>on a side tangent: one channer recently quipped that there'll always be the feral male behavior and that a mistake is blanket-labeling it as toxic and inherently bad. and honestly, i hate to say it, but i agree? personally, i feel like this is part and parcel of human/animal nature; it would be nice in some degrees if we were able to remove this kind of bullying or at lest the extreme varieties, yes, but if we haven't done it across history yet, i don't think we have the nuance or tools to handle it now. the next best thing feels like corralling said feral aggressive qualities into sports/sports rivalries, boy scouts, ROTC, mentorship opportunities. play with the occasional nips. rather than forming an ugly mob hunting for victims.

This... is something I had to think about for a moment, and I do agree. Even if it's "bad" and often inappropriate, I think most people have these aggro mean streak/offensive tendencies, self included. I unironically believe trying to get rid of or ignore it leads to people trying to reframe this behavior in a "righteous" way.