I agree. Cowering to a bully in front of your son is just about the worst example you can possibly set.
I agree. Cowering to a bully in front of your son is just about the worst example you can possibly set.
I disagree. What he did showed wisdom. In a battle like this, he stepped back. He knew he couldn’t win if he struck back, she would have made sure it got violent which he would have lost. What he did in that moment is he gave her enough rope to hang herself. She did. On national TV. Instead of him being the villain, she is. Hands down. He showed his son that sometimes wisdom wins over strength.
@MattWalshBlog Snagging balls at Phillies games is how my father raised us. And my dad never once acted like whatever this is
@MattWalshBlog He showed he was the bigger person here. He de-escalated the situation and it ended up being a win for both him and his son. And now the woman is publicly humiliated, as she should be. This man is a good dad.
@MattWalshBlog It’s a lose-lose situation. I prefer to not argue with mentally unstable individuals over trivial things.
@MattWalshBlog Weak men make hard times. It's not up for debate, at this point.
@MattWalshBlog Pathetic take, Matt. I agree with you on many things…but this is completely off track. What would you have done in that situation? Puffed your chest out and shown how manly you are? This guy has nothing to prove. He doesn’t need to bully the bully.
@MattWalshBlog I don't think he's worse than the Karen, but its a pretty close call. Men like him are why society was taken over by the longhouse though.
@MattWalshBlog This is the baseball edition of how America was lost.
@MattWalshBlog He should've demonstrated true gender equality and threw her down the stairs
@MattWalshBlog Alpha males must never cower to Karens. Take a stand.
@MattWalshBlog FYI If you were my dad, Matty, I would've run away from home before I was in pre-K.
@MattWalshBlog I think the dad handled it the right way and the story ended on a good note for the child.
@MattWalshBlog the universe rewarded him for doing so while i wouldn't have handed the ball over, i don't see the fault in what he did in the end they got something worth 10x as much (not $ value, but in memories)
@MattWalshBlog stand firm once, and your son learns courage for life
I think the real lesson is this; though the baseball is a keep sake, and a memory, its just stuff. One has to pick their battles. This one wasn't worth it. And in the end, it worked out better. Not only did he learn this lesson, but also had a bigger prize in the end. And we all get to laugh at this Karen for being a bully to a child. Sometimes you have to let someone else be the bigger asshole.
@MattWalshBlog “Cowering to a bully” is a terrible example. Refusing to get into a cat fight over a baseball, however, is not. Blessed are the peacemakers. The kid got majorly rewarded. The lady is now infamous. God took care of it.
You want the man to yell and escalate, with a woman, in front of his son over a $6 baseball?
@MattWalshBlog I disagree. It’s not worth the aggravation. And avoiding the gruff actually had better rewards for his son. Be above the noise. Choose your battles wisely.
@MattWalshBlog Maybe he didn’t want to create a scene. It’s what Karens do. You know she would have harangued him for the rest of the game. It wasn’t a battle he chose to have on his son’s birthday.
Such righteousness! How few believe the long-suffering, non-resistant doctrines of our King. It’s a baseball. Perhaps this dad demonstrated Christian strength in front of his son. It goes against human nature to turn the other cheek, give the coat as well, go the extra mile, but Jesus taught us to do this. Phil Robertson tells the story of rednecks stealing fish from his nets. He surprised them at gunpoint. Then, instead of getting his fish back, he generously gave the fish to the rednecks. Then he led them to another net, and gave them those fish as well. They stopped stealing. The Jesus strategy worked! Maybe the man was intimidated? I did not listen to the video interaction. That would be sad. But maybe he turned the other cheek from strength. That would be wise. Karens can be defeated with kindness too, and maybe a heart changed.
@MattWalshBlog You pick your battles. They were just trying to enjoy a birthday, not stain the birthday with a battle. You never know how nasty those will get. Either response was fine from the Dad. His response made the Karen look far worse.
@MattWalshBlog May we all have the strength to not cower like this in front of our sons.
@MattWalshBlog Disagree, he showed commendable maturity. Not everything is worth fighting over
@MattWalshBlog Over a fucking baseball. That's how a man should react.
@MattWalshBlog I think it’s valuable to teach children when the fight matters and when it doesn’t because it will allow them to live a much more peaceful and humble life that does not value “being right” over every tiny thing. Such as a ball. When you’re right, it becomes clear on its own.
Matt, I usually agree with you but your statement is too extreme. This is not a black and white situation. It is not weak to do what one thinks it the right thing. And I think that's what the man did. Here's my reasoning: 1. He was confronted by an unhinged woman over a baseball. 2. He felt the situation was escalating and had no clue how she might act. 3. He had no special claim on this ball that dropped into the stands much closer to HER than to him-- and which he retrieved though he probably SAW her trying to retrieve it. 4. In the end, it was just a ball! Perhaps he didn't want to put his family in danger over a baseball. 5. Maybe he also wanted to teach his son that grown adults shouldn't fight over a ball. It might be different if the man had more of a claim on this ball than the woman. He did not! On the other hand, yes, the woman did act like a bully. Her behavior was clearly off. So if he had decided to stand up to her bullying tactics and try to reason with her and argue that he had as much claim on the ball as she did, that might also have been a reasonable choice. Nevertheless .. given the unpredictability of public confrontations, the fact that he likely wanted to protect his family and not spoil their outing, and the bottom line fact-- this was just a ball that he had no particular claim on-- his choice was not unreasonable. It does NOT signify either unmanliness or capitulation to bullies, but prudence. Not many can or do restraint themselves in these situations anymore-- he took the high road. I am glad that the Phillies assessed the situation and reached out to the family with a prize better than the original ball!
@MattWalshBlog @JackPosobiec You absolutely can NEVER give your son that baseball and then take it back and give it to a silver headed KAREN. You just can’t do that! The example that sets to your kid is harmful. You not only have to stand up to her , it’s your duty as an anti Karen parent to do so
@MattWalshBlog Nah it's just a stupid ball not worth fighting over let the Karen have it. Dad did the right thing - taught the kid that stupid trinkets are just 'stuff' and not important to people with honor.
@MattWalshBlog Disagree. Let evil be evil. Not worth the lawsuit.
@MattWalshBlog Counter point: We should teach our kids to choose our battles wisely
@MattWalshBlog This is an example of a father showing his son that sometimes you have to walk away…. They are at a family event, do you want him to knock the woman out? Lookin the end this father won and so did his son😊.
@MattWalshBlog The reason people behave like this woman behaved is because they get away with it, and in this case, are even rewarded for it The dad failed miserably He had a duty to teach his son a lesson in more ways than one, and he failed