In Defense of Simon Templar, Part Two

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Why do so many men who claim to be conservative hate Simon so much? There are men on the internet claiming to be conservatives who have, with no evidence whatsoever, accused Simon of being a rapist, a sex trafficker, and a Nazi. There are supposedly conservative sites where one is not even allowed to speak Simon Templar’s name. Where does this kind of unhinged hatred come from? Those who are familiar with my writing will not be surprised to know that I blame feminism, lol 🙂

For decades, feminists have been telling us that all male violence is scary and bad, regardless of the reason for it. This makes it possible for male cowards to tell themselves that by being cowards, they are providing comfort to women. For decades, feminists have been dismissing traditional men as neanderthals. This makes it possible for male cowards to tell themselves that their cowardice is a sign of how enlightened and evolved they are. There are a lot of deluded men out there. Most of them seem to go through life patting themselves on the back for being so enlightened, so evolved, and so incredibly kind to women. Until they encounter someone like Simon Templar. Then their worldview is blown sky high and their world left in ruins. Then they lash out in hatred at a combat veteran who spent 30 years risking his life to protect them.

I have seen this play out before. One of my male friends in college was an incredibly talented sculptor and actor. He was also a talented fighter, and could beat the snot out of pretty much anybody. He was never a bully. He used violence only when absolutely necessary, but anyone who knew him knew that he was willing and able to use violence if necessary. In the artsy world we lived in, this caused him to stand out. The effete males and artistes who were around at the time wanted so badly to dismiss him as an unenlightened neanderthal, but there was a problem: he was more talented than all the rest of them put together. When he first came on the scene, and all they knew was how talented he was, they were mesmerized by him. Then, over time, they started to hate him, not because of anything he had done, but because of who they were. Or maybe because of who they weren’t. Not one of those effete males ever challenged my friend to a fight: they just all ganged up on him like a bunch of mean girls.

Many of us, myself included, often blame women for feminism, and much of the blame is rightly placed with women, but let’s get real: the only reason feminism exists is because it works for some men. Most of the hostility that Simon Templar has received has been from other men: most of the hostility that my college friend received was from other men. We can all complain about the war on men that some women are waging, but nobody hates a real man more than a man who isn’t really a man. When it comes to hating real men and traditional masculinity, feminists can’t hold a candle to effete males. There are one or two women here and there who harbor some animosity towards Simon, and there were a couple of women here and there who harbored some animosity towards my college friend, but in both cases, the wrath of hell that was unleashed on them didn’t come from women. It came from effete males.

All of my life, I have been hearing about a battle of the sexes. There really isn’t a battle of the sexes. There is a battle between men who are men are males who are not men. Too often, the males who are not men have numbers on their side. That ought to scare us.

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28 thoughts on “In Defense of Simon Templar, Part Two”

  1. I can tell you right now. They’re uncomfortable with his ability to discuss s-e-x with no qualms whatsoever.

    What’s ironic here is that we have four women on this site- two Catholic, one Lutheran (Hyp?) and one secular but prudish Presbyterian who find him entertaining and not the least bit offensive. We also think he’s a “nice boy” beneath the gruff bravado and despite the “wild child” image.

    This is not to encourage you ST to cross any more boundaries; you’re fine where you are. 🙂

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    1. “I can tell you right now. They’re uncomfortable with his ability to discuss s-e-x with no qualms whatsoever.”

      This is strange to me. I have spent my entire life around religious conservatives. In my experience, most conservatives have the ability to discuss sex with no qualms whatsoever. In real life, anyway. The only male conservatives I have encountered who take to a fainting couch when the subject of sex comes up are those on the internet. The conservatives I know in real life have far more in common with Simon.

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      1. Interesting! I grew up in perhaps a more Victorian family. My father grounded me for a week for telling my brother to “shut up.”

        Lord knows what would have happened to me if I’d used the FU expression. 🙂

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      2. My parents didn’t view swearing as a big deal. We were forbidden from doing it as small children, because nobody wants a 4 year old with a potty mouth, lol 🙂 But as we got older, they loosened up on that.

        Between the two of them, my mother has always been far more religious than my father, but she also always had more of a potty mouth than he did. My father rarely used foul language. He wasn’t offended by swearing, it just wasn’t something he felt inclined to do unless he was very very angry. My mother was the one more likely to use foul language. She comes from a generation where ladies weren’t supposed to speak that way, so she tries to nip it in the bud, but the words still slip out. It is so cute 🙂

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      3. How funny, Jac! We must have been switched at birth. 🙂

        P.S. Whenever my mother wanted to say s*** she said “shine.”

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  2. P.S. Unlikely scenario indeed, but ST would never marry and call his spouse “the wife.” I remember hearing that phrase from the TV character Archie Bunker and some L2 members and it drives me INSANE.

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  3. Judy, I am beginning to get the feeling you have a bit of a crush on me and you don’t care much for how I was treated on the two legacy sites.

    P.S. You should write these types of OPs often. You’ve found your wheelhouse.

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    1. I don’t care at all for how you were treated on the two legacy sites.

      As for you “beginning to get the feeling” that I have a bit of a crush on you, well, you think all women have a bit of a crush on you, and that, Simon, is part of your charm 🙂

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  4. I worked in a bar that had live bands Mon-Sat but no bouncers. Part of our job was to break up fights and/or escort rowdy customers out of the establishment. Things on occasion got rough and sometimes (Mon-Wed) there were only two bartenders and we would be badly outnumbered by a group of drunks hellbent on raising hell.

    There was a reason they hired me twice to take care of business. Just sayen’

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      3. I think JACson knows the sordid details. I am hoping she will drop by and tell it in a financially friendly way.

        “I would have hired you full-time.”
        Thanks for this. Seriously, that was sweet and kind of you. Not that you aren’t sweet and kind but that was especially nice. Not that you aren’t especially nice all of the time but this was above the call of duty.
        Not that you do not hear the call of duty and run to the sound of the cannon. Does anyone understand what I am trying to say here? I am going to shut up now. Anyway, your comment did warm the cockles of my black heart. Thank you so very too much.

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  6. “I think JACson knows the sordid details. I am hoping she will drop by and tell it in a financially friendly way.”

    There was a woman involved. The bar that Simon worked at was in a hotel. Simon would sometimes spend time after work with a lady he had met while bartending, in a room that he hadn’t paid for. He got caught doing this, and was fired. The bar manager pleaded with them to hire Simon back because he made so much money for the bar, and they did.

    Do I have that right, Simon? Is my account of events financially friendly enough?

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