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Famous men who've cried

no the idea that men can't or shouldn't cry is insane..

but boehner does seem to be overly sensitive don't he?
 
I wouldn't call most of the people on this list "famous" They mostly seem to be american politicians.
 
Most of those examples involve men who are crying at events that we are 'allowed' to cry at. Most of them have to do with retiring, which along with deaths is one of the few accepted moments for men to cry.

Boehner crying after becoming Speaker of the House is no different than someone crying after winning a gold medal or a sports championship.

Now when men start breaking down and crying at work then the world is coming to an end.
 
That WAS you in the green bikini with red hair right? That explains why you call yourself the skinny one, right?
 
i generally dont like to see men cry. my dad taught me emotions are a sign of weakness. many wont agree, but doesnt matter, doesnt change anything, some of us are just hardass's like that.
 
Ok OK I can follow most of the basic multi step reasoning on this thread. Which goes as follows.

1. Some American adult men would be ashamed of crying in public and others are less ashamed of doing so. But still as an American cultural norm, Adult men crying in public usually carries a certain stigma.

2 Most Americans are non famous and will probably never achieve fame, other achieve fame for acts, regardless is they are deemed virtuous or craven. Almost all high up the food chain elected politicians achieve a measure of fame because the power of the office they hold.

3. Then we can put step 1 &2 together and ask which set of famous politicians have cried in the past, and got politically rewarded for crying and which got politically punished for crying in public.

4. But step four in the reasoning chain is already is being too logically loosely taken already. Its all well and fine to say John Boehner is yet another example of famous male politicians who have a track record of crying in public. But the logical fallacy trap other have already fallen victim of is to assert that because we can find some famous virtuous highly regarded male politicians who are thus accorded the moniker of "great" who have cried in public, Then therefore weeping John Boehner must therefore be a great and virtuous male politicians.

Because the virtuous question is taking the logical process at least one bridge too far.
And its then all well and fine for me to be politically partisan and think weeping John is nothing but rotten and anything but an honest politician and its all well and fine for someone else with a different opinion to think John Boehner is a great and virtuous politician.
 
crying is ok in certain situations like if your dog died, your parents died, your child died, your significant other died or your favorite sports team just lost. anything else is not ok
 
The Big Lebowski: Are you surprised at my tears, sir?
The Dude: Dude, fuckin' A!
The Big Lebowski: Strong men also cry... strong men also cry.
 
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-6-2011/republicans-2--the-new-batch (Starts at 4:30)

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System_Mechanic said:
i generally dont like to see men cry. my dad taught me emotions are a sign of weakness. many wont agree, but doesnt matter, doesnt change anything, some of us are just hardass's like that.
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There is no rational reason to see crying as a weakness. It's a normal, biological response to certain emotions.
 
System_Mechanic said:
i generally dont like to see men cry. my dad taught me emotions are a sign of weakness. many wont agree, but doesnt matter, doesnt change anything, some of us are just hardass's like that.
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i never saw my father cry. not when his parents died, not when his sister died. not when he was diagnosed with cancer. not when he told my brother that the doctor gave him only a few weeks to live and he would be missing the birth of his twin sons.

i wish i would've seen him cry, just once. in that way it would've made me feel closer to him.
 
moshquerade said:
i never saw my father cry. not when his parents died, not when his sister died. not when he was diagnosed with cancer. not when he told my brother that the doctor gave him only a few weeks to live and he would be missing the birth of his twin sons.

i wish i would've seen him cry, just once. in that way it would've made me feel closer to him.
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he probably did by himself. he just didn't want you guys to see him like that. he may have felt the need to stay strong for you guys
 
System_Mechanic said:
he probably did by himself. he just didn't want you guys to see him like that. he may have felt the need to stay strong for you guys
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possibly.... but it's ok to cry in front of your family. : /
you don't have to be a blathering blubbering fool, but just be human.

my brothers don't cry either... at least now that they're adults I have never seen them cry.
 
System_Mechanic said:
i generally dont like to see men cry. my dad taught me emotions are a sign of weakness. many wont agree, but doesnt matter, doesnt change anything, some of us are just hardass's like that.
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I generally don't like to see anyone cry...

And 😵😕 at the bolded part. Cool I guess. does your dad still set your bedtime? Get out the belt and beat you when you've been bad? I'm not even sure what you're talking about agreeing. What's there to agree or disagree with? You didn't even actually give your opinion, just your dad's.

🙄 at the underlined part. In my experience, the self-proclaimed hardasses whine the most. They might not cry, but damn if they don't make sure you know every slight against them and how unfairly they've been treated or what all hardships they've had to endure.
 
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