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Phi Alpha Adam!

😔I stole my friend Russel's pledge binder he was forced to have on him 24/7 (which no one could look at, to prove a point) I read this-the only thing in the binder-and felt guilt. I put it back where I snatched it. Still feel guilt, granted, this was Boston 2008. I think anyone should follow this

GenZ are unlikely to be able to comprehend what this says or have the tollerace to read more than 250 words at a time. And if they did they likely wouldn’t agree with it. So the problem is manifold.

I’ve never read this. Thank you for sharing. I’m raising two boys and I’m concerned about the extreme cultural messages they get about what it means to be a good man. I’ll be sharing this with them. 💛

There was a time when this was understood and expected, especially of those who enjoyed privilege or were in leadership positions. Thank you for posting it here. We need the reminder every day.

I like how it focuses on being humble.

Perhaps this should be on the wall of every classroom in the country rather than anything overtly religious.

Two of my family members were SAEs!

Didn’t influence it in the 80s either.

There are conservatives who aren’t socially regressive such as yourself then there’s reactionaries. MAGA is an extremely backwards movement-change will happen with or without them.

SAEs at my college in the 80s were just as keen on date raping drunk girls they’d plied with Everclear punch as all the other frats— but we didn’t have the phrase “date rape” to properly categorize their violent behavior toward women. And in my sorority we blamed the women. Proud to say I quit.

If by Rudyard Kipling is my go to. I hang a copy in any office I have. "He who seeks wisdom from any and all sides is more apt to find it " That one's mine.

Good old SAE’s

Afraid there are too many men who should have read this a long time ago. A bit too late.

Good manners! For everyone.

Also a true human. 🙂

Now we have "The True Scumbag"...

Today’s REPUBLICANS.

That’s why I would vote for you to be the next prez. 👍🏼 and campaign too. Keep going!

Love this. It applies to women too.

Phi Alpha, brother.

If any in Trump’s sphere would read this, they would view it as an attack.

True aspirations. We’ve lost a lot of those things in our society.

It's sadly amazing that we currently have a #POTUS who can not lay claim to a single one of those virtues. Not. One. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheHomanFiles #Antifa #WillNotShutUp

Bro calm yourself that shit is called Sexual Assault Expected for a reason

let us talk once again of virtue.

Was that before or after screwing the goat?

He's the Bizzaro President. The EXACT opposite of what a United States President SHOULD be. 🤬🤬🤬

Beautifull thought . And I would broaden it to persons, i see universal values, not just for men. ❤️ By the way, I also Imagine that what is still called The white house, is now associated by visitors, to a show called “My big fat gipsy wedding “

This is the true, make America great again.

Boy o boy, the pres is so far from this behaviour. Maybe someone needs to send him a copy or add to the swearing in.

Phi Alpha, Adam. OH Tau.

My father was a SAE and this describes him to a T. He was a true gentleman. Trump has none of these qualities and my father (84 at the time) spotted this back in 2015. His comment after hearing him speak and boast on TV, “Certainly the American public won’t vote for someone like this. Impossible!”

Strong words worthy of emulation by truly strong men and women.

What a concept! ❤️💥❤️

I have to say I’m surprised to hear that about a fraternity. That not the general reputation.

Same for the true gentlewoman.

"Ah, but are you a gentleman?" should be the response to any guy claiming to be an "alpha male."

Thank you for sharing this, truly inspiring words wish REAL MEN WOULD TAKE HEED, u don’t need to pound your chest to be a man!!

Trump doesn’t even have one of those traits.

There’s a reason they were known as Same Assholes Everywhere in the 90s.

Thank you again

Well unfortunately your party betrayed thaz in favor of personal gain, greed power and abuse of the American people. Can you not persuade even 3 republicans to change the balance of power in favor of we the suffering people?

The administration responds...

Somehow the men of this generation has turned its collective back on decency and now they are pathetic miserable people that will likely die alone since no women are interested in their BS 🙄

Great post for National Son's Day. I hope and pray we can help to guide all of our sons to that sort of behavior.

What's the opposite of a gentleman? Asking for a nation.

If only more politicos, especially Trump, actually knew and understood what it means to be a gentleman.

I have never seen it before, yet I’ve now shared it with my sons. Thank you. 💖

Which obviously doesn’t apply to you

Stealing this

Well said!

I find it comical that you believe this to be relevant to today's young men, might as well be latin to these meme lords.

I get your point. I'm Kappa Alpha Theta. So I understand about preserving the original texts. But... it's obvious, isn't it? Modernisation shouldn't be a problem.

My sister was chi omega in the 80s She was raped by your "brethren " So fuck off with your history

Thanks for posting that! We are so lost as a culture on so many levels. Read about the horribly behaved Americans at the Ryder Cup. Liberal forms of civility are just fine for me.

I’m pretty sure that wasn’t on the reading list at SDSU.

Phi Alpha

Maybe next time a copy of this could be handed out to US fans before the next Ryder Cup.

Lmfao!! This hypocrisy is the very reason I am proud to be GDI. I have never met a frat boy who personified any of the traits. Never. Ever.

Yes. But this text is really inspiring. 💛

Was that before or after the anal beer chugging and the streak across campus?

Sounds good, but I'm DYIN' to know what circumstance would require one to humble another.

No wonder my SAE friends from Penn State were so exceptional. ✌️💙

Nice

Fuckin’ A.

To which I would add, "and knows how to laugh at the absurdities of life".

My boy was in ΣΑΕ.

In short not a maga man in short a man that’s confident and secure in who he is and what his purpose is

Had lots of SAE friends at UW Madison ♥️

Show it to any MAGA boy, but they probably won't understand it. They have spent way too much time learning "masculinity" by playing CoD.

Oh I should have figured you were bloody SAE!

Words to live by.

If only…

Would be interesting to re-write the inverse of that, point by point ("The True Winner/Killer"). The kind of thing Trump and his dad would proudly put on their wall.

Phi Alpha

Phi Alpha, brother!

This should be taught in middle school and in high school. And college. Hell, in your religious houses.

Thank you for sharing this. If only more of us would aspire to its ideal.

Can you not just say “it’s nice to be nice” these days?

My father (who passed away two years ago) was the epitome of a gentleman. How I miss his generations wisdom. Thanks for sharing this important wisdom. I hope young men today continue to be inspired by it.

Phi Alpha

Phi Alpha brother!

Beautiful and inspiring! It brings to mind the poem ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling.

I feel indebted to Gregory Peck for "The big country" and "Roman Holiday".

If a republican can live by this motto then what is the difference between republicans and democrats.