Hmmm, is Po’ Matty a Friend of Dorothy?
Don't know, but it is probably safe to say he if a friend to her friends. If I had to guess I would say no. Otherwise there would have been a Matthew Sheppard reference.
I can picture him as a passenger on the Titanic, trampling over women and children to catch a seat on a lifeboat. In other words, a typical lefty "male."