception of individuals is more important than the truth. This isn't a uniquely Christian thing, and it's definitely not something that suddenly popped up in the last century. Here's Jesus rebuking the 1st century jews for this exact behavior: “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward." Matthew 6:5 ESV I think this is more of a "human" problem than a uniquely Christian problem.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
  The only way I can read that that makes sense is to say that "American Christian" is used to distinguish from actual Christianity. Because indeed, the Bible is extremely explicit, repeatedly and at considerable length, that appearances are either irrelevant or inversely correlated with things that actually matter.

_gabe_ 4y ago

> It's not new, it's influenced from American Christian culture where the social perception of individuals is more important than the truth. This isn't a uniquely Christian thing, and it's definitely not something that suddenly popped up in the last century. Here's Jesus rebuking the 1st century jews for this exact behavior: “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward." Matthew 6:5 ESV I think this is more of a "human" problem than a uniquely Christian problem.

yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
The only way I can read that that makes sense is to say that "American Christian" is used to distinguish from actual Christianity. Because indeed, the Bible is extremely explicit, repeatedly and at considerable length, that appearances are either irrelevant or inversely correlated with things that actually matter.