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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMadison Cawthorn departs House floor with a warning against "soft metrosexuals"
On Wednesday, Rep. Madison Cawthorn took to the House floor to deliver what will be his last speech before his 11th District seat turns over. Referencing prepared notes to compose his thoughts, Cawthorn departed with a firm warning not against the dangers of lax gun restrictions in North Carolina, but that of social media turning American men into "soft metrosexuals" unwilling to raise arms and fight.
"Our young men are taught that weakness is strength, that delicacy is desirable and that being a soft metrosexual is more valuable than training the mind body and soul," Cawthorn said in the opening of his speech. "Social media has weakened us, siphoning our men of their will to fight; to rise in a noble manner, square their jaws and charge once more into the breach of life to defend what they love."
Referring to what he views as a decline in his version of true masculinity as being a degrading force that's ushering America towards "the precipice of disaster," Cawthorn goes on to ask if we will "sit behind a screen" while these fancy boys of his nightmares lead to our ruin.
"I ask the young men of this nation a question," Cawthorn furthered. "Will you sit behind a screen while the storied tales of your forefathers become myth? Or will you stand resolute against the dying light of America's golden age? Will you reclaim your masculinity? Will you become a man to be feared? To be respected? To be looked up to? Or will you let this Nation's next generation be its final generation?"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/madison-cawthorn-departs-house-floor-with-a-warning-against-soft-metrosexuals/ar-AA14L5MN
Link to tweet
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,835 posts)And punch trees.
tanyev
(42,623 posts)hatrack
(59,593 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)and it was damn near always the badasses who caused trouble
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,079 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)Better Days Ahoy
(698 posts)What an f'ing diva.
2naSalit
(86,804 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)temporary311
(955 posts)Is it still 2005 in his district?
Wonder Why
(3,263 posts)Thank goodness the idiot is gone. He lost the primary because he is too stupid for a brain.
Now we in Western NC can take our final "wipe off the sleaze" shower and take off our "maggot protector" masks with him gone.
Of course, we still have to wear them for his successor Chucky Cheese Edwards.
"As a parent and grandparent, he instills the same values of Christianity, hard work, honesty, and integrity that his parents taught him. [I don't think they taught him very well or they had the same sense of ethics he has].Those are the values that made him successful as a father, husband, business owner, and community leader," Edwards' campaign website reads. [No, big money made him successful].
Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)Aristus
(66,467 posts)I love tailored clothing, opera, ballet, theater, the symphony, Shakespeare, and artisanal soaps.
I also crewed a tank in the Army, and served in the Gulf in 1991.
Does he think I'm incapable of both?
Skittles
(153,200 posts)he finds the attributes he considers "feminine" to be abhorrent
Midnight Writer
(21,803 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,330 posts)and figuratively threatens to kick the shit out of everybody.
ProfessorGAC
(65,212 posts)Find it and use it.
Moron!
He still is fooling himself into thinking anybody cares what he thinks.
CurtEastPoint
(18,664 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)nt
marmar
(77,091 posts)onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)2naSalit
(86,804 posts)He's advertising for a sugardaddy.
Kid Berwyn
(14,971 posts)Sniff.
NameAlreadyTaken
(982 posts)Skittles
(153,200 posts)the misogyny here is mind-boggling
Scrivener7
(51,021 posts)Blue Owl
(50,514 posts)TlalocW
(15,392 posts)That say things like, "Real Men Love Jesus," "Real Men Do This," etc. I always thought, "Real Men Don't Need Bumperstickers to Say What Real Men Do." Part of being a strong PERSON to me has always been not to care that much what other people think. If you wanna do something, and it doesn't harm others (insert exceptions for consensual adult BDSM here - LOL), do it.
JHB
(37,162 posts)...I'm actually fine with the door hitting him. Hard and repeatedly.
MerryBlooms
(11,773 posts)judesedit
(4,443 posts)Some man lol
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)judesedit
(4,443 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)VGNonly
(7,511 posts)Josh Hawley running away. Madison likes to punch trees!
MyMission
(1,850 posts)Here's the link to the photos, because he's talking about metrosexuals.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/22/madison-cawthorn-photos-00027286#bsht=CgRmYnNtEiYIAzACEAIYEjocTWFkaXNvbiBjYXd0aG9ybiBpbiBuZWdsaWdlZQ
I live in his district, which is very red, rural, christian, conservative, holier than thou folks who still party and get wild. There are fewer Dems and forward thinking people, it's a 60/40 split, but we find each other and pay attention and make our voices heard when we can.
I think his speech is both directed at his own masculinity and his GOPQ Nazi affiliation, challenging men to be "real men" and raise arms and fight. For what? That's the question. There are those who want and expect civil war, and other stuff I can't comprehend about defending their rights. He's part of that gun toting mentality and I hope he doesn't start peddling that crap locally.
Red Mountain
(1,737 posts)With who's money was not disclosed.
Not far enough but a good start.
Captain Zero
(6,826 posts)That's my guess/bet.
Because Florida has the most lenient bankruptcy laws.
So he has taken a stash of cash (any doubt where he got that?) and dumped it in a house and other personal property that escapes Florida's bankruptcy laws.
Watch.
MyMission
(1,850 posts)I looked it up after reading an earlier reply. And he still owns a house here, bought when he had no income to afford it.
He was a grifter before he was part of tfg's orbit. I hope he moves there, but he'll probably split his residency between here and there.
judesedit
(4,443 posts)Retrograde
(10,161 posts)Maddy, roughly half of your constituents are not male: what about them?
Wingus Dingus
(8,059 posts)Hand on crotch and whatnot.
newdayneeded
(1,959 posts)his buddy's face, and pics of him wearing lingerie......you know, the thing all repubs call alpha male stuff!
What we have here is a hypocritical asshole.
Efilroft Sul
(3,582 posts)Boomerproud
(7,968 posts)Wednesdays
(17,412 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,147 posts)purr-rat beauty
(543 posts)I don't care about redneck culture, I don't care about Conservatism...
what I care about is the hateful hypocrites like this slug and his trashy colleagues pontificating about what should be masculinity while humping other men in the face while naked
LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)Kennah
(14,315 posts)msongs
(67,453 posts)Scrivener7
(51,021 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,773 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)He is not to be respected for sure.
LudwigPastorius
(9,181 posts)Now, roll the fuck out of the people's House, you fucking shitheel.