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This has become life in southwestern Syria, with the threat of ever-deeper Israel incursions an omnipresent fear and deadly confrontations with residents feeding the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Syria’s new authorities.

But it's feeding off a recent trend, fed by predatory social media influencers, that conflates masculinity with punishing self-discipline, the kind that rejects all pleasure and comfort as a feminizing — and thereby evil — force.

The incident came to light on Sunday, when a video of the man feeding water to the big cats began circulating online.

He is fed by a feeding tube and has a life limiting condition.

Like their male counterparts in online Christian discourse, Halili and Reitsma don't seem much interested in Christian doctrines about feeding the poor, healing the sick or welcoming the stranger.