Tim Walz is giving MAGA a master class in manhood

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/tim-walz-manhood-masculinity-trump-maga-rcna165649

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  1. I quite think that insecurity about one’s “manhood” is a huge factor in a large swath of the MAGA … people.

  2. The morons who think “Tampon Tim” is an insult, thus drawing attention to the kind of real everyday policy that makes a difference in people’s lives… no wonder they’re all incels.

  4. The list so far: he’s a former teacher, national guardsman, congressman, once taught in China for a year, and he’s a huge music fan who seems to be a bit of a Deadhead. He likes a nice dad joke now and then. Married to a teacher. Loves his kids. Everyone who has ever known him talks about his kindness. Tim Walz is as normal as it gets. No wonder Team Weird is freaking out.

    Edit: Football coach! Totally forgot football coach.

  5. Tim Walz is the kind of man we’d like to marry. Trump and Vance are the kind of dudes you dated in HS when you were spiraling who periodically send you unsolicited 2 am dick pics over FB messenger.

  6. He seems like a normal guy, like someone you’d be drinking a beer with at a bbq.

    Contrast that with trump and Vance, different vibe altogether.

    Dems are playing a blinder at the moment.

  7. What do MAGA folks think of Tim Walz? Are they a completely lost cause, or have some warmed to Walz?

  8. He is performing excellently,a great choice for vice president from Kamala.

  9. He’s showing them that you can be a straight, white, cisgender man’s man without being a toxic asshole.

  10. Tim Walz is the real deal. Terrifying Repunks Everywhere

  11. With maga your manhood has guard rails.

    You are limited to the types of cars you can drive if you are going to be a man.

    You are limited to the types of movies you like if you are going to be a man.

    You are limited to the types of food you eat if you are going to be a man.

    There is a performative component to being a man with maga. It has more to do with projecting image rather than the actual responsibilities of being a man – or, more correctly, of being an adult.

    Image matters not. Actions do.

    Act like a man. Or better yet, act like a responsible adult.

  13. The difference between Tim Walz and MAGA is that his masculinity is natural and beneficial, while MAGAs are performative and destructive.

    Tim Walz is a perfect example of real masculinity, the type of man we all strive to be. He’s so comfortable with himself and his place in society. I’m quite pleased with him as VP pick.

  14. Perhaps the campaign slogan needs to be “Kamala Harris and Tim Walz…because character matters.”

  16. Tim Walz is a perfect example of what a man looks like who is completely comfortable with himself and his sexuality. He’s just the absolute perfect choice for this ticket. Well done Kamala!

  17. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/tim-walz-manhood-masculinity-trump-maga-rcna165649) reduced by 76%. (I’m a bot)
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    > In his Philadelphia speech Tuesday, Walz showed he wants all the smoke with JD Vance in a vice presidential debate, saying that he's excited for the event to happen – "That is, if he's willing to get off the couch and show up." That burn, a passing reference to a crude joke about Vance that spread on social media, was affirmation for me: This is a man willing and ready to challenge toxic MAGA masculinity.

    > I've been seeing posts on social media praising Walz for embodying a more refreshing and humane idea of manhood than anything conservatives are offering.

    > Walz is schooling them thus far, showing Trump and Vance – and voters nationwide – that manhood can be more than a repressive drag on society.

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  18. I was thinking about this yesterday that he is a great example of positive masculinity, something I think we need to see a lot more of in our society.

  19. and class vs ass.

    class: tim walz refusing to trash vance’s military service

    ass: vance trashing walz’s military service while ignoring trump’s draft dodging during the vietnam war

  20. I like Tim because he’s what a politician should be, a civil servant, not some failed actor trying a hand at ruling later in life.

  21. Not American but I watched his entire speech from 2 days ago. Oh man.

    Compare that to the inane ramblings of Trump and the difference is staggering.

    Dude is the real deal.

  22. Walz is the male rolemodel the US needs. He is based, a down to earth good guy and someone, i feel, people could look up to.

  23. It’s important because Trump isn’t a man by their own definitions. Trump has never changed oil of a car, never cleaned a toilet, never painted a room, never mowed a lawn, never repaired his house, never struggled. He’s exclusively lived in penthouses and mansions, never had his hands dirty. Not a man

  24. its called normalizing a natural biological function and not treating menstruation as something dirty, nasty, or unclean.

  25. I wonder what the Tim Walz “propaganda art” would look like. Maybe heroic depictions of him working a barbeque grill, or a dramatic representation of him washing the car and waving at a neighbour.

  26. The whole Tampon Tim is so revealing: the need for the insane Right to confuse nickname bullying with actual politics; the fact that you know, it’s a health thing for girls just like having a school nurse or toilet paper; the incel-style misogyny that doesn’t see that real men go to get tampons and hygiene products for the lady in their life because you know, there’s a lady in their life. The fact that Stephen Miller helped promote it only makes it better. One Redditor said it best: that dude got into politics because he wasn’t strong enough to strangle prostitutes

  27. He’s the dad that people who lost their dads to MAGA, wish they still had.

  28. Tim Walz is the male role model that maga stole from us and brainwashed.

    There are millions of Tim Walz’s out there right now who have fallen into the rabbit holes of right wing bigotry disguised as patriotism.

  29. He’s the dad all of MAGA needed but never had.

  30. I still have issues with some of his past policy decisions, but he does know how to play to a crowd and has an excellent biography. The fact that the trump supporters are currently trying to defame his military record speaks to how desperate they’ve become. And as a veteran myself, I will never tolerate such tactics.

  31. They don’t have a counter to basic human decency since both both of them are completely devoid of any.

  32. Tampon Tim – helping America stop their red wave. The man is perfect for his role.

  33. While VP was being decided I kept think, “Don’t pick Walz. DON’T PICK WALZ!”

    Reason: I’m from Minnesota and we like him and don’t want to lose him but he’s a great choice for a greater danger. Go Timmy!

  34. He made an appearance where he said picture me coming home after work, throwing a frisbee to my dog, rubbing his belly when he catches it and saying “good boy.” Now picture them doing that, you can’t cause they’re WEIRD. Imagine like Ron Desantis who walks funny in boots with a suit and pretends he eats burgers and has to dig deep to figure out what happy smile is. They are beyond WEIRD like glitching robots, I’m glad somebody has finally pointed this out.

  35. Hilarious. Trump is in trouble in November. I switched from Republican to Democrat. Glad I did! No more circus that is Trump.

  36. Feeling so much better since the last Trump / Biden debate.

  37. It’s just so refreshing to hear laughter and see smiles and listen to kind people caring about others and have hope for the future instead of attacks and negativity and doom and gloom and a future full of retribution. I’m voting blue all the way down.

  38. The manliest thing a person can do is to be kind. Kindness is harder than cruelty and takes far more mental fortitude. The strength to repay cruelty with kindness, to repay evil with good, to suffocate suffering instead of propagating it is the pinnacle of masculinity.

  39. I was always going to vote for the Democratic party, but after his conversation with his daughter at the MN State fair, I want to vote for him.

    Tim: get a corn dog after

    Hope: I’m a vegetarian

    Tim: Turkey then

    Hope: That’s meat

    Tim: Not in MN, Turkey is special.

  40. Tim Walz has prime dad energy.

    “I just wanna grill for God’s sake”

  41. The problem with Walz is, MAGA doesn’t understand there is another way for old white men to behave and exist. They don’t understand how or why Biden would cede power and they don’t understand how any “man” could proudly embrace LGBTQ/women’s issues.

  42. Real man is not ashamed of feminine products meant for his partner

  43. He’s a great example of what non-toxic masculinity can look like.

  44. Not being a whiny little baby is more manly than incessantly complaining about personal grievances? Who knew?!

  45. Notice he never has to say “Alpha Male” after his name

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