Posted on 08/12/2024 10:21:36 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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I’ve never been a macho kind of man. To me, our biggest responsibility as humans is to look after each other. Men have been given places of privilege in society, so when people talk about being a man, to me that means: what do you use your privilege for? I worked at a pirate radio station in Houston, and we helped with emergency efforts during Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. For me, manhood is all about using your energy to make life better for the person next to you.
But I think that Trump appeals to a perceived loss of masculine power: by his logic, because we’re treating LGBTQ+ people like humans, some men feel a loss over that, as their outrageous privilege has diminished somewhat, at least on surface level. Nick was vulnerable to that because he was becoming a man. I think he also naively thought, well, Trump’s a powerful person running for president; he can’t just get up there and spew bullshit.
Nick and I would get into arguments at the dinner table over things like immigration. He would say that there’s this invasion of people coming across the border, but I could usually move him when I got into the emotional, human thing. When I showed him photos of families being separated from their babies because of the Trump administration, he couldn’t tolerate that. Sometimes he might say, “Oh, that’s a doctored photo,” but I could see on his face that the photos had an effect.
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(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Film at 11
No kidding, Sam. You figured that out for yourself?
Sam Delaune: “Yes, I’m a catcher.”
At the very end of the article...
“This story uses a pseudonym to protect the subject’s identity.”
I’ll bet.
Works for/with the State, does he...?
Betcha.
Indeed. You sound like a simp and queer.
Why U trying to destroy your son too?
Good the kid is not a crybaby...
Toxic like chemotherapy.
Needs to grow a set.
What gobbledygook nonsense.
“Nick* is 21, and he would say that he holds traditional, conservative values – but he’s conflating those values with radical Maga ideas, which correlate the right with patriotism, manhood, intelligence, independence and honesty.”
Ideally, Nick would aspire to becoming a useless woke turd.
I thought this was The Bee until I looked.
The UK passed something called the Online Safety Act last year.
Note the timing.
Read up on it.
It’s a preview of coming attractions.
Well there ya go.
LOL. This article is the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. And these parents think the way to rebuild the bond with their son is to write an article in the Guardian to air their family dysfunction for the world to see?
Where do these newspaper fartwriters find these people to write their sob stories about? Sounds like mommy had been hoping for a transgender daughter.
“For me, manhood is all about using your energy to make life better for the person next to you.”
While trying to turn your son into a sissy boy.
The purpose of a man is to protect and provide for his family; to be a role model of manhood for his children.
His weepy faggotry makes me want to throw up.
For me, manhood is all about using your energy to make life better for the person next to you.
Most people would go beyond just any random “person next to you”
a family member
a friend
an upstanding citizen
a non-criminal
an innocent person
Reads like it was written by a soy boy.
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