"The Trump campaign knew that men were his ticket back to power, and it targeted them—pointedly young men, and men of color—with a sophisticated campaign of grievance and disinformation.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Newcanuk @JustRosy You lecture me by stating that I need to look for answers.

I'm curious as to why that fact that some of us are sometimes very stupid is ruled out as an acceptable answer.

[newcanuk@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy @JustRosy please don’t tell me I’m lecturing you by adding my opinion to your conversation, this is counterproductive to any conversation. Which may be your point.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Paxil This is surely a major story of this era (from around, say, 1970 to the present) of political life in the US, isn't it — the willingness of many of us to keep voting against our self-interest at the behest of economic elites who keep us angry, divided, and ignorant?

[paxil@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy All I can figure is they're voting against other people but to me the other people is them.

[newcanuk@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy @JustRosy if someone wants to pass judgment on a group that refused to vote for the lesser evil, maybe there should be a more thorough examination of the reason beyond “they’re stupid”
If people want to unfollow me for that, o welcome it.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Nazani You couldn't be more right. So many now get "information" from online videos and soundbytes. The loss of interest in reading, in reading actual books, is very disturbing to me.

[peterbrown@mastodon.scot]

@wdlindsy  basically all he has done is fed off xenophobia and division- between races, between nations, between languages, between faiths, between genders and amongst different kinds of gender.
I suppose that means he is a fascist white supremacist .

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Newcanuk @JustRosy You'll have to point me to the statement you claim to be quoting in this thread, "They're stupid."

Do people make stupid decisions sometimes? It seems self-evident that they do, and that the "they" includes ourselves. Should we recognize that our stupid decisions create problems for ourselves and others? I don't see how we can learn otherwise. Is a healthy society one in which we all pretend ignorance is preferable to knowlege? Some folks may think so. I don't.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@peterbrown I agree.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Paxil Well-stated.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"For men, Trump represents 'hegemonic masculinity,' the exalted position of men at the top. In this view, aggression, control and dominance are all admirable traits and highly socially valued."

~ Ashley Morgan

#Trump #men #women #misogyny #MaleEntitlement #patriarchy #YoungMen #TheoBros #Catholic #JDVance #manosphere
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Trump represents a specific type of masculinity – and it’s dangerous for women

The former president represents a particular type of masculinity.

The Conversation (theconversation.com)

[mastodonmigration@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy

No treatment of this subject is complete without mentioning Carole Cadwalladr's prophetic piece from back in July:

This is a misogyny emergency. A huge outpouring is coming in the runup to the US election | Carole Cadwalladr

This time Kamala Harris will be the target for the social media platforms that promote prejudice

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Edit: For which, by the way, she was excoriated by the usual suspects as a conspiracy theorist yada yada yada...

[judeet99@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy @Nazani But surely therein also lies a path to get info to them...to oppose what they're seeing? This wasn't used as far as I can tell.

[davidpmaurer@mastodon.sdf.org]

@wdlindsy

here we see the obese (and ancient) orange ape in his natural habitat: surrounded by sycophants.

[heliospi@kolektiva.social]

@wdlindsy Crimethinc has rad analysis about how Democrats continuing move to the right while coopting or attacking movements for freedom is a part of why they lost. Still, misogyny is the core of this current wave of fascism.

History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy

In many ways, the Democrats are responsible for Donald Trump’s return to power. Let's explore why.

CrimethInc. (crimethinc.com)

[i_gvf@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy I guess we now have a companion to "Some are more equal than others."

The meritocracy should rule. But, of course, men should be assumed to have more merit than women.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@i_gvf That's the logic of it — so-called.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@HeliosPi I agree: misogyny definitely is the core of this current wave of fascism. Well-noted.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@davidpmaurer For sure.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Judeet99 @Nazani Yes, I agree.