At least it’s not what decent, caring, honest, hard-working, patriotic, family men do. None of it. Instead, this is what bigots, racists, and fascists do, be they male or female…
The vast divide between the two sides has never been clearer. I'll side with compassion and empathy (and guys who fix their own cars) over anyone on the other side. Soul wins every time. And so many republicans seem to have lost theirs.
"When Republican President Dwight Eisenhower deported just short of a million “illegal immigrants” in the 1950s in his infamous Operation Wetback, an estimated 20,000 American citizens were swept up and deported to Mexico along with non-citizens."
The Trump administration toyed with de-naturalization. "The Trump Administration’s Plan to Strip Citizenship from Thousands of Americans The Trump Administration has launched a denaturalization operation—a project to strip a large number of Americans of their citizenship. Denaturalization is a drastic measure that should only be taken in the most extreme circumstances. But the administration is dramatically expanding denaturalization, using questionable standards and proceedings. As with many other components of its agenda, the Trump administration is discarding longstanding legal norms and protections by adding U.S citizens to its list of targeted individuals, and thereby sending the message that no one is safe in the United States of America. These efforts to strip citizenship from Americans are systemic and chilling. They have made U.S. citizens fearful that mistakes made years ago on their past applications could be used to target them, take away their citizenship, and destroy their lives. The Trump administration’s denaturalization efforts have made lawful permanent residents scared to pursue citizenship and fully engage civically. What was once a celebratory moment recognizing an immigrant’s integration into American life now comes with an undercurrent of fear and suspicion. The Trump administration yet again uses draconian and constitutionally questionable tactics in pursuit of its nationalist vision of who belongs in the United States."
Thom’s article today touchs on the most basic issue. A “real man” like Fred Trump passing on to his son Donald the sickness of fear, brutality, racism, bigotry, violence and ignorance. End result is a child man who never matured past 5 years old. Donald took his privilege and cleverly leveraged it to build his world of lies, bullying and fraud. He is the most toxic role model our young generation could have.
The coronavirus was a warning of how devastating the MAGA Trump virus could be. We need to stamp it out in November. The health of our country depends on it.
"Man-as-predator-and-dominator must be replaced with man-as-partner-and-cooperator if the young men in our society are to progress and grow beyond Trump’s emotionally stunted preadolescent stage of development."
Where would that leave Football, Ice Hockey, wresting, marital arts, boxing.It sure would cut down on crime. Not to worry about national defense, basic military training will take care of that, just as did in WWI and WWII.
I posted a blog recently on Substack titled "Freedom Blog—Man Up." In it I confessed to not being a fan of my gender, saying: "The first and simplest reason is world history, with men in charge. The second reason is toxic masculinity which manifests itself in too many ways to get into in this blog." Later in the blog I wrote: "Our reality is sickening, the majority of us white males share the MAGA Party’s values: misogyny, narcissism, racism, toxic masculinity, Christian Nationalism, and anti-Democracy beliefs." The point of my blog was to say that real men will vote for Harris/Walz. Real men need to re-claim our gender. Walz and Emhoff (there are many others) are great models. Spot on, Thom.
Thank you, Thom. Your description of Trump, Vance, and their ilk as “pre—adolescent“ is spot on. All of them seem to be stuck at the phase of development where boys are attracted to girls, but still think they have cooties. The video you mention of Tim fixing his car is the polar opposite of all this, and so refreshing and welcome. More of this – – much more – – is necessary for our society.
In a society with a pop culture obsessed with super heroes and super villains, what is it that distinguishes between the two types? Isn’t it compassion, the capacity for love, and what we used to call common decency (combined with some extraordinary power to act for good)? What is so hard about applying these obvious tests to our candidates for political leadership? We all still possess one super power…the vote.
Exactly - you hit on it. The super heroes exhibit compassion. The super villains don’t. Even in action movies where the protagonist is a little “messy”, the heroes are still the ones who exhibit compassion.
There is NO Captain America, No Dominic Toretto in Trump’s version of America. Trump wants the scumbags they kill off to run the country.
Why do these movies make money internationally? Because people want heroes! They are sick and tired of the narcissists running the world.
I enjoy these articles from Hartman and support them in every way possible. However, I find myself having to "Jump Ship" quite often. Maybe I just don't like labels or maybe I have such a "radical left" life experience that my perceptions vary widely from the current levels of masculine common denominators. In any case, like any man with quality, I will speak my truth: Based on my life experiences, real men are able to manage their physical health as well as their spiritual health. When you become aware of and in touch with your spirit essence, positive morality is simply a given and not a platform for one's attempts to justify one's existence. When you master the dream and seek to manifest your Personal, Sacred, and Collective dream in cooperation with your spirit, your life takes on a wider and deeper purpose than those who seek to yell louder than the other "guy". All of this posturing and combative comparisons become lame excuses for the basic fact that you are a lost soul and need some sense of justification for being. You think that if you can command some acceptable level of attention, you will somehow be justified in your choices. Herding with morons does not make you a genius. There is a revolution of consciousness occurring on the planet and real men or "radical leftist" understand this fully and they welcome it. They also understand that the clowns need to have their time before they are forced to exit the stage permanently and the main act births onto the stage.
Republicans advocate the "manhood" of the He-man Woman-haters Club. Zero-sum thinking; being fair to women means being unfair to men. So they compensate their wounded pride with big noisy stuff like guns, chainsaws, and pickup trucks.
The family unit almost always raises these narcissistic lunatics, who can't stand happy people! The cult would prefer Armageddon. That is what too much negativity will do to a person who is constantly berated by their parent or parents and taught emotional thinking by their parent and church. Not rational or realistic thinking.
Males are different from females. Females can handle emotional thinking a lot better than males. When a male starts believing things that feel good that can't be proven, they go completely crazy and become violent, whereas women can bounce back.
The cult are transforming America into another failed third world nation. The few civilized Nations on this planet must protect their borders and keep all Americans and immigrants out!
Only raising all the children together from conception can we end drug babies, all child abuse, racism, emotional thinking for males, religious hatred, childhood poverty... And have affordable daycare!
I read recently that a flash around the world would occur that everybody would witness and know beyond doubt that it changed the world that is vibrating much higher than our days. Other sages and sensitives say the reason it changes the world is because a child is conceived that comes from the new 4th dense Earth rather than 3D. Might happen around October. One of the affects is lying would be more difficult to do. Praise God!
Love the arbiters of LGTBQ identity politics defining a "real man." Sort of misses the point. And is a patriot someone who reinforces xenophobia and Islamaphobia, denies genocide, shouts down historical truths about US interference in Ukraine through the use of McCarthyism and Red Scare tactics, carries water for the expansion of multiple wars, and promotes a presidential candidate who was anointed without a single vote and because of the lies of those very patriots? Nationalism and fascism are now the earmarks of the Democratic Party, practicing their own subversion of democracy and silencing of dissent in order to stop the boogeyman who is subverting democracy and silencing dissent. Keep moving to the right Thom, and pretty soon you'll be backing a candidate who is proud to have the endorsement of Trump himself. https://barryjkaufmando.substack.com/p/dick-cheneys-kind-of-democrat
Well, you certainly drank the Kool-Aid this morning. You repeat Kremlin talking points but actually know nothing about Ukraine. LGBTQ people seem to frighten you. Harris was voted on by every delegate to the DNC. Please STFU and go annoy people on some RWNJ substack. Leave this for the adults. And my your day be as pleasant as you are.
This is a beautiful piece. Every guy aspiring "to be a man" should understand what's in this writing. And practice it.
Empathy, compassion, and humility take courage - and actual courage in action and word define individual strength.
You don't have to be Jewish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensch
The vast divide between the two sides has never been clearer. I'll side with compassion and empathy (and guys who fix their own cars) over anyone on the other side. Soul wins every time. And so many republicans seem to have lost theirs.
"When Republican President Dwight Eisenhower deported just short of a million “illegal immigrants” in the 1950s in his infamous Operation Wetback, an estimated 20,000 American citizens were swept up and deported to Mexico along with non-citizens."
The Trump administration toyed with de-naturalization. "The Trump Administration’s Plan to Strip Citizenship from Thousands of Americans The Trump Administration has launched a denaturalization operation—a project to strip a large number of Americans of their citizenship. Denaturalization is a drastic measure that should only be taken in the most extreme circumstances. But the administration is dramatically expanding denaturalization, using questionable standards and proceedings. As with many other components of its agenda, the Trump administration is discarding longstanding legal norms and protections by adding U.S citizens to its list of targeted individuals, and thereby sending the message that no one is safe in the United States of America. These efforts to strip citizenship from Americans are systemic and chilling. They have made U.S. citizens fearful that mistakes made years ago on their past applications could be used to target them, take away their citizenship, and destroy their lives. The Trump administration’s denaturalization efforts have made lawful permanent residents scared to pursue citizenship and fully engage civically. What was once a celebratory moment recognizing an immigrant’s integration into American life now comes with an undercurrent of fear and suspicion. The Trump administration yet again uses draconian and constitutionally questionable tactics in pursuit of its nationalist vision of who belongs in the United States."
Trump threatens his political opponents.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/12/trump-prosecution-threats-political-rivals/75060866007/
The 2025 Project would expand it. Some of the threats sound like that people who actively oppose Trump could be targets.
Thom’s article today touchs on the most basic issue. A “real man” like Fred Trump passing on to his son Donald the sickness of fear, brutality, racism, bigotry, violence and ignorance. End result is a child man who never matured past 5 years old. Donald took his privilege and cleverly leveraged it to build his world of lies, bullying and fraud. He is the most toxic role model our young generation could have.
The coronavirus was a warning of how devastating the MAGA Trump virus could be. We need to stamp it out in November. The health of our country depends on it.
Quotable quote for the 21st Century Thom:
"Man-as-predator-and-dominator must be replaced with man-as-partner-and-cooperator if the young men in our society are to progress and grow beyond Trump’s emotionally stunted preadolescent stage of development."
Where would that leave Football, Ice Hockey, wresting, marital arts, boxing.It sure would cut down on crime. Not to worry about national defense, basic military training will take care of that, just as did in WWI and WWII.
When we were kids, every male faced the military draft. "Gym" was largely preparation for combat. I had mandatory ROTC.
These days, sports like soccer, which can be played by everyone, are ascendant.
I posted a blog recently on Substack titled "Freedom Blog—Man Up." In it I confessed to not being a fan of my gender, saying: "The first and simplest reason is world history, with men in charge. The second reason is toxic masculinity which manifests itself in too many ways to get into in this blog." Later in the blog I wrote: "Our reality is sickening, the majority of us white males share the MAGA Party’s values: misogyny, narcissism, racism, toxic masculinity, Christian Nationalism, and anti-Democracy beliefs." The point of my blog was to say that real men will vote for Harris/Walz. Real men need to re-claim our gender. Walz and Emhoff (there are many others) are great models. Spot on, Thom.
Thank you, Thom. Your description of Trump, Vance, and their ilk as “pre—adolescent“ is spot on. All of them seem to be stuck at the phase of development where boys are attracted to girls, but still think they have cooties. The video you mention of Tim fixing his car is the polar opposite of all this, and so refreshing and welcome. More of this – – much more – – is necessary for our society.
In a society with a pop culture obsessed with super heroes and super villains, what is it that distinguishes between the two types? Isn’t it compassion, the capacity for love, and what we used to call common decency (combined with some extraordinary power to act for good)? What is so hard about applying these obvious tests to our candidates for political leadership? We all still possess one super power…the vote.
Exactly - you hit on it. The super heroes exhibit compassion. The super villains don’t. Even in action movies where the protagonist is a little “messy”, the heroes are still the ones who exhibit compassion.
There is NO Captain America, No Dominic Toretto in Trump’s version of America. Trump wants the scumbags they kill off to run the country.
Why do these movies make money internationally? Because people want heroes! They are sick and tired of the narcissists running the world.
I enjoy these articles from Hartman and support them in every way possible. However, I find myself having to "Jump Ship" quite often. Maybe I just don't like labels or maybe I have such a "radical left" life experience that my perceptions vary widely from the current levels of masculine common denominators. In any case, like any man with quality, I will speak my truth: Based on my life experiences, real men are able to manage their physical health as well as their spiritual health. When you become aware of and in touch with your spirit essence, positive morality is simply a given and not a platform for one's attempts to justify one's existence. When you master the dream and seek to manifest your Personal, Sacred, and Collective dream in cooperation with your spirit, your life takes on a wider and deeper purpose than those who seek to yell louder than the other "guy". All of this posturing and combative comparisons become lame excuses for the basic fact that you are a lost soul and need some sense of justification for being. You think that if you can command some acceptable level of attention, you will somehow be justified in your choices. Herding with morons does not make you a genius. There is a revolution of consciousness occurring on the planet and real men or "radical leftist" understand this fully and they welcome it. They also understand that the clowns need to have their time before they are forced to exit the stage permanently and the main act births onto the stage.
Republicans advocate the "manhood" of the He-man Woman-haters Club. Zero-sum thinking; being fair to women means being unfair to men. So they compensate their wounded pride with big noisy stuff like guns, chainsaws, and pickup trucks.
The family unit almost always raises these narcissistic lunatics, who can't stand happy people! The cult would prefer Armageddon. That is what too much negativity will do to a person who is constantly berated by their parent or parents and taught emotional thinking by their parent and church. Not rational or realistic thinking.
Males are different from females. Females can handle emotional thinking a lot better than males. When a male starts believing things that feel good that can't be proven, they go completely crazy and become violent, whereas women can bounce back.
The cult are transforming America into another failed third world nation. The few civilized Nations on this planet must protect their borders and keep all Americans and immigrants out!
Only raising all the children together from conception can we end drug babies, all child abuse, racism, emotional thinking for males, religious hatred, childhood poverty... And have affordable daycare!
I read recently that a flash around the world would occur that everybody would witness and know beyond doubt that it changed the world that is vibrating much higher than our days. Other sages and sensitives say the reason it changes the world is because a child is conceived that comes from the new 4th dense Earth rather than 3D. Might happen around October. One of the affects is lying would be more difficult to do. Praise God!
Love the arbiters of LGTBQ identity politics defining a "real man." Sort of misses the point. And is a patriot someone who reinforces xenophobia and Islamaphobia, denies genocide, shouts down historical truths about US interference in Ukraine through the use of McCarthyism and Red Scare tactics, carries water for the expansion of multiple wars, and promotes a presidential candidate who was anointed without a single vote and because of the lies of those very patriots? Nationalism and fascism are now the earmarks of the Democratic Party, practicing their own subversion of democracy and silencing of dissent in order to stop the boogeyman who is subverting democracy and silencing dissent. Keep moving to the right Thom, and pretty soon you'll be backing a candidate who is proud to have the endorsement of Trump himself. https://barryjkaufmando.substack.com/p/dick-cheneys-kind-of-democrat
Well, you certainly drank the Kool-Aid this morning. You repeat Kremlin talking points but actually know nothing about Ukraine. LGBTQ people seem to frighten you. Harris was voted on by every delegate to the DNC. Please STFU and go annoy people on some RWNJ substack. Leave this for the adults. And my your day be as pleasant as you are.