Letter: Balentine’s view of teen boys reflects conservative male reality
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John Balentine’s profound column about Evergreen Cemetery made me sad (“Portland cemetery reflects Maine unity,” May 7). He is so right about male teenagers. I used to be one.
Many of them do stupid, destructive things like calling other humans derogatory names, walking in on and ogling undressed teenage girls, grabbing women by what, prior to 2016, used to be considered their private parts, and staying up all night seditiously tweeting. They destroy things like gravestones and would destroy democratic governments if they could. Some of their daddies give them large allowances and even their mafia connections. But they carelessly bungle their finances anyway and blame others, especially females and people of other races, for their misfortunes. They say they are infallible; they can make no mistakes. But any competent neuroscientist or escaper of significant brain damage, except perhaps an economist, knows that making mistakes is how we learn.