Friday, November 1, 2024

Kamala Harris Was Created In A Lab To Annoy Men: It’s not men who are the problem here. The problem is Kamala Harris; Harris Doesn't Hate Low-Status Men, She Simply Doesn't See Them: Scolding and Condescension Isn't Going to Win Them Over Either

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Kamala Harris Was Created In A Lab To Annoy Men:
It’s not men who are the problem here. The problem is Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris has a problem with men. While she attempts to downplay the issue, the campaign is obviously taking it seriously, or as seriously as an operation run by a consultant class that doesn’t include many straight men under 40 can.
Former President Barack Obama was dispatched to castigate the “brothers” for not supporting Harris, saying, “[P]art of it makes me think, and I’m speaking to men directly … that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”
Outside groups have also noticed the lack of enthusiasm amongst men for a President Harris. These groups are wildly incompetent, producing things such as “Man Enough,” which is a masterclass in missing the mark. In the spot, several super manly actors proclaim their masculinity — from drinking barrel-proof whiskey neat to eating carburetors to hugging literal bears — before announcing their support for Harris.
As X user “a newsmanobserved, “The entire media conversation around the insane gender divide in this election seems based on the idea that men are clearly doing something wrong in the political choices they’re making. Whereas women are making smart, noble decisions based on their own best interests, and the solution is that we just need to wear camo hats and legalize dealing drugs to make men see the light.”
What if we men aren’t doing something wrong and are instead being rational, though? One need not go full Melvin Udall to think that wanting a strong border, a strong economy, a defeat of woke insanity, and an end to insane efforts to censor the truth — coordinated with the British! — are way more preferable than whatever it is that Harris is offering. --->READ MORE HERE
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Barbara Kay: Harris doesn't hate low-status men, she simply doesn't see them:
Scolding and condescension isn't going to win them over either
With 10 days to go, and 25 million votes already cast, the U.S. election is too close to call. Gender, with a near-25-point gap between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris supporters, is the leading factor in this impasse. Trump’s large male base is as solid as ever. The Dems’ traditional male base, not so much. Harris still has educated LGBTQ men sewn up. But there has been a meaningful shift to Trump amongst young Black males.
Desperation to reclaim them is producing gaffes, not goals. In a scolding lecture, former president Barack Obama effectively accused Black men of misogyny, suggesting some “brothers” had warmed to Trump’s skill at “putting women down.” Harris proposed an “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men,” which would offer Black small business owners forgivable business loans of $20K; it was criticized as likely unconstitutional and soon walked back. And a patronizing dating-game style ad managed to insult both Black men and stereotyped women: the frankly conveyed message was that a Black man’s sexual appeal is contingent on support for Harris.
Women lacking the financial or social support of male figures in their lives — disproportionately Black women — form a solid Democrat constituency, by 72-24 per cent. Political scientist David Samuels calls them “Brides of the State (BOTS).” By contrast, married American women support Republicans 50-45 per cent. Samuels writes, “Without the overwhelming support of BOTS for the Democrats, in other words, America would be a solid-majority Republican country in which Trump would win a likely electoral landslide.”
So Harris could do with some untraditional support from the straight, white, working-class male voters Trump appeals to. But familiarity with low-status men — Black or white — is not her strong suit. Her gender comfort zone is a milieu populated by highly educated progressive men, including her husband, Doug Emhoff, and running mate Tim Walz, who delight in showcasing exaggerated deference to Harris.
In a telling anecdote, Emhoff recounted Kamala’s displeasure following Biden’s abdication, when she couldn’t reach him (he was at a gym spin class, phone in the car). When apprised of her frustration, as he laughingly told a podcast host, “I just ran into the car, and there was my phone, literally, like — you could feel the steam …” “I call Kamala … and it was a one-minute or less conversation, which started with, ‘Where the f**k were you?’… And basically, ‘Get to work.’ And I did.”
Once posted on X, Emhoff’s revelation elicited a contemptuous response (that perfectly captured my own astonishment): “If I was a man you could not waterboard this story out of me.” A dissenter posted, “If she was a man, you’d love this story. Your misogyny is showing.” She is wrong. The same words uttered by a male presidential candidate to his wife, if made public, would have him pilloried as a toxic neanderthal. But then no canny political wife would dream of sharing them, especially not if the husband had a known history of workplace anger issues, an albatross Harris cannot shake, but is never challenged to defend. --->READ MORE HERE
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