WEBVTT - Rush's Timeless Wisdom - The Big Ten, Trump and the Pushback Against Chickification

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned earlier in the program that the one one

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<v Speaker 1>of the things I think is driving this campaign, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's invisible. I think there's a whole lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>fed up with the chickification of our culture. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>not anything to do with anti woman or anti feminism

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<v Speaker 1>or anti female. It has to do with the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that there is an assault on manhood. There's an assault

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<v Speaker 1>on masculinity. Masculinity and automatically is toxic. Masculinity is automatically barbaric.

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<v Speaker 1>Men in their natural state are just a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>bullies and brutes who even mistreat their own children. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is something that has been creeping into our society

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<v Speaker 1>for years, for decades, ever since the modern era of

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<v Speaker 1>feminism in the late sixties early seventies got going and

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<v Speaker 1>rapped up to full speed. And the chickification of our

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<v Speaker 1>culture you find it everywhere. You find it in the

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<v Speaker 1>news business, especially uh not on camera but off and

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<v Speaker 1>not the writers, but the editors and the assignment editors,

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<v Speaker 1>the producers and so forth. And men men do whatever

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<v Speaker 1>is necessary to attract women to do the men. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not hard for women to wrap around a finger. I

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<v Speaker 1>think a lot of men are getting fed up with it.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people are fed up with it. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And again it's not an anti woman thing. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a it's a fear over over the fact that manhood

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<v Speaker 1>is being lost. Uh. Manhood, masculinity, the strong male influence

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<v Speaker 1>of a father on a family has has been denuded,

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<v Speaker 1>it has been criticized, it has uh. And so there's

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<v Speaker 1>less of it, and there are there's there's a story

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<v Speaker 1>about that, which is why I'm reviving this. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>story about this very thing today. I have been once

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<v Speaker 1>again one of the few consistently over these past two decades,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years and more, talking about the dangers of the

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<v Speaker 1>chick ification of our culture, and not in again, not

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<v Speaker 1>with any animus toward women. It is there there. But

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<v Speaker 1>there has been an assault on men being men, men

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<v Speaker 1>being who they naturally are, and it's not good. We've

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<v Speaker 1>got evidence of it out there. Now, before I get

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<v Speaker 1>into that, here's a story that appears to have nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to do with it, but it has everything to do

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<v Speaker 1>with it. You may have heard at the Big Ten

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<v Speaker 1>Conference announced some time ago they weren't gonna play college

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<v Speaker 1>football this year. You know why. Well, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to make anybody mad, but um. There was a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of fear, a lot of fear virus. How are we

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<v Speaker 1>going to control it? H And there was so much pressure.

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<v Speaker 1>There was pressure from the Coronavirus task for a pressure

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<v Speaker 1>from Dr Fauci, pressure from Dr Burke's, pressure from everywhere,

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<v Speaker 1>don't do it, don't do it. But not everybody decided

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<v Speaker 1>not to do it. The National Football League decided to play.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they never decided not to. I mean the

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<v Speaker 1>National Football League never wavered during this entire year. They

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<v Speaker 1>were going to start their season. There was some adjustments

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<v Speaker 1>when it was scheduled to start. There was no preseason

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<v Speaker 1>this year, and there was no There are a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of adjustments made. There was no preseason travel, there were

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<v Speaker 1>no joint practices. But the season started on time this

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<v Speaker 1>past weekend. So now here comes the Big Tents. Some

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<v Speaker 1>other colleges are playing l s U is gonna play,

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<v Speaker 1>Yes EC. So the Big Ten reversed itself. Big ten said,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, we're gonna play. They're gonna start their

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<v Speaker 1>season in mid October, mid to late October, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna play, and they're gonna play a full season. I

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<v Speaker 1>get to buy for the National Championship. Big Ten all that,

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<v Speaker 1>and look at this the USA today. Christine Brennan, female

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<v Speaker 1>sports writer, Big Ten's decision to play football signals darkest

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<v Speaker 1>day in conferences sports history. I have to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>the and and one of the reasons why the Big

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<v Speaker 1>ten reversed its because they saw that the NFL has

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<v Speaker 1>figured out how to do it. They saw that it

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<v Speaker 1>can be done. So there's a little me too. It

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<v Speaker 1>is um here, Hey, we want to get in on

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<v Speaker 1>this too. If we could play, we want to play.

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<v Speaker 1>They realized they jumped the gun. Their decision making was

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<v Speaker 1>a little flawed. So here comes Christine Brennan and a

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<v Speaker 1>whole lot of the sports media, which has also been

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<v Speaker 1>very chick ified. See, the left was happy. The left

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<v Speaker 1>was happy that they had scared people enough to cancel

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<v Speaker 1>college football. They wanted to get rid of the pageantry.

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<v Speaker 1>They wanted to get rid of the American flags on parade.

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<v Speaker 1>They wanted to get rid of the national anthem. They

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to get rid of all of the celebrations of

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<v Speaker 1>American traditionalism and institutionalism that was part of college football.

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<v Speaker 1>They wanted to get rid of it. And they were

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<v Speaker 1>ecstatic when the Big Ten said they weren't playing if

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<v Speaker 1>you look. If you look at the state where the

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<v Speaker 1>where the college conferences have decided to not play and play,

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<v Speaker 1>they're blue and red Democrats states where the conference headquarters

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<v Speaker 1>are decided not to play. Red states were playing. And

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<v Speaker 1>they were so happy. The left was so happy they

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<v Speaker 1>had scared people enough to cancel college football. Now now

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<v Speaker 1>the sports writers, including a bunch of women, are melting

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<v Speaker 1>down over the Big Ten's reversal. They give me a

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<v Speaker 1>pool quote here. While much of the blame for the

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<v Speaker 1>awful about face goes to the university presidents who chose

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<v Speaker 1>money and football over insanity and caution, the new Big

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<v Speaker 1>Ten commissioner Kevin Warren also contributed greatly to this pr nightmare.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a man nearly in way over his head. See.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, what a brute, this guy. All he cares

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<v Speaker 1>about his money and football. And what the hell else

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<v Speaker 1>is the Big Ten about. It's always about money in football.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything is about money, the biggest secret in the world, apparently,

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<v Speaker 1>this poor guy, writes Christine Brennan's poor guy was out

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<v Speaker 1>maneuvered by a few loud mouth coaches. For Heaven's sake,

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<v Speaker 1>No matter how he explains that it's clear that he

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<v Speaker 1>in the league flip flopped so that Ohio State can

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<v Speaker 1>try to win a national title and a Big ten

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<v Speaker 1>can still make lots of money off the backs of

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen to twenty two year olds in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>a pandemic. So you see, college football is nothing but

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<v Speaker 1>exploit That's right, nothing but a bunch of young kids

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<v Speaker 1>being exploit No, do you realize these kids that we're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to play college football this year? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>realize what the impairment on their futures was gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>for many of these people. You can say sadly or not,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is what it is. For many of these people.

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<v Speaker 1>Football is a way out. Football is away up. Football

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<v Speaker 1>is like any other number of sports. Football is a

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<v Speaker 1>ticket to success and prosperity. And they were just going

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<v Speaker 1>to take this year away from them, have it taken

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<v Speaker 1>away from him. It was going to have severe limitations

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<v Speaker 1>on their potential and their future. But now we find

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<v Speaker 1>out that all of this is just not about any

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<v Speaker 1>of that. It's about exploiting young eighteen to twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>year olds. So, as she writes here, as we move

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<v Speaker 1>into October and November, into what the experts say will

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<v Speaker 1>be our worst days, as COVID combines with the flu.

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<v Speaker 1>The stops and starts of the conferences that are trying

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<v Speaker 1>to play now tell us there are likely to be

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<v Speaker 1>postponements and perhaps cancelations of Big Ten games. So you yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>It's always amazed me that so many people in sports

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<v Speaker 1>writing don't like sports. It's always men and women. I

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<v Speaker 1>know that's not a a gender thing. It just amazes

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<v Speaker 1>me how many of the people actually cover sports don't

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<v Speaker 1>like it, find things wrong with it. Now to the story.

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<v Speaker 1>It is my Alex Perez. He's a Cuban American writer

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<v Speaker 1>for Miami. The story appears in the Daily Caller and

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<v Speaker 1>the headline of the story the multicultural male coalition that

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<v Speaker 1>could give Trump for more years. Wait a minute, what

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<v Speaker 1>the multicultural male coalition that could give Trump four more years?

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<v Speaker 1>Let me share with you how his peace opens here

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<v Speaker 1>and and what this is about the disappearing masculinity in

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<v Speaker 1>American culture that Donald Trump reminds everybody of positively that

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<v Speaker 1>we miss it, that it has a place. Mr Perez writes,

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<v Speaker 1>a year after the election, I overheard my first conversation

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<v Speaker 1>in which two young men of color discussed the political

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<v Speaker 1>issues of the day. I don't remember what they were

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<v Speaker 1>going on about, But the fact that they were going

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<v Speaker 1>on about politics with such fervor was what struck me immediately.

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<v Speaker 1>As young men discussing politics, why that was a rarity

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<v Speaker 1>in my working class Miami neighborhood, where typically it was

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<v Speaker 1>older guys who engaged in these sometimes heated discussions. Sitting

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<v Speaker 1>across from these two guys at Starbucks, I noted their

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<v Speaker 1>interaction as an entertaining anomaly, and I chalked it up

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<v Speaker 1>to the current hyper politicized cultural moment in which anyone

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<v Speaker 1>at any time might surprise you with their clearly newfound

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<v Speaker 1>interest in politics. Which is to say that I expected

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<v Speaker 1>to encounter no more than a handful of these political

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<v Speaker 1>squabbles between young men of color in the ensuing years

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<v Speaker 1>of the Trump era, as the possibility of a broad

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<v Speaker 1>political realignment driven by this traditionally disinterested demographic went against

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<v Speaker 1>all conventional wisdom. Meeting young men of color talking about

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<v Speaker 1>politics never gonna happen. Not enough, I'm gonna engage in

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<v Speaker 1>it to make a difference. Far fetched? Boy was I wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>he writes. In the months and years to follow, all

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<v Speaker 1>were Miami, in bars, coffee shops, at the gym, I

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<v Speaker 1>would overhear and was sometimes pulled into these rudimentary political

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<v Speaker 1>conversations between young men of color. And what was immediately

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<v Speaker 1>obvious was that a majority, if not all, of these

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<v Speaker 1>young men were brought into their nascent political awareness by

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<v Speaker 1>issues relating to their masculinity and manhood. An arc type emerged.

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<v Speaker 1>These were young men who never thought about politics until

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<v Speaker 1>politics knocked on their door and made them aware of

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<v Speaker 1>its existence, as in Hello Donald Trump. Like so many,

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<v Speaker 1>personal grievance is what drove them into the political arena

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<v Speaker 1>and what was driving their politics the gist of their beef.

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<v Speaker 1>When the hell did it stop being okay to be

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<v Speaker 1>a regular dude? When did it stop being okay to

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<v Speaker 1>be a guy? When did be being a guy all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden think I'm a negative? When it? When?

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<v Speaker 1>When did it made it a target? Now let me

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<v Speaker 1>give you some pull quotes. It's a long story. I

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<v Speaker 1>have to touch a long story. We'll link to it

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<v Speaker 1>at rush lamba dot com. But what what Mr Alex

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<v Speaker 1>Perez is saying here There are a lot of young

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<v Speaker 1>Hispanic and Black men who are sick of not being

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to be masculine, and they are going to vote

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<v Speaker 1>for Trump, and nobody knows they are out there. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is folks. This is one of the reasons why

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<v Speaker 1>I love that Donald Trump celebrates our heroes. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>celebrates American greatness. Donald Trump promises and ongoing American greatness,

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<v Speaker 1>a revival of it, and a continuation of it. Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is fearless in talking about his love and respect

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<v Speaker 1>for everything to do with this country. He will not

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<v Speaker 1>concede a single point to the people that hate it,

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<v Speaker 1>not a single point. He stands up for it, He

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<v Speaker 1>defends it, He loves America, is proud of it, and

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<v Speaker 1>we are blessed to have him in the position he

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<v Speaker 1>is in because without him, can you name somebody else

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<v Speaker 1>who would be defending the country you love and you

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<v Speaker 1>believe is great and you believe deserves to be dependent.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you think of anybody who would step into his

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<v Speaker 1>into his role? I mean you might be able to,

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<v Speaker 1>but you'd have to think about it for a while.

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<v Speaker 1>I love when Trump defended that Army ranger he gave

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<v Speaker 1>a Medal of Freedom to This week, UH freed seventy

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<v Speaker 1>five hostages in a rock the helicopter heroes who saved

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and forty six people to ring a fire.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump celebrates the heroes. He tells everybody who the

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<v Speaker 1>heroes are. He credits this country for creating them, for

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<v Speaker 1>celebrating them. Try this pull quote from Alex Perez's story.

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<v Speaker 1>All this is to say that the Democrat Party is

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<v Speaker 1>now the party of women and those who identify with

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<v Speaker 1>the overly feminine sensibility. Not that there's anything wrong with it,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just the way it is. The Democrat Party is

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<v Speaker 1>now the party of women. And you hear them tell

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<v Speaker 1>of the females of white, white suburban women, this white

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<v Speaker 1>suburban women, that we've got to make sure we don't

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<v Speaker 1>make a man. We're gonna go out and find a

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<v Speaker 1>way to relate to them. We're gonna and whatever they're

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<v Speaker 1>never wrong, but never whatever they believe. We got to

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<v Speaker 1>find a way to convince these women that were on

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<v Speaker 1>their side. We don't dare tell them they're ever wrong

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<v Speaker 1>about anything. I'm talking about politics here. There's nothing wrong

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<v Speaker 1>with this being your cup of tea, of course, but

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats shouldn't be surprised when young men of all stripes

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<v Speaker 1>are turned off by a party that is completely devoid

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<v Speaker 1>of any masculine energy. And let me tell you Mr.

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<v Speaker 1>Perez is so on the money here. You take a

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<v Speaker 1>look at the big names in the Democrat Party. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't love. The sentence finishes itself another Pool quote here.

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<v Speaker 1>I suspect this trend has been obvious for some time

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<v Speaker 1>now to anybody who lives in an urban center. But

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<v Speaker 1>recently Charles Blow the New York Times was caught off

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<v Speaker 1>guard by the new reality and tweeted today my friends

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<v Speaker 1>in Atlanta who are black saw a Facebook message from

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<v Speaker 1>their old barber who is black, imploring them to vote

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<v Speaker 1>for Trump. Don't think that Trump's message doesn't resonate with

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<v Speaker 1>a certain sector of black men. Also, barbers have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of sway in the black community. How blows alarm

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<v Speaker 1>comes to the realization that young multicultural males treasure and

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<v Speaker 1>value masculinity, and that's how they see Trump. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the final um little observation here from the column by

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<v Speaker 1>Alex Perez and a Daily caller about the possibility of

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<v Speaker 1>a new masculinity benefiting Trump says, it's an open question

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<v Speaker 1>as to whether young men of color will actually turn

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<v Speaker 1>out for Trump. But if the Republican Convention was any

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<v Speaker 1>indication the Republican Party is making a play for them.

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<v Speaker 1>Much has been said of the conventions America is great message,

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<v Speaker 1>but what was played up almost as much, whether intentionally

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<v Speaker 1>or not, was the power, were and virtue of traditional masculinity.

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<v Speaker 1>There were Senator ten Scott's speech, in which he traced

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<v Speaker 1>his family's rise from slavery to the highest reaches of

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<v Speaker 1>American power, delivered in the oratory style of a man

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<v Speaker 1>who had never given up, whose familial legacy of overcoming

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<v Speaker 1>nearly insurmountable odds would make the thought of accepting his

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<v Speaker 1>plight inconceivable. The speech spoke to all Americans, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>but it can't go unnoticed that it was delivered by

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<v Speaker 1>a man of color who had risen to the top

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<v Speaker 1>in large part due to classic masculine virtues stoicism and

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<v Speaker 1>stick tuitiveness. Those are very powerful virtues. Then there was

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<v Speaker 1>the Cuban American old timer, Maximal Alvarez, self made businessman

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<v Speaker 1>and liked him Scott, the epitome of the American dream.

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<v Speaker 1>He spoke with the masculine ferocity and power of Vince Lombardy.

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<v Speaker 1>The greatest example of masculine strength at the Republican Convention

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<v Speaker 1>occurred when Madison Cawthorne, a disabled young man running for

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<v Speaker 1>North Carolina's eleventh congressional district, stood up from his wheelchair

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<v Speaker 1>after delivering a barn burner of a speech. It was

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<v Speaker 1>an incredibly moving moment, made all the more so by

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that he was flanked by a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>friends who assisted him as he stood. But then they vamosed.

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<v Speaker 1>They got out of the way. Once he made it up,

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<v Speaker 1>once he succeeded in his objective, he engaged in a

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<v Speaker 1>prime example of masculine strength as well as brotherly kinship.

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<v Speaker 1>He accepted help. Masculinity doesn't mean that you're all in

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<v Speaker 1>it all by yourself and to hell with anybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>So these three speeches, too, delivered by men of color,

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<v Speaker 1>made a case for the nobility of traditional masculinity. Says

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<v Speaker 1>I have no doubt that these three speeches spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>young men of color in a way they could understand.

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<v Speaker 1>You are an American man, stand up to what needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be done, don't cower. Mr Alvarez says, I I

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<v Speaker 1>can't imagine a better message not only for meta color,

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<v Speaker 1>but all men, a message that might drive them to

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<v Speaker 1>vote in record numbers in November. He's guessing he's not

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<v Speaker 1>guaranteeing anything,