❝❝I think the mark of an adult is the ability to make the right choice without the threat of punishment. Or perhaps despite it.

We know that's possible. Under the right circumstances, we even revere the people who did that as saints and heroes.❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: adult ∙ right choice ∙ punishment ∙ saints ∙ heroes ∙ maxims

“West Point posthumously admits shooting victim Peter Wang to Class of 2025”

“U.S. Army Awards Medal of Heroism to Three Junior ROTC Cadets Killed in Parkland Shooting”

Tags: Florida shooter ∙ heroes ∙ Peter Wang ∙ JROTC ∙ U.S. Army ∙ West Point ∙ Aric Chokey ∙ Brittany Wallman ∙ Haris Alic ∙ Alaina Petty ∙ Martin Duque ∙ Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

❝❝Me, I think men protect their own, and stand between innocents and danger. I'm sure there are hundreds of other ways. I just don't buy that manhood is validated by the gender of the people you might sleep with.❞❞
     — NeoWayland

“Peter Wang died a 'hero' in Florida shooting, wearing his ROTC uniform. Petition seeks a full honors military funeral”

“JROTC students use Kevlar pads to shield classmates from Florida shooter”

“Hero boy shot five times shielding classmates from Florida school gunman”

“Florida school shooting: Football coach shot, killed while protecting students hailed as hero”

“A heroic geography teacher died protecting his students from the Florida high school shooter”

Tags: heroes ∙ toxic masculinity ∙ Peter Wang ∙ Scott Beigel ∙ Anthony Borges ∙ Aaron Feis ∙ Zackary Walls ∙ Colton Haab ∙ Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School ∙ Parkland ∙ Florida ∙ maxims ∙ JROTC

❝❝We let it happen.

We bought the lie that compassion triumphs practicality. We accepted that “blacks” deserved more privileges because of history. We let generations be victims when they deserved to be heroes.❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: maxims ∙ compassion ∙ practical ∙ privilege ∙ history ∙ victims ∙ heroes