The joyful Minnesota governor is a valuable spokesperson for Harris whose background and personality can help the Democratic ticket undermine Trump’s efforts to woo America’s men.
Tim Walz’s first official speech on the Democratic ticket displayed all the reasons that Kamala Harris has been lauded for picking the Minnesota governor as her running mate. Personally, I think one outshines all the rest.
Walz’s military background and his work as a high school teacher and football coach, along with his palpable joy and open expressions of compassion for people in need, offer America a vision of what manhood can look like — he’s a “joyful warrior” offering a vision in contrast with what’s being offered by Donald Trump’s bravado-driven campaign.
And he’s clearly willing to challenge Team Trump on that front. He displayed that even before he received the call to join Harris’ campaign, using public appearances to refer to Trump and his allies as “bullies” who are truly weak at heart and by mocking the GOP ticket for “running for He-Man Women Haters Club or something.”
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 someone’s past where conversations about being “masculine” or “manly” were… un-fun, let’s say. I know I felt some uneasiness as I initially read the headline and article summary due to my own childhood experiences. I’ve been told to “grow a pair” and “be a man” too many times for conversations around masculinity to be easy, and that’s as a bi cis man (I can sometimes appear to conform to the societal norms while being true to myself). I’m sure that it’d be much harder for someone who is gay, nonbinary, or a trans woman.
I dunno. I see trauma in so many things nowadays. Maybe it’s there in this case, maybe it’s not, but I figured I’d call it out. Their trauma and the responsibility for managing it and healing from it belongs solely to them if it exists. If they’re 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