One thing I've noticed about RW males

[SHRED]

They seem to have a constant need to appear macho.
A weird love of authoritarianism that I believe is fear based.
So at the heart of the matter, in my pop psychologist opinion, they are really scared and cowardly little boys inside who are easily manipulated with hate filled propaganda.

[RKP5637]

1. Agree!!! I've noticed the same. n/t

[Achilleaze]

2. There you have it

Fear underlies so much of the republican psyche, it's pathetic. They really are uncomfortable here in the home of the brave

[pangaia]

8. Most of them, I would bet, do not even KNOW they are "afraid."

[Alice11111]

31. I wish they would leave and go to the home of the authoritarian

state somewhere. Maybe, Russia. Maybe we could crowd fund an island for their kind. Poland and Hungary would fit them well, but they don't learn other people's languages, because whatever they do, they believe is the best
..xenophobic.
It would be so nice if they took the Steins and Naders, their guns, their National Inquirer a,d left. Then, we would sort of be like Canada.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Interesting, I see that with almost all men. It's just that the markers for "macho" are different.

[elleng]

4. See Altemeyer on Trumps Supporters

https://verdict.justia.com/2017/07/07/altemeyer-trumps-supporters

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016188956

[Dawson Leery]

5. Without question.

The bullies, the football player, the wrestler, the martial artist.

Don't believe me. Social Media will tell you, most wrestling coaches are right wing theocrats.
The Iowa team endorsed the Conman.
The US team are born again screwballs.

If I had children they would NEVER be allowed to participate with those kinds of people.
...and don't ever bring that garbage into my house.

[pangaia]

9. I would say not those who practice a martial art for the right reasons.

[Dawson Leery]

11. The football and wrestlers gave us smart kids a hard time.

Starting in the second grade.

Nasty little shits, horrifically homophobic(perhaps in the closet).

I shall give no attention nor respect to them.

[pangaia]

18. I wasn't talking about jocks.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I think you're right. And I've seen truly confident men who are not macho at all.

They are confident in themselves and so they don't need to use the prop of being macho to prove it.

[pangaia]

10. That's me!!!! YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!

Gimme a kiss..




Oh, wait... is that a macho thing?

hummmmmm

[emulatorloo]

14. Yes there is a difference between confident masculinity and macho insecurity.

[bdtrppr6]

26. yes being a male

i hate that my sex is crude, sexist, and frightened little boys for the most part. i defer to my wife first and son second to make sure of their general daily happiness. most of my old "dad" friends wouldn't know a stove if it lit their ass on fire or the little things that turn on the mind of a child. lot of boneheads.

[democratisphere]

7. They also wear the worst fake hair pieces money can buy.

[Initech]

12. I just was at McDonald's and saw a guy doing the Nazi salute.

In front of his kids, and he thought it was funny. There's nothing funny about what the Nazis did then or now.

[Alice11111]

32. OMG...teaching kids. I'm afraid I would have told him in front

Of the kids what it meant.

I've done such things before. Not a good way to make friends, but when it comes to kids being taught evil or being abused, I figure the least I can do is let them know it's not normal, and, if possible, direct authorities to the perps.

[emulatorloo]

13. They need a big strong infallible Daddy to protect them and tell them what to think and do

[Lars39]

15. And they never ever think of themselves as equal to women or any other minority or visa versa.

They always perceive themselves as superior.

[TEB]

16. You all know my neighbor

[bdtrppr6]

27. x1000

[Binkie The Clown]

17. That fear explains the gun culture too.

little boys afraid of the monsters under the bed.

[Alice11111]

33. My Repub brother, gun fear, RW, tight assed, tense, but

He can be funny as hell. He slept with a gun under his pillow as a kid. He carries one in his brief case ( President of a corporation). I'm sure they are everywhere around the house. He has every window and door monitored by cameras. I fear for my delightful niece. However. everytime I see her, I think of the making of a Republican. Very sad. It is all she has around her. Very smart, well read, but she's being sculpted into a Republican.

[Xolodno]

19. In other words...daddy issues for men.

In women, they assume they are smarter and sensible than the average. They look at compassionate women as weak. And their husbands/male role models/etc. are demi-gods.

Just from my observations.

[BigmanPigman]

20. It must be the testosterone combined with poor self esteem

and a good dose of crazy too.

[DFW]

21. That was always my impression, too

RW men often seem to have this nasty streak in them, always ready to lash out violently and in a perpetual state of anger, as if some invisible enemy is always around the corner, ready to attack their homes, their religion, their brand of beer or their football team. They are terrified of the world, lack either the education or the maturity (or both) to understand it, and never seem to figure out that it's more fun to be relaxed with yourself in your own skin than it is to spend your life on red alert.

[JI7]

23. That's why they like trump so much

Trump is similar to them except he had money. And they think they deserve the same but blacks and feminists and others are stopping them from getting it.

Of course the reality with trump is he is a business failure who inherited and lost millions and now funded by corrupt russians.

Now lets look at those who actually do have money and most are nerdy types who don't feel the need to show their manliness.

[JI7]

22. I have always found the chest beating types to be cowards

[magicarpet]

24. Well....Tarzan....

....... can we issue him an exception and exemption ?

[SHRED]

25. Tarzan was da man 🙂

[PinkFloyd]

28. I grew up surrounded by them in rural Kentucky.

Many of them shared the following traits:

- Bigotry. Most of the RW guys I knew didn't like blacks, Hispanics or people who were different from them. They also had an EXTREME hatred of gay people and since 9/11, ALL Muslims.

- The inability to ever admit they're wrong or say they're sorry.

- Many of them would bully someone who wasn't like them, especially if they believe the other person was weaker than them.

- An extreme love of guns. Not just for protection or as a hobby but as a means to prop up or emphasize their masculinity. This also often extended to their vehicles.

- Extreme greed, selfishness and concern that somehow someone else may benefit from something they did or helped pay for.

- Considers them self first and above all. I actually had a far RW neighbor that I grew up with who owned a small plane. One day he crashed it in his field and left his wife to burn alive with smoke coming out. She managed to get out alive but initially she couldn't and he left her there to potentially burn alive.

- Often they loved to talk about patriotism and love of the military. Although, often many of the guys I knew that did this, were never in the military themselves.

I'm sure there were more but I don't want to relive all the RWers I knew from my past. These were just the ones that stand out off the top of my head.

[Not Ruth]

29. 50 Shades of Grey movie

I realized the world was sick of macho when Charlie Hunnam, a very macho muscled guy, lost the lead role to Jamie Dornan, a lean hipster gay man.

Charlie has rolled with the punches. If you have seen him in anything recently, he looks to have dropped 30-40 poiunds of muscle and is more of the barista next door.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

30. I used to get a kick out the ads in my father in law's Newsmax magazines.

All the ads for limp dick pills, get-rich-quick gold schemes, and Brazilian Ju Jitsu fighting lessons told the story of their target audience

[Fluke a Snooker]

34. I don't take it, I get in their face every time...

...they show up to espouse their oppressive, non-progressive Hitlerian diatribes.

We need to get in their face in the classrooms.
We need to get in their face on the streets.
We need to get in their face at the workplace.
We need to get in their face EVERYWHERE.

We need to stand UP to them in every instance, not just political. They need to understand to find their Uncle Sam is progressive, not right-wing racist!!