The joyful Minnesota governor is a valuable spokesperson for Harris whose background and personality can help the Democratic ticket undermine Trumpā€™s efforts to woo Americaā€™s men.

Tim Walzā€™sĀ first official speechĀ on the Democratic ticket displayed all the reasons thatĀ Kamala HarrisĀ has been lauded for picking the Minnesota governor as her running mate. Personally, I think one outshines all the rest.

Walzā€™s military background and his work as a high school teacher and football coach, along with his palpable joy andĀ open expressions of compassion for people in need, offer America a vision of what manhood can look like ā€” heā€™s a ā€œjoyful warriorā€ offering a vision in contrast with whatā€™s being offered by Donald Trumpā€™s bravado-driven campaign.

And heā€™s clearly willing to challenge Team Trump on that front. He displayed that even before he received the call to join Harrisā€™ campaign, using public appearances to refer to Trump and his allies asĀ ā€œbulliesā€ who are truly weak at heartĀ and by mocking the GOP ticket for ā€œrunning for He-Man Women Haters Club or something.ā€

  • @Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    He absolutely would, strong mayor who grew up in the Midwest doing the same sort of stuff Walz did. Pete has a very impressive military career and is a proud father and husband. Heā€™s not a football coach, but has often talked about his love of the game (hard not to love it when youā€™re the mayor of South Bend). And heā€™s downright vicious in his ā€œMidwest niceā€ approach to media hits. Dudeā€™s an amazing picture of all that masculinity can be.

    • Cadeillac
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      6ā€¢3 months ago

      Between their username and playing the Buttigieg Card (I have no problems with Pete) I think you are wasting your time

      • Badabinski
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        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 someoneā€™s past where conversations about being ā€œmasculineā€ or ā€œmanlyā€ wereā€¦ un-fun, letā€™s say. I know I felt some uneasiness as I initially read the headline and article summary due to my own childhood experiences. Iā€™ve been told to ā€œgrow a pairā€ and ā€œbe a manā€ too many times for conversations around masculinity to be easy, and thatā€™s as a bi cis man (I can sometimes appear to conform to the societal norms while being true to myself). Iā€™m sure that itā€™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 itā€™s there in this case, maybe itā€™s not, but I figured Iā€™d call it out. Their trauma and the responsibility for managing it and healing from it belongs solely to them if it exists. If theyā€™re being a bad faith actor, then they can fuck off.

        • Cadeillac
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          6ā€¢3 months ago

          I sympathize, but we are on the same team. They are lashing out at a strawman

    • queermunist she/her
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      Donā€™t you see how your vision of what masculinity can be still focuses on his military service and his love of football?

      Maybe he could be accepted by patriarchal heterocisnormative society as an example of masculinity. Maybe. I donā€™t think it would go that way. I think heā€™d be treated like a model minority and ā€œone of the good onesā€, used to denigrate other gay men for not being sufficiently masculine. His traditionally masculine qualities would be played up and anything that subverted that would be downplayed and ignored.

      Play up his role as husband and father, play down his actually existing husband, etc.