The Right-Wing Cult of Contrived Masculinity

[TragedyandHope]

The Right-Wing Cult of Contrived Masculinity

The underlying premise of the modern conservative movement is that the entire Democratic party consists of a bunch of fags and dykes who are both too effeminate and too masculine to properly lead the nation. Coulter says it out loud. Dowd hints at it broadly. And the entire press corps giggles and swoons at this shallow, sophomoric concept like a bunch of junior high pom pom girls.

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The converse of this is equally true. As critical as it is to them to feminize Democratic and liberal males (and to masculinize the women), even more important is to create false images of masculine power and strength around their authority figures. The reality of this masculine power is almost always non-existent. The imagery is what counts.

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This works exactly the same as the images of moral purity that they work so hard to manufacture, whereby the leaders they embrace -- such as Gingrich, Limbaugh, Bill Bennett, even the divorced and estranged-from-his-children Ronald Reagan and Coulter herself -- are plauged by the most morally depraved and reckless personal lives, yet still parade around as the heroes of the "Values Voters."

[ColbertWatcher]

1. Mission Accomplished!

[cliffordu]

2. I know a guy who was a real fighter pilot and he wanted to kick

Bushies ass over this little stunt.

What a waste.

[grasswire]

3. I never noticed the guy behind him before

He looks funny, too.

[mcctatas]

5. I'm sorry, but I never want to get such a close up view of the

POTUS's package ever again...even if it is Obama!

[TragedyandHope]

6. Oh noes, why did you have to point that out

Now it's like the elephant in the room.

[mcctatas]

7. Elephant...

more like trouser mouse! :evilgrin:

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. Great post!

[formercia]

8. The right-wing reactionaries and sports teams

cultivating the macho wannabe fan and the us against them mentality. It's also a vehicle for moving lots of money with minimal legal restrictions due to anti-trust loopholes.

[TragedyandHope]

9. Kick for the morning crowd

:kick:

Please keep the Right-Wing source of these epithets in mind before using them against our own candidates. Let's not fall into the trap of reinforcing their arguments or lending credibility to Rethug fantasy images of their own candidates.