Art of Manliness - Latest Comments in The 15 Greatest Man Cries (Plus 5 Dishonorable Mentions)

Re: The 15 Greatest Man Cries (Plus 5 Dishonorable Mentions)

Andrew — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:16:48 -0000

@ Brett couldn't agree more with you about Armstrong

@ Joe Lincoln was not the only president to suspend habeas corpus

Oscar Schindler should receive mention for crying when overcome with guilt for not selling more of his possessions to save more lives during the holocaust. Truly the ultimate philanthropist.

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Chris — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:11:46 -0000

Interesting analysis on Tom Coburn. Sure, being a politician, his tears were very suspect. But his reaction to Rachel Carson and his views on abortionists were spot on. Why should we honor a lesbian? A man isn't a real man if he's having 'sex' with another man and woman isn't a woman if she's having perverted 'sex' with another woman.

Why shouldn't a doctor who is killing the most innocent among us receive the death penalty? A man who takes the life of an innocent adult deserves death and that is exactly what an abortionist deserves.

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Oyaji — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:44:59 -0000

It takes a big man to cry. But, it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man when he's crying.

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Desi — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:40:19 -0000

Liam Neeson in Schindler's List, definitely needed to be here.

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Dennis — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:09:30 -0000

I think that one of the times when a great man and a great number of men cried was at the 1993 ESPY's during Jimmy V's speech. You can see the video here. It is one of the finest examples of manhood I can point someone to these days.

You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watc... and I highly recommend that you do.

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Dave Walters — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:44:45 -0000

For a variety of reasons (mostly very suspect tax charges) Joe Louis was forced to fight for far longer than he should've.

In his final bout, he was KO'd by Rocky Marciano.
Marciano used to listen to Louis bouts on the radio as a young boy.
He was so distraught at 'having' to beat his hero that he is said to have wept in his dressing room.

An honourable mention in my book.

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Gerry — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:21:48 -0000

What a cool site and great topic. I think the mix is perfect - most recently would say Roger Federer at Wimbledon.

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Martin Schilling — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:51:49 -0000

Whatever Michael Jordan announcing his retirement early due to his Father's murder? Did that even happen, I seem to have a memory of that.

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Martin Schilling — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:51:49 -0000

Whatever Michael Jordan announcing his retirement early due to his Father's murder? Did that even happen, I seem to have a memory of that.

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Francis — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:07:08 -0000

Potential dishonorable? Cleveland Browns quarterback Tim Couch cried on the sidelines during a game.

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Error — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:06:40 -0000

Excuse me, Brett. You spelled "Jon Stewart" with an 'h'. Thank you.

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Clay Collins | The Growing Lif — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:25:59 -0000

That was powerful. The piece from John Stewart really moved me. A lot. Thanks for sharing that.

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DoomRater — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:05:03 -0000

Anyone want to mention Gabe Ruediger for a dishonorable exception to crying? Guy bawww'd on TV because of his inability to make weight, despite doing very little on his part to make weight. we're talking about trying to enema weight out of himself without exercise.

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Joe — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:56:30 -0000

Forgot something: Oedipus Rex. Any takers?

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Joe — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:54:36 -0000

As badass as this site is in general there are some problems, the pros and cons associated with old time manliness. It should be noted that Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus. It was much like the Roman Dictators but still it may have been misused in some cases.

To the whole Jesus having manly tears is silly. All the men listed here have a very factual, real basis. 90 percent of the bible is exaggerated story telling. This is not saying that it is bad, that is not my case right now, my case is that Jesus cannot be manly in this sense. He is too different a character from all other men to be manly. Odysseus was a badass though fictional, he cried in the Odyssey, and he was much more human than Jesus yet still he doesn't have a place on this list.

Oh and Stalin should get some mention for when he cried when Churchill presented him the Sword of Stalingrad. Its funny, its true he was a coward and such but the romanticism that was placed around him and the October Revolution has made another fictional thing so cool. It leads me to believe that manliness is a concept and will never actually be in existence, like communism it will be striven for but never accomplished perfectly except in stories.

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tully monster — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:30:39 -0000

Didn't Nixon cry when he resigned? I'm surprised that didn't make your list anywhere. It's one of my earliest, most coherent memories--as a very small girl, it shocked me to see a picture of a man crying on the front page of the daily paper. I was three or four, far too young to be aware of current events, no matter how politically cataclysmic, and didn't realize until later what the context was.

As for the Checkers speech--the whole thing was a (successful) attempt to manipulate the audience, and so it's hard to have any sympathy for the man there. I'm actually more inclined to feel sorry for him during the second instance--I imagine he must have felt a good deal of remorse and regret then.

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Will Grigg — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:15:54 -0000

Jon Stewart is a national treasure and a genuine patriot.

Incidentally, as far as manly cinematic weeping is concerned, how about the choked, stifled sob heard from Admiral James T. Kirk at the funeral of his best friend, Capt. Spock, at the end of "Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan"?

Kirk had a crying scene in the following movie following the murder of his son. That one may have been even better, because it ended with an oblique but unmistakable -- and quickly fulfilled -- promise to kill the enemy responsible. I swear, the moment he told that enemy "I'm looking forward to meeting you," everybody in the theater said, "Oh, boy -- that guy's as good as dead."

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Will Grigg — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:01:27 -0000

Letterman's remarks were stunning and powerful. They illustrate something I've long believed: Genuine eloquence, as opposed to grandiloquence, is a product of sincerity. His words may not read like much when reduced to print, but when spoken live they were infused with a palpable passion that left the listener deeply moved.

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Michael — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:24:49 -0000

You left out Apollo flight director Gene Kranz' allowing the tears to flow after the safe return of the Apollo 13 astronauts.

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reid — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:12:36 -0000

honorable mention: me (while reading this and watching videos).

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Logan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:54:25 -0000

Show me a man who hasn't made some mistakes and I'll show you a loser.

On a more serious note, Brett, if you ever mention Nixon again, I'd be honored to fact check or provide you with a background on the man or any Nixon situation you're covering.

I'm not a Nixon apologist, just a man with the facts.

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Luke Moritz — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:45:09 -0000

With sports mentions, I would have added Wayne Gretzky's farewell press conference when he was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the LA Kings. That, to a Canadian, is one of the most emotion-filled sports cries ever.

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Basil Moss — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:27:25 -0000

It seems to me the gist of this article that it is generally not manly to cry at all, and when one does, it's best to get "choked up" and be seen to be suppressing it, despite the huge emotional cause. I don't think that this is either manly or healthy. I respect any man who expresses his feelings freely, and who is not so overconcerned with others perception of his "manliness" as to go about suppressing his feelings. It has been my experience that those who cry freely whenever they are sad are more able to cry when they need to. It brings a healthy release from feelings that can do us no good bottled up inside. In fact physiologically, it is the only way stress hormones can leave the body without first being metabolised by the liver. I've known someone who does not cry because men don't, and I've seen them unable to shed a tear over the deaths of their parents, because they are so unused to expressing feelings in this way. This is not healthy or manly.
Basically I'm saying bollocks to "man cries" and "man hugs" for that matter- manly men don't need to worry about expressing their feelings in some limited social structure that basically stunts ones emotional expression.

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Grumbles — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:24:49 -0000

I know it is controversial, but I would have put Bush's reaction to 9-11. Say what you will about the man, but he felt what alot of us felt. If both Letterman and Stewart made it, I would have Bush there as well. Of course, this ignores those who I am sure believe Bush arranged it, but whatever.

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Willbert — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:54:17 -0000

I'm with Tom - "There's no cyring in baseball." Seriously, I like the article and your choice of man-cries. Glad you picked real events and not fake scenes from movies. There is enough fake stuff in today's society.