Remember when men were men and women were women? Of course, over most of the United States, that's only as long ago as, well, now. But in some of the "progressive" enclaves, there seems to be a fair amount of confusion on this topic. "Toxic masculinity," the man-bun-wearing low-T soy progressive males claim (and I use the term "male" in the broadest possible sense), is America's biggest social problem today.
But then, one of them runs for office, or someone they want to support runs for office. Suddenly, as most recently demonstrated by the vice-presidential run of Tim "Great Walz of China" these... people suddenly find they need to exhibit some, well, masculinity. The problem is, they're really bad at it.
The Federalist's Eddie Scarry has a recent piece on the topic that's enlightening.
Among the ways Democrats are trying to stop hemorrhaging men voters is apparently by elevating guys who exhibit some comically stereotypical sense of “masculinity,” but who otherwise champion all the effete Democrat policies that the party loves and real men hate. Who knows! Maybe it’ll work!
Three such strapping lads come to mind of late, first and foremost being David Hogg, the lithe twink who is currently a vice chairman of the Democrat National Committee. (Though, some party officials are challenging his election on the grounds that he’s not DEI eligible — he’s apparently not gay). In an interview last week on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Hogg proposed that Democrats are losing the support of young men, who “would rather vote for somebody who, even if they don’t completely agree with, they don’t feel judged by, than somebody who they do agree with, that they feel like they have to walk on eggshells around constantly because they’re going to be judged or ostracized or excommunicated.” He said young people more generally “should be able to focus on what young people should be focused on, which is how to get laid and how to go and have fun.”
Now, some of Mr. Scarry's language is a bit harsh, but he's not wrong. Take David Hogg, for one; to judge by his recent appearances, in which he generally waves his noodly arms about wildly while shouting about the need for more government spending on anything you care to name (except the armed forces and border enforcement; you know, jobs that require men) while also bemoaning how the Democrats are losing the young male vote.
Gosh, David, why do you suppose that is?
Mr. Scarry continues:
Another sure stud was showcased on Gavin Newsom’s podcast last week, during which the California governor interviewed “gender scholar” Jackson Katz on how “Democrats win back men.” I don’t know about you, but the first person I’d consult if I wanted my party to “win back men” would be a “gender scholar” with an irrepressible lisp. During the eternally long conversation, Katz mansplained to listeners how real masculinity is instilled not through delayed gratification, self-discipline, and strength training, but through his training courses and educational seminars that he offers to corporations, athletic organizations, and even the U.S. military (though presumably that stream has dried up under the new administration).
Gavin Newsom, whose expenditures on hair gel are higher than the annual GDP of Sierra Leone, is hardly the best example of real masculinity. I'd bet serious money he can't drive a manual transmission car or truck, and he would probably break out in monkey bites at the very sight of a chainsaw.
These are the Democrats who are talking about "winning back men."
But my favorite has to be Tim "Jazz Hands" Walz. Remember him, with his brand-new vest and brand-new cap, struggling to load a shotgun he claimed to have "shot a lot of trap with?"
I'd bet money that Tim had never fired that gun before. Everything about this show was fake, as fake a fake as was ever faked. John Kerry, in his fake Ohio waterfowling outing, was more convincing, and he wasn't convincing at all.Honestly, liberal males, stick to what you're good at: Being hectored by leftist women, being weak, being ineffective, being beta males, being low-T incompetents.
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I was raised by a man who farmed much of his life. Dad could wield a chainsaw - a big, gear-driven lumberjacking chainsaw, not a little lawn & garden blade. He was an accomplished stonemason, and on the place in Allamakee County, Iowa, where I grew up, Dad did stonework amounting to over a hundred tons of white Iowa limestone moved, cut with hammer & chisel, and mortared into place. One of my grandfathers was a farmer and carpenter, the other a Ford mechanic. These were men, and there are still millions like them right here in the United States. They fix our cars, they grow our food, they deal with crooks and terrorists, and much more.
The Democrats are now realizing they have to appeal to men. Not liberal men - actual men. And these men aren't down with having dudes on their daughter's sports teams or in their locker rooms. These men aren't down with having our borders wide open or having our military used as a jobs program for the neurotic. The Democrats are now realizing they have to appeal to these men, but they clearly don't know how, and are bringing in all the wrong people to discuss it.
Let's hope they never figure it out.
