Men can be close—very close, like brothers, and even closer than brothers. Deep down, all men long for this brotherhood. It's because we need each other. We need other men who get it. We were not meant to fight this fight alone.
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The only encouragement that some men get is from a stranger on the side of a highway, while on hold with the VA suicide line. The only way they'll get a hug. That's our society. I don't know how we fix that, but somehow we need to.

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Step 1, stop blaming the ills of society on men.
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Right. It seems that men are discouraged from being strong. Discouraged from bringing what they have to the table.
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Me and my guy friends hug all the time and tell each other that we love each other. We need to put all the toxic masculinity behind us.
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To each, his own. I feel no need for physical contact or expressions of affection with other men, besides my dad and my sons. But I can't help wonder if this guy has a wife with whom he has a good relationship. Seems unlikely he would wind up in this spot.
Replying to @edclements @3rdEyeWiseguy @thisisfoster
Turning our country back to God would be a good start.
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God won’t help us, we need to help eachother
Replying to @edclements @thisisfoster
I think society today family is in different states sometimes the extended family w grandparents is fragmented the VA tries but, also w devices we meet friends in person less I'm so sad he didn't have anyone to contact on twitter I've seen vets try to get help for vets in crisis
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As a country, we need to do better, I don't know the answer, but we all need to work to find it.
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Normalize brotherly physical contact between men. Lots of guys are starving for physical affection.
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We stop giving money to pork barrel projects and special interests and start allocating it for those who’ve served and need the help. Over $100B was stolen from “COVID relief” because there was no accountability. Even more was stolen from unemployment money.
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