Emasculated white men love Donald Trump: The real reason a billionaire bozo rules the GOP

[applegrove]

Emasculated white men love Donald Trump: The real reason a billionaire bozo rules the GOP

by Stephan Richter a Salon

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/10/emasculated_white_men_love_donald_trump_the_real_reason_a_billionaire_bozo_rules_the_gop/

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[silverweb]

1. What about female supporters?

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I know a quite elderly lady (with all her faculties and not stupid) who thinks he's just wonderful.

It's simply impossible for me to understand.

[applegrove]

3. Only 33 percent of women like trump. Those could be the same ones who thought Rumsfeld was a

alpha male cutie. Remember. Some women like that. Not how I relate to politicians.

[silverweb]

4. My brain knows some women like that "type."

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]This one old woman considers herself a Lady, quite prim and proper, and Trump is so utterly insulting and condescending to women.

No matter how I try to understand, it. does. not. compute.

[lumberjack_jeff]

10. Only 31% of men support Trump. Women are apparently Trump's primary base of support.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7156391

[Egnever]

11. Well he gets the emasculated women's vote too!

[DCBob]

2. If Trump somehow becomes President of this country he will no doubt abuse the power of his office.

He wont be able to tolerate the checks and balances of our three arms of government. Executive Orders wont be good enough for him either. He will simply dictate what he wants. If someone doesnt obey he will call on the military to force his rule of law. Trump will become America's first true dictator. Its a scary scenario.

[closeupready]

5. lol - oh, okay.

Salon has become clickbait central, and this shallow, hackneyed op-ed could be used as exhibit #1.

[applegrove]

6. You don't the the GOP has purposely emasculated the public (men)

and then gives them the antidote to their anger in their GOP politicians and agenda? That's how psychopaths roll. Too bad for the GOP Trump fits the bill better than Jeb! I think it is apt that the author highlights male 'grievances'. Just like with teens being influenced by ISIS to fly to Syria and join, the GOP highlights a grievance (it helped create) and offers an aspirational solution. Trumps just outdone the GOP.

[closeupready]

7. No, I don't. How exactly does the GOP 'emasculate' men???

That claim is downright bizarre. They don't define masculinity. In fact, masculinity - as far as social science goes - has a fairly well defined parameters, not just anatomically, but psychologically, and from the perspective of the nuclear family unit.

No, this op-ed is clickbait, because as we here on DU know full well, gender controversies generate SO much heat and light, but NO resolutions, EVER.

[applegrove]

8. They've made men poorer with their inequality policies. They've refused to try and fight racism in

south because they need it as a wedge. Being a racist diminishes one's life a great deal as scapegoating others is a sure way to avoid being a self-actualized adult. When you are self actualized your aspirations match your situation and you feel you have power. Men have less power in many ways but some of those ways have been helped along a great deal by the GOP.

[closeupready]

9. In no culture is material wealth a masculinity enhancer.

In fact, in the US, possession of material wealth is sometimes ITSELF viewed as emasculating.

Wealth may buy prostitutes and 'friends', but it most definitely doesn't buy one masculinity.

I don't know, perhaps we need to ATD.

[davidn3600]

12. Fear of a female president?

Is that why the far-right supported Sarah Palin?

They fear Hillary as they would fear Bernie or Joe. But they fear these candidates because they are DEMOCRATS! They are the enemy to them.

If the GOP fears a female president, that means they would vote for Bernie Sanders over Carly Fiorina. Would you honestly see that happening?