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In reply to the discussion: We can't understand Trumpenstein's base without understanding toxic masculinity. [View all]ariadne0614
(1,746 posts)77. Out of the blue? How so?
What you call ranting and trying to stir up shit, I call advocating for a position. Its true that my replies to your comments were directed at your comments, but Im pretty sure they were about the system, and not about individuals within the system. Anyway, if you felt personally attacked by me, I apologize.
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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