Rep. Marjorie Greene: 'Toxic Masculinity' Should Be Top Military Requirement

[Eugene]

Source: HuffPost

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'Toxic Masculinity' Should Be Top Military Requirement

"They should be like, ‘Are you a toxic male? Please sign up,'" the Georgia Republican said.

By Josephine Harvey
Jul 27, 2022, 08:46 PM EDT
Updated 6 hours ago

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) recently complained that “toxic masculinity” is “not accepted” in the military anymore and said she would have thought it would be a leading requirement to get in.

“They purged the military,” the extremist congresswoman said during an appearance on the “Dear America” podcast hosted by Graham Allen, a right-wing media personality and Army veteran.

“The warriors are leaving,” Allen said.

“Absolutely,” Greene added. “Why do they want to be there? They’re going through woke training. Their toxic masculinity is completely not accepted, even though, what are the military for? I would think toxic masculinity would be a No. 1 requirement.”

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[Haggard Celine]

1. That troll gets far more attention than she deserves.

But she knows that every time she says something appalling, which is just about any time, her comments will be broadcast far and wide, and she'll raise even more money. I wonder what she would say if we all ignored her for a while. My guess is that she would continue to out-match herself in outrageous comments until she digs her own grave, rhetorically speaking.

[eShirl]

2. they want a military that will join the next coup attempt

[2naSalit]

6. Exactly.

[Emile]

3. Has Marjorie Taylor Greene always been disparaging the military with derogatory remarks?

What a piece of shit and she is a member of congress!

[Lucinda]

4. I keep hoping that I will wake up one moring to news that she

is actually a performance artist who has been working a masters in toxic character development...

[no_hypocrisy]

5. The Great Santini becomes nonfiction.

[SKKY]

7. I have a question about Graham Allen...

...why was he in the military for 12 years? I don't know many people, if any, who get out at that point.

[jmowreader]

9. It would help to know when he got out

After the Cold War, the military purged a lot of mid-careerists.

[SKKY]

13. He's not old enough.

[Phoenix61]

10. It happens but many push on for the retirement package.

Interestingly, I can’t find anything other than that he retired. I would think if it was an honorable discharge he’d mention it.

[SKKY]

14. Yep. The only "early retirement" I have ever heard of is at the 15 year mark...

...and that was for a very brief period of time, and only available to certain Rates/MOS's. I'm suspect as to why he "retired" after 12 years.

[RussBLib]

8. you mean like rapists?

There is nothing good associated with the word "toxic" you brain-dead moron.

Need more rape! So we can have more babies!!

[maxrandb]

11. The fucking Russian military is chock full of toxic masculinity

Ask their Flag Officers how that is working out for them...if you can find any that are still alive.

[maxrandb]

12. I served 29 years in the military

Never once did a tough guy have to tell me they were a "tough guy".

I did, however, see a bunch of folks, who thought they were badass, break down and cry if the Mess Decks Ice Cream machine was secured for cleaning, or if the Ship's Store ran out of Cheetos.

I also saw a bunch of guys laying in a heep of sweat, panting like a dog in Pascagoula, MS on an August day after our female Commanding Officer invited them to PT with her.

But, make no mistake, there are a lot of greasy, fat bastards that haven't seen their own penis in the past 30 years without using a mirror, that think she is taking about them.

God, she's a waste of skin.

[SKKY]

15. If Marjorie Greene wants to know why the military is not a great place...

...for someone with "toxic masculinity", she should do some research. Start with Tailhook, and work your way up from there.

[Caliman73]

16. She is really really stupid.

Toxic is bad, deadly even. There is nothing inherently wrong with what we call "masculinity" or "femininity". The problem comes when the diversity of people's experiences are not taken into consideration. When we are expected to perform or held to rigid patterns of behavior. When one set of qualities of favored and given advantage over another.

The idea that "Women are too emotional" and "Real men don't cry". That is the bullshit that results from and propagates sexism and misogyny. When men are expected to be and praised for being aggressive, violent, sexist, and generally pieces or crap to other people, that is "Toxic Masculinity".

The military requires bravery, honor, the ability to follow orders and carry out tasks that are dangerous and go against some of our socially learned taboos. You have to be ready to kill or die. Those are not particularly "masculine" traits, though they have definitely been fostered more in men than in women. There are plenty of women who want to be and have tried to be in the military, in combat units.

Sometimes I wonder if Greene is a troll, but I don't think that she is intelligent enough to be a troll. I think she thinks her ideas are genuinely valid.

[Baked Potato]

17. MAGRE is an Enemy Combatant. She is trying to divide and demoralize

the troops and have them doubt their Command structure.

She probably has heard from flops and rejects who can’t stand a more decent and inclusive military. Good riddance.

[TheBlackAdder]

18. Isn't these the guys Greene had a tantric sex affairs with? Mucho Toxic there!

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Even his machismo is shaved into his chest hair.



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Here's her supposedly cuckolded husband:
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More at the jump:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/us-news/14031467/marjorie-taylor-greene-alleged-affairs/

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