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i read "weak" in this context as "unmanly". as in, the concept of feeling things makes someone less of a man, that manliness is inherently tied to stoicism. which is a very common thing, and something that needs to be combated. using language that meatheads understand necessarily means losing some nuance and adding some bias.
I think the important thing to understand the meaning isn't the "weak" as much as the "doesn't make you". Like they could have achieved the same meaning by saying, "You are not defined by the emotions you feel in times of trouble."
I see the word "weak" as an emotional appeal rather than an actual important part of the meaning.
It is an emotional appeal. It's an emotional appeal when used by red-pill pick-up artists, or sigma grindset life coaches, or your dad when he's disappointed by your lack of stoicism.
There's nothing inherently wrong with emotional appeals.