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Because their dads were abusive authoritarians, so they have daddy issues.
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2026
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This isn’t an excuse they’re just weak. Many have authoritarian fathers or parents and come out vowing to never be like that or support that behavior.
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It’s their kink. That’s why Grindr gets overwhelmed every time they gather. I work construction and it’s the same thing there they always rally around one guy (usually a foreman) and compete for his attention. We had a foreman one time who was conventionally handsome an id say pretty cool and I shit you not dudes were talking about how he edges before working out and they all started doing it and then somehow they got a picture of his dick and we’re going around shoving it in eachothers faces and calling eachother gay “because they looked at this guy’s dick”. They started drinking the same energy drinks that he drank. I wish someone would do a psychological study on it is weird. It’s a thing
#AreTheStraightsOK
I can’t find it now, but I once read an article that said that bc patriarchy devalues women and our opinions and centers men, it results in straight (and non straight men I suppose) centering other men in their lives. Since only men’s opinions matter, men do everything for the approval of other men, usually the “manliest” man. For example, “trophy wives” are usually more about showing off to other men rather than bc the husband actually wants to be married to or is even super attracted to her. Or some men will pretend to not be attracted to a woman if their male friends have deemed her unattractive. Basically, they have done studies on it and if you search for homosexual desire and patriarchy you can find some (though I can’t find the specific one I’m thinking of)
Yes this makes sense and I’ve seen it constantly it’s really weird how much their lives are all about impressing other men
FUCKING LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Most people feel lost and stay lost, pretending to be on a path others gave them, especially when they don't practice the hard part of life: figuring out how to self actualize
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They are scared little boys. Their fathers were emotionally (maybe physically) abusive and didn’t give them agency, just expected “respect” (do as I say)
“Man up, sit down
Chin up, pipe down
Socks up, don't cry
Drink up, just lie
Grow some balls, he said
Grow some balls”
And this is why you’ll never see your father cry
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They are kinda kinky
Covert bottom
They wear bright red hats and are known for putting their mouths anywhere they are told. There's nothing covert about them.
Fear.
They rally around figures who look strong because they're afraid of losing social status, or feeling xenophobia due to racism, or insecure over economic concerns. As always, everything is projection with these dipshits. They let fear drive them into the sort of groupthink mob they accuse liberals of being.
I sorta understand, I guess. But having president whatshisnuts as your figure of manliness is already a joke in itself, but elevating him to a messiah like figure is just crazy.
Helps if your world view is shaped by people who are continually telling you that he's a figure of manliness, while constantly playing off your fear and insecurity for profit and political gain.
EDIT: It's also a very unrealistic standard of what it means to be a man, almost a caricature. It's a masculine ideal rooted in myths of the "common-sense everyman hero" who's wisdom is more valuable than other's knowledge, instincts more accurate than other's intellect, and cunning able to overcome other's skill. He's a man who's anger and will can overcome insurmountable odds, and who's "rough-around-the edges" personality is more attractive than practiced social graces. There's no need for growth or change, because our hero needs nothing more than the innate qualities he already possesses to thrive, and because of that failure is never his fault.
It's the aesthetic of romanticized cowboys, gangsters, renegade cops, and retired spec-ops, a domesticated version of 1980's gritty action-hero masculinity adapted for group membership. It's always framed as bucking authority and going against the grain, even though conformity is required to be one of the "good guys". Being low on the totem pole allows you to gain the virtue of being a simple man with a simple life, or being the trusted sergeant "who really makes things happen around here", but doesn't mean that you're incapable of rising to any occasion just because you have guts. Washboard abs or hard work are only important when they can be used to show how weak and ineffective your opponents are, but what's really important is that you're able to dismiss, demean, deny, and destroy anything that doesn't conform to the right way of doing things to gain the accolades you're due and save yourself the embarrassment of having to admit your hero fantasies aren't true.
Again, it's ridiculous to apply this ideal to the bloated orange, but it's an image he cultivates. His personal mythology is embodying that ideal and gaining massive success in every endeavor because of it. It allows his failings to be used as evidence that he's "just like us", and not as examples of his overall lack of redeeming qualities.
But I wouldn't expect it every really make sense, because at it's core it's just a bullshit justification for getting whatever they want with as little effort as possible.
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They call this move the handjob dance.
I feel 21% less masculine after watching that. But that's probably just an anomaly idk.
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Adding to shit post ^.^
Downloaded. Definitely going to use this next time I see some CHUD making wildly sweeping statements about trans ppl.
It's simple. They are super insecure guys and want to feel big, so they are assholes to women because women are easy targets. They drive massive trucks, love to BBQ and watch sports with other insecure men, but at the same time they lack any real identity and are completely lost without their mommy to take them by their hand. But mommy is a woman, and having your mommy to care for your insecure ass looks stupid to your friends, so you just follow another screaming asshole so you look touch yourself (you do not, you're a sad piece of garbage and everyone sees it).
woah woah woah
What's wrong with bbq??
That was my question. I'm working on a brisket as we speak and I don't plan on watching sports, wearing a red hat, or treating any women like shit.
I also have a truck that I haul shit in, but notice I don't feel the need to ask what's wrong with that. I know very fucking well what's wrong with trucks.
Big Black Quock
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I’d like to point out that grilling and barbecue are different things. Most guys do not barbecue. Grilling is extremely common, though.
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Great explanation but I also love BBQ. Please don't bring BBQ into this. It's not BBQ's fault.
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The German philosopher Hannah Arendt asked herself a very similar question when, during the trial of Nazi official and war criminal Adolf Eichmann, she attempted to understand how a human being could be capable of such monstrous atrocities. In this context, she coined the expression "banality of evil."
It is worth taking a look at her book "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil," because her observations in it are, unfortunately, once again highly relevant today.
- Belief in the concept of an "alpha male" necessitates having a strongman leader.
- Bootlickers need a boot to lick.
True. The problem with the whole “alpha male” leader nonsense in modern age is those leaders are supposed to protect the group, potentially to the death, as the trade off for the status. Most of the goobers stepping up to insert themselves in that role aren’t doing it for a group, just for the desire for the status alone. So really it’s just a bunch of entitled assholes that will sell the group out and run in a heartbeat as soon as they are faced with fulfilling their end of the bargain.
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Because part of conservatism is the idea that hierarchies based on who your parents are, and the fact that you're male, etc. are proper and right.
They want to submit to the people who are correctly above them in the hierarchy, and want the people who are supposed to be below them in the hierarchy to submit to them.
They like hierarchy because it means there are people below them in that hierarchy.
Ole Gavin McInnes takin a dildo up the ass to “own teh libs” sure shut me the fuck up.
I mean, the first time I saw that I was speechless for a good 5 mins...
Did you hear Trump's press conference yesterday? Dude was talking about how much he wanted to kiss this steel worker for like 2 minutes.
They are all closet homosexuals.
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Because in reality they are betas, they call themselves alphas but they are easily manipulated and they are lap dogs of powerful people
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Their personal status is held together by the status of these authority figures. If their authority isn't legitimate, then neither are they.
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Because they love freedom so much. Duh.
It’s because they probably had shitty Dads
In short, they really want to be the girl but can't admit it. Some have been repressing it so long their brain is wired to short circuit thought in favor of angry stupid reactionary bullshit.
Because they're too intellectually challenged to think for themselves, so they need somebody to tell them what to believe
I have nothing but love and respect for the gay community, but in my opinion, I think it is because they are all secretly gay and are living out their dark secret, gay fantasies. Conservative yaoi is lame…
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They dream of hard peen.
Closet homo conservatives are creeeeeepy fuuuucks.
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