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€

  • @EatATaco@lemm.ee
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    -9ā€¢3 months ago

    and rough hands.

    What do you mean by this? It sounds borderline, if not outright, like toxic masculinity. Thereā€™s nothing about the shape of your hands that has anything to do about how good of a role model you are as a dad.

    • @Ilovemyirishtemper@lemmy.world
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      The idea is not actually about a manā€™s physical hands. Itā€™s a metaphor for putting in the work. That could be volunteering, going to bat for your community, spending quality time with your kids/grandkids/family, working long hours to make sure your family has what it needs to survive, etc.

      Yes, some men do manual labor and have rough hands, but OP isnā€™t saying that all men should do manual labor, just that they should all put in the ā€œworkā€ to make the world, their community, and their familyā€™s lives better.

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        -4ā€¢3 months ago

        Itā€™s a metaphor for putting in the work.

        Hopefully this is the case, but it sounds an awful lot like ā€œstrong blue collar dad is good, white collar dad badā€ to me.

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          Itā€™s how I take it. Sometimes physically but always metaphorically.

          Like I bet Steve Wozniak has physically soft hands but he put in the work. Heā€™s just as righteous as a person whose hands are rough from all the physical work they did providing for others.