• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Again, I’m not sure where I see Democrat politicians kicking men. Do you have examples of actual policies that Democratic politicians vote for, or don’t vote for, that are ostracizing men?

    Do I see plenty of liberal activists doing what I think is performative and ridiculous bullshit practically designed - maybe even literally crafted and designed to do exactly that- to peel men away from the Democratic Party?

    Oh hell yes I do.

    A nearly textbook case of this I could point to is what BoingBoing’s comment section turned into. I honestly don’t know if it was a psyop or just a case of people being really really stupid. Anyway, right after they achieved peak liberal (oh, excuse me, I called them “liberal” which they find deeply offensive, LOL, and insist on being called “leftists”, by Athena, and don’t you ever forget it, you shitlibs!) caricature and maintained that for a few years, it was taken behind a paywall.

    Just in time for PEDOnald’s second term, by the way. Very interesting.

    But do I think these overly vocal and terminally online are really the Democratic Party, most importantly, the Democratic candidates actually running for office or in office?

    Not even close. But I know that Faux “News” loves to go nutpicking and find quotes from the fringiest of the fringe and declare that there is a war on men or whatever.

    • panthera_@lemmy.today
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      18 hours ago

      The problem could be simply that Democrats did not attempt to connect with young men. Kamala Harris refused to appear in Joe Rogan’s podcast. From https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/democrats-dip-manosphere-search-key-young-male-vote-rcna243890

      One place that young male voters found a sense of community and culture, Democrats say, is in the loose collection of podcasts often dubbed the “manosphere.”

      These podcasts — hosted by comedians such as Joe Rogan, Theo Von, Tim Dillon and Andrew Schulz — often make "you feel like you’re not alone,” Litman said.

      “It’s funny, often very funny. It’s a little subversive or often very subversive. It feels intimate. You get to know the hosts over the course of hours and hours of conversation: their lives and their, their personalities and their quirks, and I think that is really special. Like, the parasocial relationship can be very powerful,” she added.