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Teenage boys are idiots. And today’s American teenage boys – whom our culture holds in a sort of manchild limbo long past the age they need to be doing some sort of hard work and earning their keep – are even bigger idiots.

By the time a male is about 16 years old, he has the body of an adult male, an adult male with a brain under assault by a dramatic rush of hormones the likes of which he’ll never again see during any other period of his lifetime. Teenage boys are more impulsive and aggressive than any other group.

The man-bashing harpy followed it up, promptly, once she want through the paradigm-shift of realizing people were actually READING her asinine comments, with a “follow-up post.” This betrays the high cost of political correctness — once you’re being politically correct, now and then you have to come to terms with the idea that people are digesting what you tell them, and taking it seriously. And then, you have to go through this absurd motion of the time-honored “What I Meant To Say Was…” “follow-up” post.

I don’t know what the hell she said in her follow-up. I didn’t read it. Just sort of skimmed. But I felt compelled to enter the following snotty remark.

Teenage boys are stupid

More like…

It’s politically correct to say teenage boys are stupid

We can demonstrate my point, easily, by picking on another group far more cherished and adored, with equal measures of truthful critique…

Teenage girls are vindictive, petty and vengeful

Huh. Suddenly there’s another demographic that, perhaps, we should work hard at keeping away from guns.

Except my statement takes some balls. Yours just goes through the motions of requiring them, but in the end you’re just peddling a bunch of pap to make yourself better liked. And, by the way, better than even odds that’s how all this “research” came to be to help back up your point. The male of the species can’t cry his way out of a speeding ticket.

But if you think I was tough, wait’ll you get a look at what adorable gun-and-swimsuit pixie Cassy put together, because if you’ve read her for any length of time, you know this really hits her where she lives.

New rule here at The Blog That Nobody Reads: You can’t criticize me for the length of what I write until you’ve gone and read what Cassy has to say about man-bashing harridans who like to gloat and chuckle and smirk about boys being dumb. Because brother, if you want to find a lady who believes in what she’s saying, go no further than there.

These kinds of people — mostly women — bother the hell out of me. OMIGOD! Teenage boys are, like, SO stupid! They’re irresponsible! They’re reckless! YEARRGHH!

Can the people who come up with this crap, just once, come up with an original thought? Please?

Yes, teenage boys tend to be more of the daredevil type. Yes, they do stupid things sometimes and take stupid risks. They also tend to be exceedingly loyal and I’ve found them to be rather considerate and great friends. Unlike teenage girls, may I point out.

I had many more guy friends in high school than girl friends. Part of this was because I participated in a male-dominated sport (crew), but another part of it was that I wasn’t interested in having a lot of girlfriends. I had a few, but by and large I didn’t get along with a lot of girls. Why? Because girls are vicious, jealous, backstabbing bitches in high school. They’re two-faced and evil and mean. Hell hath no fury like a teenage girl. Teenage boys, at least, stick with their friends through and through. Even when they get into a fight, they’ll duke it out and then ten minutes later, be best friends again. So simple. So uncomplicated. No three hour conversations about who screwed who over first or why such-and-such’s boyfriend was MY boyfriend first and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Piss off a teenage girl and it’s never a ten minute fight. She won’t try to kick your ass, but she will try to ruin your life. She will poison every well, spread as many rumors as possible, and in general try to make your life as miserable as possible. I don’t care if saying this pisses people off, because it’s the truth.

There is much, much more.

I think Cas and I both ran on a little bit because this subject is real simple.

It comes down to this.

When you are allowed to say bad things about boys and not about girls, you’re going to hear more bad stuff about boys than about girls. Some of us who have weaker minds, somehow, think this means something. Those of us with stronger minds understand it’s a commentary on what we are and are not allowed to say, and doesn’t really mean a great deal more than that…other than that men and women are different.

Oh that, and…just to repeat…men can’t cry their way out of speeding tickets. And YES, this differential trickles into our insurance industry and anybody who tells you otherwise, is a liar.

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