Hawley Accuses Democrats of Attacking Masculinity

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Hawley Accuses Democrats of Attacking Masculinity

November 1, 2021 at 1:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 127 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/11/01/hawley-accuses-democrats-of-attacking-masculinity/

"SNIP.....

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) “decried what he characterized as Democrats’ prolonged attack on traditional masculinity, using it to make an argument for restructuring the economy in a way that would help men thrive,” the Kansas City Star reports.

Said Hawley: “The Left want to define traditional masculinity as toxic. They want to define the traditional masculine virtues — things like courage, and independence, and assertiveness — as a danger to society.”

.....SNIP"

Wedge issue: they are going for the working class and Latino vote (Rubio for President). They need a whole slate of new wedge issues. Men feel less powerful because of 40 years of republicans' war on unions and other things. Get them voting on their anger and they will not notice Republicans have no policies to help them or their families.

[Ocelot II]

1. You suppose Sen. Hawley might have some issues concerning his own masculinity?

[xmas74]

3. I heard a rumor once

From someone who grew up in Lexington but it's unsubstantiated so I won't repeat it.

[smirkymonkey]

19. Oh, c'mon! Who would ever believe a randy stud like this is anything but

100% straight!

[xmas74]

20. I just won't be the one to drop the details

They were juicy.

Fyi-Lexington is a very small town,most well known for being directly on the Missouri River, a Civil War battle and a now closed military academy. That's it. The cannonball in the courthouse pillar is the big drawing point.

[FreeState]

27. The same folk who think masculinity is oreientation

Please stop spreading anti-gay toxicity.

[Brainfodder]

31. Agreed, except for OVERLY groomed, that stereotype holds?

[PatSeg]

36. Is that suppose to be a kiss?

[North Shore Chicago]

47. Oh my

Not one pair of lips between them.

[PatSeg]

4. I was thinking the same thing

He is just setting himself up, though his base probably loves it.

[xmas74]

2. He doth protest too much.

I live in Missouri. The odd comments about masculinity makes it feel as though he's covering up. In the rural areas he'd be called a "pretty boy" who obviously has never actually worked a farm or manual labor.

It's crazy how they're falling for it.

[PatSeg]

6. It is also crazy how the base

bought that Trump was a strong, manly man. Makes you wonder who are their male role models?

[Ocelot II]

10. A man who dyes his hair and wears makeup and has tiny, soft hands.

Yet they revere him as a manly man. Maybe all you need to be considered strong and manly by the base is to be mean and insulting and punch down every chance you get, and then you can use your tiny, soft hands to apply all the makeup and hair dye you want.

[CrackityJones75]

12. That is exactly wht they think is manly

They love the cruelty and the crassness.

[MustLoveBeagles]

25. Don't forget the shoe lifts

[PatSeg]

34. Oh yeah, as well as the adult diapers

[PatSeg]

33. They seem to mistake the schoolyard bully

for a strong, masculine male, but even the schoolyard bully didn't wear makeup or dye his hair. Trump is quite the antithesis of every manly man stereotype. I still cannot imagine what these clowns see when they look at Trump.

[Ocelot II]

39. Another clown?

[PatSeg]

43. Yeah, like looking in a mirror I suppose

[xmas74]

21. It's definitely not the Average Joe

It's not the working man who toils in the fields or on the factory floor.

[PatSeg]

35. And Trump is the boss

who took advantage of the Average Joes of the world.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. Exactly

This 'man' is a cry baby - so there's that.

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. How nice, manbaby obediently spewing Tuckums' talking points.

[smirkymonkey]

23. Oh, Tuckums!

There's another "Manly Man" for you! The republican party is just swarming with them.

[rickyhall]

8. Poor Josh little dick, so sad.

[tenderfoot]

9. Hawley is telling us that he watches a lot of porn

eom

[maxsolomon]

11. the steady drumbeat of grievance propaganda.

you're the victim, you're the victim, you're the victim...

[Torchlight]

13. It's as though Herb Tarlek's been elected to the senate

"You all had an orgy last night! And I wasn't invited!"

[DinahMoeHum]

14. Hey Josh: Psss psss psss psss psss! Meow meow.

[msongs]

15. gay bashing as an effective emotional wedge issue - it's all they've got nt

[FreeState]

28. It's all a few her got too

Unfortunately. As a gay man it’s discouraging that calling out democratic rivals as gay is still acceptable.

[Kid Berwyn]

16. How would he know?

Cowardice has a home in Hawley.

[11 Bravo]

17. Well then you're certainly safe, Josh. You pencil-necked little twerp.

[Backseat Driver]

18. As a woman, I am also offended about the R's idea of

"traditional masculinity" as viewed through the behavior of RW fundamentalist AmerkinTaliban crazies spouting misogynistic BS as well. This is no better than TFG's locker room talk and SCOTUS Kavanaugh's defiant stereotypical "I like lots of beer (and have no respect for women or those that covertly would prefer injurious deceit upon those unlike himself? that are traditionally thought of as "whining women,&quot , both lapped up as manly, undisciplined, and acceptable "traditional (elite white) macho (forgive the Latinx adjective) boys will be boys s*&t.

To stand with the likes of GOP perps with twisted ideologies of courage, independence, and assertiveness whereby one stands with courageous? voter suppression while whining over losing election results, freedumb to express CTs for worse than anti-social manipulative recruitment across media, and assertiveness as a stand-in for actual violent and organized incited insurrection on 1/6 - Please spoiled, childish, coward, disruptive Hawley - just STFU and go away...you represent everything evil in the definition of human's need for American political community and equally complicit among its most sordid humans that despise losing their lucrative grip on power and control...in short, Hawley is no gentleman and doesn't meet the smell test of a statesman...SMH

[Vinca]

22. How would he know what masculinity is? He's a cowering Trump lackey who doesn't even

know what a spine is.

[Mr.Bill]

24. He's probably terrified

because he doesn't have much of it to begin with.

[malletgirl02]

26. "Restructuring the economy

to help men thrive" How is that supposed to work? Go back to the old days where all women needed man to survive? No thank you. I promise you if they try that they will get the mobs that they fear. Women will not go back to how it was in the old days.

[budkin]

29. An obvious closet case

Way too obvious.

[Brainfodder]

30. KARMA, we would appreciate express lane treatment on this one!

[Progressive Jones]

32. Heeeee-Hawley !!! LOL. nt

[jcmaine72]

37. "The Left want to define traditional masculinity as toxic"

Says a toxic beta male whose own desiccated testes produce less than half the testosterone that the severed ones of a palace eunuch.

[SMC22307]

38. Madison "Mountain Moron" Cawthorn recently told a crowd to raise sons to be monsters.

This is yet another wedge issue that Dem leadership needs to attempt to shut down rather than let fester, like death panels/Obamacare, CRT, socialism, etc. MESSAGING, people!

[applegrove]

42. +1000

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

40. Masculine as in

Drinking cheap assed beer and smashing the empty cans against your forehead.

Scratching your ass and crotch in public.

Belching and farting in public.

Having a beer gut so large it's hard to keep your pants up so everyone sees your butt crack.

Not bathing very often. After all who wants to smell like a sissy?

[Brainfodder]

41. What's the prize for that? Sounds nothingburgery?

Stupidity caucus out to lunch, so he went on his own?

[jmowreader]

44. Hmm...

If those are “traditional masculine values,” the hard right isn’t very masculine.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. The Incel Apologia they've been waiting for.

Link to tweet

[hunter]

46. Traditional masculinity is toxic...

... and the traditionally masculine males are increasingly upset as more and more people recognize this.

They don't like it when women tell them to fuck off and their concerned but increasingly distant male friends start asking, "Dude, what the fuck is wrong with you?"

[Buns_of_Fire]

48. Uh oh. Someone's been sapping and impurifying Josh's

Precious Bodily Fluids again.

[MissMillie]

49. Masculinity isn't toxic--privilege is (n/t)

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