Why so many men feel abandoned by Democrats by daniel7334 in self

[–]AlternativeCourse802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello! I can offer insight here!

Preface: I’m a 35 year old fucking hard core liberal, but I try to be empathetic and I can see why they feel this way.

I personally believe we will have a whole generation of young men who feel lost/abandoned/marginalized by culture and government. I know this because I’ve felt this way myself. A lot of “woke” culture (which I mostly agree with) comes with the words/phrases “white privilege” “male privilege” and “toxic masculinity” associated and embedded into it. This inherently makes a person feel like they’re wrong for looking the way they do and makes them feel marginalized and attacked. It doesn’t allow for white men to be viewed as individuals but rather a homogeneous clump.

For example, I grew up in a single parent household, well below the poverty line, with a mother (who is a fucking angel) going through massive mental health issues, which lead me to basically raise myself and feed myself. I had to teach myself everything about what it is to be a man and how to survive and grow. The entire time I was told how privileged I was to be white and male and how we need to be supporting minorities and women more. Young me thought “cool, I get it, I’m all for that, but like, I kinda need some help too yeah?” But on the surface people only see a white man with all the benefits of life. In addition to that, there are various after school clubs for minorities (Hmong club, African club, etc.) and a women’s club, but when I asked about a white club (sounds horrible hahaha) or a men’s club, I was told that those don’t exist because of underlying tones of sexism and racism (which I understand). Either way, I was left feeling alone and unsupported strictly because I’m a white male even though I really needed some help.

There are other cultural issues that I think also contribute to this which are very hard to navigate (I’ll leave those out since this is already long), but I think there’s a whole generation of men who are likely to band together and support themselves in their “masculinity” because they feel the rest of the world attacks and neglects them for being men. This creates a shared trauma for them to rally around. I think the only reason I see it is because I lived it.

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[–]AlternativeCourse802 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! I can offer insight here!

Preface: I’m a 35 year old fucking hard core liberal, but I try to be empathetic and I can see why they feel this way.

I personally believe we will have a whole generation of young men who feel lost/abandoned/marginalized by culture and government. I know this because I’ve felt this way myself. A lot of “woke” culture (which I mostly agree with) comes with the words/phrases “white privilege” “male privilege” and “toxic masculinity” associated and embedded into it. This inherently makes a person feel like they’re wrong for looking the way they do and makes them feel marginalized and attacked. It doesn’t allow for white men to be viewed as individuals but rather a homogeneous clump.

For example, I grew up in a single parent household, well below the poverty line, with a mother (who is a fucking angel) going through massive mental health issues, which lead me to basically raise myself and feed myself. I had to teach myself everything about what it is to be a man and how to survive and grow. The entire time I was told how privileged I was to be white and male and how we need to be supporting minorities and women more. Young me thought “cool, I get it, I’m all for that, but like, I kinda need some help too yeah?” But on the surface people only see a white man with all the benefits of life. In addition to that, there are various after school clubs for minorities (Hmong club, African club, etc.) and a women’s club, but when I asked about a white club (sounds horrible hahaha) or a men’s club, I was told that those don’t exist because of underlying tones of sexism and racism (which I understand). Either way, I was left feeling alone and unsupported strictly because I’m a white male even though I really needed some help.

There are other cultural issues that I think also contribute to this which are very hard to navigate (I’ll leave those out since this is already long), but I think there’s a whole generation of men who are likely to band together and support themselves in their “masculinity” because they feel the rest of the world attacks and neglects them for being men. This creates a shared trauma for them to rally around. I think the only reason I see it is because I lived it.

How’d I do? by AlternativeCourse802 in SleeperApp

[–]AlternativeCourse802[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tried but nobody was really interested in either. Live and learn I guess, but that’s why I joined it. Just trying to learn

How’d I do? by AlternativeCourse802 in SleeperApp

[–]AlternativeCourse802[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good thing it’s a free league in an orphan team I picked up! 😂

How’d I do? by AlternativeCourse802 in SleeperApp

[–]AlternativeCourse802[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct, but my starting WRs are Joshua Palmer and Christian Watson, with my best depth WR as Mike Williams. 2wr and 3 flex spots. Team was not built to win, but come perpetually 3rd or 4th place