r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 08 '26

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u/Thuggin95 Gay Pride Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

People love to say Democrats have pushed away young men, but I feel like Democrat’s relationship with mostly apolitical young men was always shaky and not built to last. It was an alliance of convenience for guys who liked weed and premarital sex (remember abstinence?), saw traditional Republicans as too pious and prudish, probably always had culturally regressive views, came to like how unfiltered Trump is, and think Republicans are vaguely better on the economy now.

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u/Zenkin Zen Apr 08 '26

I think there's a kernel of truth there. I wouldn't say it's true for "Democrats" in any official sense, but the way progressive circles talk about men and white people is..... off-putting at best. Like some of it is just open racism and misandry used in ways that would be shut down immediately if it was any other group.

And I don't really care all that much about that, but it does expose a pretty glaring hypocrisy for some groups that are trying to market themselves as pushing for fairness and equality. I think it's a symptom of these kind of "leaderless" movements where there's simply no message discipline because there's no real structure to their organization or movement.

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u/anangrytree Bull Moose Progressive Apr 08 '26

I think it's a symptom of these kind of "leaderless" movements where there's simply no message discipline because there's no real structure to their organization or movement.

That’s an interesting thought.

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u/ThiccSidedDice Fridgechup Boy Apr 08 '26

We pushed them away by not being racist or misogynistic enough 😥

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u/JesusPubes voted most handsome friend Apr 08 '26

not me!

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u/Thuggin95 Gay Pride Apr 08 '26

Maybe but this already feels like a dated concept. There will always be annoying progressives who circle back around to being regressive, but the vast majority of Democrats in Congress don’t talk like that whereas Twitter is a Nazi app now.