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Tim Walz is giving MAGA a master class in manhood
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Manhood is when you serve in the military and play football. Really open and progressive ideas here.
I think the most egregious examples of "toxic masculinity" are the men who think that since they're so Alpha, the world owes them everything on their own terms. Like the President who us so upset that the hurricane went the other way that he has to "prove" he was right all along. Or the Senator who prefers to be called "Coach" because he likes to think of himself as the Big Man On Campus, and not 1 of 100 equals. Or even the incel living in his parents' basement who is so bitter about not having a girlfriend because he can't understand that girls are humans too and don't exist just to please him.
Walz is refreshing because it's clear that he went into Politics to make a difference, not to make a profit. We've been conditioned to think all politicians are greedy assholes, probably by the politicians who prefer it that way because it lets them get away with shit. Then this guy comes along, with genuine integrity, and it threatens to collapse it all.
Republicans have built a political movement out of the belief that all government is bloated and ineffectual. If Democrats start electing people who can show that Government can be a net benefit to ordinary people, it kills 50+ years of Republican messaging.
They complain about that when they're not in power, and then demonstrate exactly that whenever they happen to be in power.
They make it true so they can continue to claim it
You're missing the underlying assumption, which is that military and football are for men. They're "typical man things" and Walz is showing that a man doing manly things doesn't have to be an asshole.
But that still assumes there are manly things, that armed service and football are manly. Subtext.
You are missing the point.
That's what MAGA assumes.
And Walz is there to prove their assumptions wrong.
I can also tell you that most military personnel I met in my life were not 'manly' people in any way. Just normal and decent people.
It's MAGA mongoloids that link military to manhood. Or guns. Or football. Or beer.
Edit: and what is really amusing to me is that zi am not American, nor life there, but I did get excited about Walz. Because he seems like a normal human being. Imagine how crazy the world is when we get excited about (apparently) a normal human being in politics.
While more progressive people have recognized the pointlessness of gendering military service and playing football, conservatives haven't and its something we can use to our advantage. Like the entire calling them weird thing. It's literally the kind of insult a 5 year old would come up with but they're absolutely blowing gaskets over it and it's hilarious.
Know your enemy and you'll have the advantage.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
I had to add the whole English version quote because just saying know your enemy isn't really what this phrase represents.
I was paraphrasing but yeah. Nothing will surprise you if you know how your enemy operates.
I have found the Art of War so useful in day to day work. Understanding your work life like it's a mental battlefield was so relieving and has helped me explain things to people that are hard to understand. I absolutely encourage everyone to read it once, at least. If only to understand that phrase we are throwing around right now and how important it truly is.
I've had this book sitting on my shelf for years, but I think your comment might be what makes me read it. I always thought of it as only applicable to wars or competitions of some sort, but you're right. I live in the rat race every day, and it definitely is a battlefield, and I would like to know my enemy and myself better.
Some of it is a little boring but the overall concepts are revolutionary, and if you apply them to everyday life it is a huge advantage. Especially if you see it being applied to you by your adversary.
TIL Sun Tzu knew about kill/death ratios
In this case Tim appeals to those with conservative views, and it could be that some men and women can be swayed.
The hard core magats probably see him as a wuss, because "men can only attack" or some crap like that.
Can't finish a single sentence?
He served in the military and then dipped out before the Iraq War started. Vance thinks it gives him points to have gone to Iraq when Walz hasn't. It doesn't. Vance participated in an illegal, immoral invasion. Walz was smart enough to GTFO.