The joyful Minnesota governor is a valuable spokesperson for Harris whose background and personality can help the Democratic ticket undermine Trumpās efforts to woo Americaās men.
Tim WalzāsĀ first official speechĀ on the Democratic ticket displayed all the reasons thatĀ Kamala HarrisĀ has been lauded for picking the Minnesota governor as her running mate. Personally, I think one outshines all the rest.
Walzās military background and his work as a high school teacher and football coach, along with his palpable joy andĀ open expressions of compassion for people in need, offer America a vision of what manhood can look like ā heās a ājoyful warriorā offering a vision in contrast with whatās being offered by Donald Trumpās bravado-driven campaign.
And heās clearly willing to challenge Team Trump on that front. He displayed that even before he received the call to join Harrisā campaign, using public appearances to refer to Trump and his allies asĀ ābulliesā who are truly weak at heartĀ and by mocking the GOP ticket for ārunning for He-Man Women Haters Club or something.ā
He absolutely would, strong mayor who grew up in the Midwest doing the same sort of stuff Walz did. Pete has a very impressive military career and is a proud father and husband. Heās not a football coach, but has often talked about his love of the game (hard not to love it when youāre the mayor of South Bend). And heās downright vicious in his āMidwest niceā approach to media hits. Dudeās an amazing picture of all that masculinity can be.
Between their username and playing the Buttigieg Card (I have no problems with Pete) I think you are wasting your time
If the root commentor is being serious, then I think it might be a trauma thing. Their profile specifically calls out being queer, and I can imagine many scenarios in someoneās past where conversations about being āmasculineā or āmanlyā wereā¦ un-fun, letās say. I know I felt some uneasiness as I initially read the headline and article summary due to my own childhood experiences. Iāve been told to āgrow a pairā and ābe a manā too many times for conversations around masculinity to be easy, and thatās as a bi cis man (I can sometimes appear to conform to the societal norms while being true to myself). Iām sure that itād be much harder for someone who is gay, nonbinary, or a trans woman.
I dunno. I see trauma in so many things nowadays. Maybe itās there in this case, maybe itās not, but I figured Iād call it out. Their trauma and the responsibility for managing it and healing from it belongs solely to them if it exists. If theyāre being a bad faith actor, then they can fuck off.
I sympathize, but we are on the same team. They are lashing out at a strawman
Youāre probably not wrong, but Iām not busy today.
Donāt you see how your vision of what masculinity can be still focuses on his military service and his love of football?
Maybe he could be accepted by patriarchal heterocisnormative society as an example of masculinity. Maybe. I donāt think it would go that way. I think heād be treated like a model minority and āone of the good onesā, used to denigrate other gay men for not being sufficiently masculine. His traditionally masculine qualities would be played up and anything that subverted that would be downplayed and ignored.
Play up his role as husband and father, play down his actually existing husband, etc.