McDonald's cashier claims self-defense after brutal attack on female customers with metal bar

'brutal attack on female customers with metal bar'

He 'brutally attacked the customers'-- who attacked him first and literally jumped the counter to have at him. The only thing I can see he did was 1) be male while his attackers were female and 2) *possibly* going too far in his response. But as for item 2, for those who have never been suddenly attacked by strangers, let me tell you that adrenaline kicks in and all manner of things can and do happen in such situations. It is easy to use such force that in retrospect, you realize you may not have needed to use. But does that mitigate your right to have used it, esp. when strangers attack you, possibly with any sorts of intent to do you bodily harm? Even police who are held to a higher standard (supposedly) for their level of response to antagonism are often not punished for using deadly force in situations that in retrospect were not intended to place the officer in harm's way, but nonetheless, he could reasonably, at the time, be expected to see the mortal danger it appeared he was in.

The only thing this guy is 'guilty' of that I can see is being male while his attackers were female. Oh yes, he is also guilty of having been a convicted killer. Yes, doesn't say good things about him. But what does that have to do with this particular situation? Not a lot. I don't imagine there would be anywhere near this level of hullabaloo if the attackers were male. If the cashier were either male or female, he or she would instead be getting hailed as a hero.

And not because he has a criminal record, it doesn't matter, not when there's a woman involved. This is what he should have done. He should have ran away, even if he was physically attacked. There's no such thing as self defense when a woman attacks a man. Going to the police is also a mistake. The women would simply say they felt threatened, even though the video showed otherwise. No matter what happens, he's wrong. Man bad woman good. We teach boys this at a very young age. Look no further than England. 5 year old boys are taught they're abusers. Its just a matter of time before American kindergarten boys are taught the same thing. Keep in mind society is also teaching girls they're weak.

In a bizarre mind-f*ck, girls are taught both that they are strong and weak: victims and non-victims, all at the same time. They are told they can do anything boys can do, only better, categorically, with no consideration for the capabilities of individuals. And at the same time they are taught to be scared of boys and men because we are so much more powerful in so many ways. They are also told we 'dominate' the most important fields of endeavor and so they are weak and need the Big Government to intercede on their behalf and protect them from the evil patriarchy. And of course, all of us are rapists-in-waiting.

But at the same time, they are smarter, better, more capable than boys, heck, many of them, even stronger, too.

Boys today are taught, as you pointed out, that there is something inherently bad about them relative to girls (ie, in the UK, 5-YO boys being taught they are abusers), to always be on the look out for ways to be nice to girls and avoid doing anything bad to them no matter how remote a thing it may be, regardless of what a girls or girls have done first (case in point: the McDonald's cashier). Yet at the same time boys are also taught to fit into a mold wherein, if they succeed at fitting into it, they will be amply rewarded and be considered A-#1. Think sports or business success. This is the primary way in which a boy can hope to be considered a huge success. Men successful in these arenas are reinforced at every turn. Yet at the same time, society in general is taught that for women to be treated fairly, men have to be less successful in these realms so women can be more successful. If a man or boys turns his/their attention to anything but traditional/accepted endeavors to find fulfillment, he is discouraged/scoffed at at the least or condemned at the most. Think men going into nursing: not much encouraged. Think women going into medicine as MDs: very much encouraged. And a man not successful enough in traditional realms is not lauded while a woman even somewhat successful in men's traditional realms is heavily lauded.

It's a tough time to be a kid, especially a boy.

Read the comment section at the bottom of the original article or this article. Almost everyone supports the cashier. I feel sorry for the guy. He had a job and was doing the right thing with his life after being released from prison.