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[–] [email protected] 99 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This isn't going to be popular, but part of the problem is not acknowledging that 42%. It's fucking insulting, frankly. Plenty of women voted for the bear.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 day ago (19 children)

52% of white women voted for trump.

Chances are that many of the people crying about men voting trump, are part of a demographic that mostly voted trump.

Trump apparently won the popular vote anyway. Most of everyone who voted, voted trump. But let's focus on men and then be surprised that young men who are very insecure about themselves anyway, feel attacked by the left and choose the right.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Please don't get me confused, I don't think it's good this many men voted for The Stain. Also, 52% of WHITE women, but I bet if you combined ALL women, that number would drop dramatically.

My broader point is, IMO, that 42% never gets talked about so why would it grow, yeah?

Or, put another way, when I talk about women, who are my allies against the Patriarchy, I speak of why I like them (because I do, I LOVE women). They are resilient, strong, resourceful, grounded, etc, all the good stuff, and I try to include all women in that, they are my allies. I try NOT to focus on trad wives, manipulators, "gold diggers", abusers, weirdos like MTG or Caitlyn Jenner , you know, bad people (and there are plenty).

But when I hear about men in the ally space, it feels like I hear all about how awful and dangerous we are and that's it. And there's ALWAYS this group of guys willing to go along with it and point and go "yeah, we totally suck! You guys saying we don't are the real problem!" But, how is that motivating to anyone? It makes me upset, anyways. Maybe I'm just a big emotional baby, who knows?

Anyways, I'm blabbing. Bad habit of mine.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would rather kill myself than vote for trump, who is a sexist, racist and fascist.

And I am with you. The boarder left is in denial that they are alienating especially young men with that behavior.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Meanwhile the right is actively recruiting young men. The name "Manosphere" for their recruitment cedes that ground to them with no resistance. "That's just how men are, they hate women and vote for Trump because celebrities tell them to." The right is actively selling their ideology to young men, the left isn't.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

while were demographic blaming you might as well start talking about latinos

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (7 children)

It's amazing how I've never ever seen a single thread on this metaphor and not seen at least two to three male users get furious and thus prove the metaphor 100% correct. Not once. Every single time. It's like catnip they can't resist it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

no, women chose the man (Trump)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

That is not in agreement with exit polling, what is your source?

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[–] [email protected] 166 points 1 day ago (6 children)

When Harris was nominated, I told a friend of mine that my biggest fear was it was going to energize racists and sexists because she was black and a woman. I though she was great candidate, but the level of racism and sexism in this county is beyond insane.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Well it's a good thing your worries were unfounded then because Trump got 72 million votes in 2020, and as of right now he's got those same 72 million votes in 2024. 10 million or so democrats sat out this election compared to 2020 and that's why Harris lost.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago

He should have lost a few million considering the sheer number of his supporters that earned Herman Cain awards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Either that or states aren’t doing mail in voting since we’re not in the middle of a pandemic, so democrats had to work and didn’t get a chance to vote.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, it sounds to me like men also chose the bear. Why did they choose the bear, is it because they're stupid? Probably not, they likely just thought their odds were better with the bear.

Dropping the metaphor, and looking in the cold light of day, those young men saw a better future under Trumpler than Harris. Articles signaled this well before, and nothing was done to address it.

Will their future be better - probably not. Can they be made to think their future is better, that's a tough one. Remember, you can trick one group of people into thinking they have more rights by stripping the rights of those around them.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago (8 children)

That is why people in general are abandoning the democrats

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That is women literally choosing the bear (by not voting or who voted Trump, same thing).

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