Let’s Hear It For The Straight White Boys Who Saved Us From Kamala
Kamala Harris, like Hillary Clinton, represented the face of the oppressive, suffocating girl boss regime — and boys were sick of it.Kamala Harris, like Hillary Clinton, represented the face of the oppressive, suffocating girl boss regime — and boys were sick of it.Democrats are melting down because men don't like Kamala Harris. Their solution: Accuse them of misogyny.
Democrats are panicking over recent indications that American men don't particularly like Kamala Harris and are increasingly gravitating toward President Donald Trump. Rather than do some soul-searching or find a way to engage with this disaffected demographic, Harris boosters are instead dusting off a failed strategy that didn't exactly help Hillary Clinton in 2016: Accuse them all of misogyny.
The Democratic meltdown was fueled further by the telling results of a recent nationwide New York Times/Siena College poll. When asked who they would vote for if the election were held today, 51% of likely male voters said they would cast a ballot for Trump. Only 40% of men said they would vote for Harris.
This is more or less an inversion of the results among likely female voters, 53% of whom said they would vote for Harris and 38% of whom said they would vote for Trump.
Harris' relative unpopularity among male voters, particularly Hispanics, might come to bite her in swing states such Arizona and Nevada, where a recent Suffolk University/USA TODAY survey revealed that men under 50 are choosing Trump over the vice president.
Among Hispanic men ages 18-34 in Arizona, 51% said they planned to vote for Trump. Only 39% said they would bother voting for Harris. 57% of Hispanic men ages 35-49 said they would vote for Trump. 37% in that cohort said they would vote for Harris.
Among Hispanic men ages 18-34 in Nevada, 53% said they would vote for Trump, and 40% said they would vote for Harris. These numbers held among Hispanic male respondents ages 35-49, where 53% said they would vote for Trump and 39% said they would vote for Harris.
'The message is too feminine: "Everything you're doing is destroying the planet."'
A Democratic donor told The Hill, "Men are gone, at least for this cycle."
"I don't think people understand what a big problem we have on our hands with men," said a prominent Democratic strategist. "Black men, Hispanic men, men in general."
Democratic strategist James Carville understands full well the diminished appeal of the Democratic Party among red-blooded American men and has been sounding the alarm for several months. When discussing President Joe Biden's unpopularity earlier this year, Carville told the New York Times' Maureen Dowd, "A suspicion of mine is that there are too many preachy females" dominating the culture of the Democratic Party.
"'Don't drink beer. Don't watch football. Don't eat hamburgers. This is not good for you,'" said Carville. "The message is too feminine: 'Everything you're doing is destroying the planet. You've got to eat your peas.'"
"If you listen to Democratic elites — NPR is my go-to place for that — the whole talk is about how women, and women of color, are going to decide this election," added Carville. "I'm like: 'Well, 48% of the people that vote are males. Do you mind if they have some consideration?'"
Carville stressed that "feminine" browbeating coupled with the left's "faculty lounge" attitudes and "woke stuff" is ballot-box poison.
Rather than address this underlying issue, Democrats have ostensibly worked harder to alienate men since replacing Biden with Harris on the ticket.
CNN host Dana Bash suggested around the time of the Democratic National Convention in August that to the extent Harris' party has attempted to appeal to men, it is specifically those with testosterone deficits and an aversion to the kind of machismo displays that helped make America great.
"There's the gender gap. Then there's the idea that for the last month, the Democratic Party has been rallying around a woman at the top of the ticket," said Bash. "Which is — the only other time they did it, which is in 2016. And it has been noteworthy to see how they are learning about what to do and how to confront Donald Trump as the opponent to a woman. 2016 and now — very different campaigns, very different female candidates."
'The not-subtle message of Trump's campaign is, "If you're a 'real' man, you're for me."'
"They are doing so in trying to put forward male figures, Tim Walz being one of them, Doug Emhoff last night, who can speak to men out there who might not be the sort of testosterone-laden, you know, gun-toting kind of guy who wants to listen to Hulk Hogan and the kind of players that came out at the RNC or might want to listen to that," said Bash. "But also, in addition, understand that it's okay in 2024 to be a man comfortable in his own skin who supports a woman."
Democratic strategist Christy Setzer signaled to The Hill that Harris' disfavor with men will be spun as a byproduct of misogyny.
"She has a problem with men for the same reason Hillary Clinton did: because misogyny exists, as do outdated ideas about who should hold the presidency," said Setzer. "Meanwhile, Trump has doubled down on this 'strong man' machismo and dictators act, playing 'It's a Man's World' at his rallies."
It's unclear whether Setzer thinks that getting up covered in one's own blood, then confidently yelling "fight" after surviving an assassination attempt qualifies as an "act."
"The not-subtle message of Trump's campaign is, 'If you're a "real" man, you're for me,'" continued Setzer. "That 1950s mindset is still appealing to some, unfortunately."
Jim Manley, another Democratic strategist, apparently got the memo, telling The Hill, "It's ridiculous to have to say this in 2024, but not everyone is ready to vote for a qualified woman to be president of the United States."
The misogyny narrative is currently making the rounds on networks ostensibly happy to overlook Doug Emhoff's history of alleged abuse.
'You just aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as president.'
"[Harris] has got such a big problem with men," MSNBC talking head Andrea Mitchell recently complained. "I think think there's an under-count of the Trump vote. I think there's misogynation in all of this. Black and white men: big problem. But also, the business world, they don't think she is serious."
The Guardian indicated that former President Barack Obama has been unable to contain his desperation, telling "the brothers" in Pennsylvania to fall in line.
"We have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running. Now, I also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers," said Obama. "You're coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses. I've got a problem with that."
"Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you're coming up with other alternatives and reasons for that," added Obama.
The Lincoln Project — an anti-Trump group best known for staging a fake white supremacist rally in 2021 to smear then-candidate Glenn Youngkin ahead of the Virginia gubernatorial election, whose co-founder John Weaver reportedly had a habit of sexually harassing young men online — recently ran a pro-Harris ad, stating, "It's time to be a man and vote for a woman."
Time will tell whether American men will oblige Democratic strategists, Obama, and the false flag outfit and do as they are told.
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Parents turn in their kids after LAPD shares nearly 200 surveillance images of 7-Eleven mob robberies by 'youthful males'
A handful of parents turned in their kids after Los Angeles police shared nearly 200 surveillance images of recent 7-Eleven mob robberies by "youthful males."
Blaze News has been reporting about the 7-Eleven heists on bikes. In August, a mob of about 20 individuals pulled off three nighttime smash-and-grab robberies in a span of 20 minutes. Last month, 50 juveniles on bicycles easily ransacked and robbed a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles and escaped police.
Police said 13 of the 14 incidents have occurred on Friday evenings.
Police said the suspects enter the stores in the evening, remove merchandise, damage property, and flee on their bicycles without paying. Police said the incidents have been captured on security surveillance video, and the suspects have been described as youthful males, possibly teens, varying in ethnicity and physicality. Here's cell phone video of one incident.
Police said the suspects on several occasions physically pushed witnesses during the criminal takeovers with "no regard" for others' safety. Police added that although no injuries have been reported, several witnesses "continue to fear for their safety after such aggressive and callous criminal behavior."
Last week police unveiled a more extensive rundown of the "flash robberies" at 7-Elevens, saying they involve 20 to 40 suspects on bicycles who began targeting the stores on July 12. Police said all of the 7-Elevens are within a short distance of each other in the Rampart, Hollywood, Wilshire, and West LA Divisions. Police said 13 of the 14 incidents have occurred on Friday evenings.
What's more, police in their news release last week included nearly 200 images of suspects captured on surveillance cameras from various robberies.
Catching a break
KTLA-TV reported that Assistant LAPD Chief Blake Chow on Tuesday told the L.A. Board of Police Commissioners that the new release generated numerous tips from the public that led to arrests.
KTLA said the day after the news release was published, a parent brought in a juvenile who was involved in one of the robberies, according to Chow. He added that two other parents also turned in their kids on Saturday and Sunday, the station noted, adding that in each instance the child was booked for robbery.
Investigators learned through interviews that many of the juveniles involved in the 7-Eleven flash robberies were not from the neighborhoods where the crimes took place, Chow told KTLA.
More arrests are anticipated as anonymous tips continue to come in and school resource officers work to identify other juveniles involved, he added to the station.
You can view a video report here about the incidents.
Those with information are urged to contact 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247), KTLA said. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go to www.lacrimestoppers.org, the station added. Tipsters may also download the “P-3 Tips” mobile application and select the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers as their local program, KTLA reported.
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CNN talking head Dana Bash acknowledges DNC's appeal to men with testosterone deficits
CNN host Dana Bash suggested this week that this year's Democratic National Convention was strategically geared toward men with testosterone deficits, particularly those averse to type A male personalities and machismo displays.
Jake Tapper told fellow CNN talking heads Bash and Abby Phillip Wednesday that whereas women "overwhelmingly" support Harris, men tend to support former President Donald Trump.
An Economist/YouGov poll released this week revealed that 51% of women who are registered voters indicated they support Harris; 38% said they supported Trump. Alternatively, 49% of male respondents said they intend to vote for Trump, and 42% said they were going to vote for Harris.
"There's the gender gap. Then there's the idea that for the last month, the Democratic Party has been rallying around a woman at the top of the ticket," said Bash. "Which is — the only other time they did it, which is in 2016. And it has been noteworthy to see how they are learning about what to do and how to confront Donald Trump as the opponent to a woman. 2016 and now — very different campaigns, very different female candidates."
According to Bash, this time around, Democrats are attempting to appeal to more effeminate men.
'There is a contrast that is going to be on display tonight, here.'
"They are doing so in trying to put forward male figures, Tim Walz being one of them, Doug Emhoff last night, who can speak to men out there who might not be the sort of testosterone-laden, you know, gun-toting kind of guy who wants to listen to Hulk Hogan and the kind of players that came out at the RNC or might want to listen to that," said Bash. "But also, in addition, understand that it's okay in 2024 to be a man comfortable in his own skin who supports a woman."
"That's something that they really are trying to work on with male voters beyond the base," added Bash.
After the allusion to low-testosterone men, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff — who recently admitted having an affair during his first marriage — Jake Tapper referenced a previous conversation about "different definitions of masculinity in 2024" and suggested the Republican National Convention had alternatively been "testosterone-y," citing speeches from UFC CEO Dana White, Kid Rock, and Hulk Hogan as examples.
After expressing dissatisfaction with Hulk Hogan's recent joke about body-slamming Kamala Harris, Abby Phillip said, "When we talk about the kind of testosterone that they put on display at the RNC, that's what it was. There is a contrast that is going to be on display tonight, here. There are going to be people associated with Planned Parenthood, the Human Rights Campaign — the LGBTQ+ organization."
"They are going to be putting those people on the stage to talk about a different version of America," continued Phillip. "But for Democrats, it's always this balancing act between feeding the need for their base, to hear these messages of affirmation about a sort of rainbow coalition, if you will, of their party. But they do also have to talk to the people, who maybe they're not comfortable with the Hulk Hogans, but they do want the party to speak to them right now."
'You have a lot of younger men admiring the strength of Trump.'
While Democrats are allegedly striving to appeal to those men who feel uncomfortable "with the Hulk Hogans," young American men are increasingly turning conservative and orienting toward strength contra cosmopolitan values.
The Guardian recently noted that whereas in 2016, 51% of young men identified or leaned toward the Democratic Party, that number dropped last year to 39%. In the months since, young men have begun to favor Republican control of Congress and have taken even more of a shine to Trump.
"This idea of America needing someone who is a strong masculine figure — I think the Republican campaign this year is doing it even in a more pronounced and overt way than it did in 2016," Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, told the Guardian. "You have a lot of younger men admiring the strength of Trump — or what they think is strong."
Deckman indicated that in 2022, 49% of Gen Z men said that the U.S. had become "too soft and feminine." Last year, she said that 60% of the cohort said the same.
'The message is too feminine: 'Everything you're doing is destroying the planet.'
There are some inside the Democratic Party who have raised the alarm about the apparent feminization project under way, including Democratic strategist James Carville.
"If you listen to Democratic elites — NPR is my go-to place for that — the whole talk is about how women, and women of color, are going to decide this election," Carville told the New York Times earlier this year. "I'm like: 'Well, 48 percent of the people that vote are males. Do you mind if they have some consideration?'"
Carville zeroed in on one possible reason Harris' predecessor was shedding support among minority voters and potentially alienating men: "A suspicion of mine is that there are too many preachy females."
Citing research by the Young Men Research Initiative, the Guardian noted that Harris is unlikely to perform better with young male voters than Biden.
"'Don't drink beer. Don't watch football. Don't eat hamburgers. This is not good for you,'" continued Carville. "The message is too feminine: 'Everything you're doing is destroying the planet. You've got to eat your peas.'"
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Criticizing Taylor Swift And Her Fellow Girlbosses Rouses The Fragile Feminist Ego
Males holding female celebrities to equal standards isn't misogynist.'Shark Week' is too white and too male, study finds — and the mockery that ensues is bloody hilarious
"Shark Week" — that beloved TV special that sinks its teeth into everything shark-related each summer — has joined the ever-growing conga line of familiar things woke folks insist are actually racist and sexist.
What are the details?
The Washington Post on Monday highlighted a recent Public Library of Science study claiming that "Shark Week," among other things, "overwhelmingly featured white men as experts — including several with the same name."
David Shiffman — a conservationist at Arizona State University and co-author of the study — told the Post that Discovery's "Shark Week" indeed included more white experts and commentators named Mike than women.
“When there are hundreds of people of color interested who work in this field, [and] when my field is more than half women, maybe it’s not an accident any more that they’re only featuring white men,” Shiffman added to the paper.
Lisa Whitenack, a biology professor at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., led the research team behind the study, and its members examined hundreds of “Shark Week” episodes from 1988 through 2020 to come up with their findings, the Post said.
The paper said Discovery didn't respond to its request for comment on the study — although the channel did tell WBTS in Boston after preliminary findings came to light in 2021 that it wouldn’t comment on a study “that has yet to pass any scientific approvals."
Whitenack, however, told the Post the study has since undergone a scientific review.
Not the first time
Scientists and TV critics bit down hard on "Shark Week" in 2020, the paper said, for featuring six white men out of eight named experts. Whitenack told the Post her team's study — which also commenced in 2020 — found that throughout almost all of the history of "Shark Week," over 90% of the 229 experts were white and about 78% were men.
The year of the criticism isn't so surprising, as readers of TheBlaze also may remember that 2020 saw a massive race-related reckoning amid rioting sparked by George Floyd's death, including changes in product imaging and branding:
- Mutual of Omaha ditched its Native American chief logo.
- Uncle Ben's rice changed its name and dispensed with using the image of a black man on its boxes.
- Quaker Oats announced that the famous Aunt Jemima brand of breakfast syrup and pancake mix would be going away because it perpetuates racial stereotypes.
- Eskimo Pie also planned to change its name.
- L'Oreal — the world's largest cosmetic and beauty company — said it would stop using the word "whitening" on its products; and the Houston Association of Realtors decided to axe the word "master" in descriptions of bedrooms and bathrooms on real estate listings in favor of the term "primary."
What did folks have to say about the 'Shark Week' findings?
Mike Rowe of "Dirty Jobs" posted a rather funny reaction on Facebook Wednesday: "Good Morning. As a white male named Mike who hosted 'Shark Week' more than once, this headline caught my eye in The Washington Post ["'Shark Week' lacks diversity, overrepresents men named Mike, study finds"] ... I suspect I might be asked to respond specifically to this headline. If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please leave them in the comments below. Unless of course, you’re a white guy named Mike. I think we’ve all heard quite enough from you…"
In addition, one might assume that those commenting on the Post's story would applaud the study, but a quick look at the comments says otherwise:
- "Amazing research," one commenter wrote. "I'm hoping this woman now tries to cancel the Great White Shark as a clearly racist shark and sues Steven Spielberg for clearly emphasizing only Great Whites in his racist movie "Jaws.'"
- "Discovery has not highlighted a single researcher who identifies as a shark, nor a shark who identifies as a researcher. Disgraceful!" another commenter said.
- "Like all of wokeness, it’s narcissistic performance art by neurotic white people, for neurotic white people," another commenter observed.
- "Meth is bad," another commenter quipped.
- "I saw this headline being dunked on and immediately thought, 'Please don’t let this be the Post.' Is this a joke article, and I’m not seeing it??" another commenter wondered.
- "This is basically an Onion article," another commenter noted. "The left just keeps creating parody of itself. Another example of how the progressive demand for racism outstrips actual supply."
- "You have GOT to be kidding!" another commenter exclaimed. "This is an early April Fools prank, right? If not, pass the poisoned Kool-Aid, and let's just end it all now."
- "Why is only the WHITE shark called 'great'?????" another commenter asked. "The ocean — so damn racist."
Here's a "Shark Week" clip. Content warning: Images of caucasian males as well as sharks with distinctly pale underbellies:
Five Great White Sharks Show Off Their Attack Skills | Shark Weekyoutu.be
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