Syrians attacked knife-wielding women and children at a playground in France this morning. The horrifying video footage immediately sparked outrage online.

The man, who was legally residing in France as a refugee and was later apprehended by police, inflicted serious, life-threatening injuries on four children aged 22 months to three years, the New York Post reported. reported. report.

A shocking 90-second video shows the perpetrators entering a children’s playground. He ran around violently brandishing a knife, then attacked a child in a stroller as a screaming woman tried to fight him off. (Related: Exclusive: Justice Department New Policy Proposal Will Limit FBI Infiltration into Terrorist Groups, Document Shows)

Graphic video — Four children stabbed on playground in France.

The assailants were Syrian “asylum seekers”, aka terrorists.

IMPORTANT: This video features *multiple* adult French men. What do they do when defenseless women and children scream in terror after being stabbed?

Man 1: Run away… pic.twitter.com/dqeOUtXkKU

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 8, 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron was quick to condemn the attack as an “act”.an absolute coward” Of course he is right. Whatever his motives, a man driven to such heinous deeds exposes his weakness by targeting defenseless people rather than the real target of his anger.

But the raid also revealed the meanness of the weak men who stood by while the women and children were in danger.

To his credit, one man tries to intervene. He meekly waved his backpack at the assailant and blindly called out police who didn’t seem to be nearby. The man continues to pursue the perpetrator of the attack on women and children from a discreet distance.

Another man makes no effort at all. He hid atop a competition structure at first, but he slipped and escaped while his attackers were distracted. Then he casually trotted past, not to intervene, and circled back to safely view the gated perimeter of the playground.

The person filming the attack also makes no attempt to intervene. When the assailant came out of the playground, he hid behind a tree.

It’s hard to imagine this scenario happening under the scrutiny of past generations. The French, who fought valiantly at the Battle of Dunkirk or thwarted the Vichy government, would never have stood idly by in civilian life.

They were people who, through culture, training, and natural instinct, understood the moral imperative of taking action. They would have quickly subdued the attackers, even at the cost of their own lives.

Thus, the attack not only indicts the men in the video, but the broader state of masculinity in Western society. It’s all our responsibility. We have allowed our institutions and broader culture to embrace the demonization of masculinity and train younger generations of men to curb their natural instincts.

Since the 1960s, all forms of traditional masculinity have been viewed as vices, harmful things that should be eradicated.

Contemporary feminists and broader left-wing social movements actively sought to undermine the masculine component of society, or what has now come to be called “patriarchy.” (Related: ATH: Toxic Femininity Is Damaging Republican Elections)

They emphasized the need to reframe masculine virtues such as courage, positivity, and boldness closer to harmful vices such as aggression, dominance, and emotional weakness. They encouraged embracing female virtues such as emotional vulnerability, empathy, and nurturing as more authentic masculinity.

We see these feminine traits enhanced everywhere. tv set and news mediafrom school teacher, elite researcher,Furthermore Hall of Government Power. On the other hand, traditional masculinity is now, at best, an anachronism,danger to society” at the worst case.

But masculinity was only dangerous to the society the Left sought to build. (Related article: ‘It’s crazy to think men aren’t necessary’: Logan cuts through so-called toxic masculinity)

New wave feminists wanted to eradicate all gender roles. They wanted women to play exactly the same social roles as men—biology is a godsend. In this respect they were largely successful. Both legally and socially, men are no longer considered the default head of the household.

The broader left wanted to eradicate the role of masculinity for similar reasons. Only by undermining the main force of generational continuity in society, the family, could we truly destroy the Christian and capitalist foundations of Western civilization. In the ashes of the old, they have worked towards building a new utopia.

The left has prevented new generations from being instilled with the masculine qualities necessary to support and protect the family. The man is so isolated right now that he doesn’t even know how to handle an emergency like today.

Even those who do not actively share Leftist values ​​operate in a world in which the Left is in control and defines the norms that shape society. When they react, as was the case with Daniel Penny, the system fights back.

So the decision not to intervene definitively was not really a positive choice for the male part in the video. Rather, it is the result of being so immersed in a social environment so utterly hostile to masculinity that we no longer have the natural instinct to react as a true man would.

Rest in peace to the children and families affected by this unconscionable assault. But we also have hope for a society that has lost its way.