Psalmuel Adekunle: This constant refrain of “whatever” seems to pervade the very fount of your dialogue with me; but also your engagement with the material; it’s like coaxing me to come spectate you at the gym, choosing the lightest weight — barely lifting it — and then shrugging off with a “Whatever”. ‘M-c-E-n-r-o-e’=7 letters, ‘M-c-w-h-a-t-e-v-e-r’ = 10 letters; it’s so inane…Why bother?… or better yet, why not bother more? Surely you are wasting so much effort in a superficial and unnecessary posture of indifference; especially considering that you surely want to be taken seriously; that straightening your back and showing an attention to even the minutest of details is just going to make your argument stronger?
In terms of your rebuttal “still stand[ing],”; no, not in the slightest; not on the thick ice of hell frozen over and not even on the strong backs of mutant pigs with wings. You have no rebuttal in any true sense of the word, nor have you even made an attempt to pretend you have one.
If you even truly read what I had to say, which I am quickly doubting at an exponential rate, you would have seen that I engaged the fallacy of ‘if any man…’: I feel like a condescending teacher telling you that you haven’t done your homework — but you clearly haven’t. *[Going back now to what I have said, and then trying to formulate a new “rebuttal” based on my premises will only further deepen your lack integrity in this engagement].
P.B Medawar once said: “Theory is the mask on the face of nature”; now, although I hardly doubt it was intended to be wholly cynical, you have tried and failed to make a mask out of gasious obnoxia; and now your pants are on fire. If anything, you are already technically naked.
Men, barring some miracle simply are the best athletes. This is not some fragile theory, or even robust phenomenology: it is wholly heuristic and testable even in the comfort of your own home.
If you really view yourself or want to view yourself in service of society, or aligning yourself in service of society — which must be the case given engagement on said subject matter — start by aligning yourself with reality.
Best,
-C
