Grieving Corey Comperatore and Honoring Healthy Masculinity

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'The world is mourning the tragic death of Corey Comperatore, a volunteer fireman and family man who was gunned down at former President Trump’s campaign rally on Saturday in Pennsylvania.

A bullet intended for the 45th president struck the head of Comperatore, who had thrown himself over his wife and daughters, acting as a literal human shield.

Calling him a “real-life superhero,” one of the heartbroken daughters, Allyson Comperatore, remembered her father as “the best dad a girl could ask for.”

“He threw my mom and I to the ground,” she wrote on social media. “He shielded my body from the bullet that came at us. He loved his family. He truly loved us enough to take a real bullet for us. And I want nothing more than to cry on him and tell him thank you. I want nothing more than to wake up and for this to not be reality for me and my family.”

The family is rightly taking solace in the fact their husband and father died a hero, his last selfless act being the one to shield them from the fate that took his own life.

Much has been said in recent years about so-called toxic or traditional masculinity, the idea that men are uniquely gifted and equipped to protect and lead. Radicals believe that manhood’s distinctiveness is an unhealthy thing, that whatever men can do, women can and should do also.

It’s one of the many lies tossed about, ignoring and denying how God uniquely created the two sexes to complement one another.

Healthy masculinity, which was on full display on that Pennsylvania farm on Saturday, stabilizes the family and serves the greater good of the community. It sacrifices convenience and prioritizes others’ needs over one’s own.'