kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
One fewer blue hair at the protest. 
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kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
If this doesnāt scream for a little forensic accounting, I donāt know what does.
HĆ¼sker DĆ¼
DA
YOUR MANHOOD IS NOT A GOP FRANCHISE
The modern Republican party and the āmanosphereā are running a high-stakes grift on young men, trying to convince you that masculinity is a proprietary brand owned by the political right.
Theyāve manufactured a narrow, fragile script that equates āstrengthā with corporate worship and narrow-mindedness, but this narrative collapses under the weight of actual history. True masculinity isnāt a performance for a political consultant; it is a human trait that predates your favorite punditās Twitter account by millennia.
If you look at the warriors these groups pretend to idolize, the āconservativeā label vanishes. Alexander the Great, the most relentless conqueror in the ancient world, was gay. The Sacred Band of Thebesāthe elite unit that actually broke the Spartanās dominanceāconsisted of pairs of male lovers who fought with a ferocity born of mutual devotion. Even the Spartans, the ultimate symbols of grit, lived by a code of communal property and collective duty that would make a modern capitalistās head spin. There is nothing inherently āalphaā about being a foot soldier for billionaire exploitation or an unregulated market.
the āGreatest Generationāāthe men who stormed Normandy and became the gold standard for traditional toughnessādidnāt come home to gut social programs. They came home to build the most robust social safety nets in history. They saw the G.I. Bill and massive public infrastructure projects not as āweaknessā or āhandouts,ā but as the collective strength of a nation that actually gives a damn about its people. They didnāt need to be told that empathy and community service were feminine; they knew those traits were the bedrock of a powerful society.
The truth is that your worth as a man is found in your integrity, your competence, and your ability to serve those around youānot in how well you parrot a partisan checklist. Real strength is about self-actualization and the courage to think for yourself, rather than renting out your identity to a movement that views you as nothing more than a reliable vote. Stop letting them sell you a watered-down version of yourself.
The modern Republican party and the āmanosphereā are running a high-stakes grift on young men, trying to convince you that masculinity is a proprietary brand owned by the political right.
Theyāve manufactured a narrow, fragile script that equates āstrengthā with corporate worship and narrow-mindedness, but this narrative collapses under the weight of actual history. True masculinity isnāt a performance for a political consultant; it is a human trait that predates your favorite punditās Twitter account by millennia.
If you look at the warriors these groups pretend to idolize, the āconservativeā label vanishes. Alexander the Great, the most relentless conqueror in the ancient world, was gay. The Sacred Band of Thebesāthe elite unit that actually broke the Spartanās dominanceāconsisted of pairs of male lovers who fought with a ferocity born of mutual devotion. Even the Spartans, the ultimate symbols of grit, lived by a code of communal property and collective duty that would make a modern capitalistās head spin. There is nothing inherently āalphaā about being a foot soldier for billionaire exploitation or an unregulated market.
the āGreatest Generationāāthe men who stormed Normandy and became the gold standard for traditional toughnessādidnāt come home to gut social programs. They came home to build the most robust social safety nets in history. They saw the G.I. Bill and massive public infrastructure projects not as āweaknessā or āhandouts,ā but as the collective strength of a nation that actually gives a damn about its people. They didnāt need to be told that empathy and community service were feminine; they knew those traits were the bedrock of a powerful society.
The truth is that your worth as a man is found in your integrity, your competence, and your ability to serve those around youānot in how well you parrot a partisan checklist. Real strength is about self-actualization and the courage to think for yourself, rather than renting out your identity to a movement that views you as nothing more than a reliable vote. Stop letting them sell you a watered-down version of yourself.
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
Yes, they have.
āLiberals havenāt just moved far left, theyāve left reality entirely.ā
āLiberals havenāt just moved far left, theyāve left reality entirely.ā
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
Well, thatās odd. Wonder why?
Desert Hound
DA
Again you are not bright. Nor for that matter is the D party.
The reason Ds are shedding men is because your party keeps saying masculinity is a problem. Your party is run by Karen's and Soy Boys.
That is why you see young men move increasingly to the right. One party...yours...says men are a problem. The other doesn't.
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
Dude, I just take my Amazon returns to Whole Foods.
