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In reply to the discussion: We can't understand Trumpenstein's base without understanding toxic masculinity. [View all]SharonAnn
(13,772 posts)53. I live in a neighborhood full of educated and affluent, racist, bigoted trash.
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We can't understand Trumpenstein's base without understanding toxic masculinity. [View all]
ariadne0614
Jul 2019
OP
Yeah, they absolutely despise women, and then wonder why women avoid them. Their hate
Nay
Jul 2019
#12
Yep, agree 1,000%, have thought the same. "perverse performance art, a testosterone-fueled circus"
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#6
That's peer pressure, producing the same toxic masculinity that turns people into gun humpers.
ooky
Jul 2019
#9
Same here. I just don't get it. I would think they would be avoiding this guy like the plague! n/t
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#23
If men would reject it, I think those women would gladly follow them out of the pit.
ariadne0614
Jul 2019
#66
It is offensive to me and divisive. There is no parallel term for violent, cruel, inhumane, callous
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#30
Yes, and let's bury the lively discussions about our nation's racist history too.
ariadne0614
Jul 2019
#72
"The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making"
ariadne0614
Jul 2019
#74
Because two of those things are people and one of them is a social construct.
meadowlander
Jul 2019
#94
And we seemingly have a lot of backward fucks in the USA. I figured Trump would be out on his ear
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#24
Yep, exactly what I think too. I live in a neighborhood that is fairly nice, houses and all, but I
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#25
I live in a neighborhood full of educated and affluent, racist, bigoted trash.
SharonAnn
Jul 2019
#53
"They support Trump because he hates women's rights and gays, the two big evils."
ariadne0614
Jul 2019
#32
tRump is a genius at being a con artist. He says whatever to get the vote. Any believers thinking
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#57
Yep, I agree ... I think there is a core of pure hatred and evilness about him toward immigration.
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#62
Very well said, although monster trucks may well be toxic in their own right. n/t
rzemanfl
Jul 2019
#61