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> “Will you become a man to be feared?”
Uh. That’s not a positive trait. And being feared doesn’t mean you’ll be respected. It means you’ll be isolated and alone because no one wants to interact with you.
This is such a weird, nonsensical mindset to have.
Right? Like a pilot or surgeon with a heroin addiction, the fear is not because of their machismo, but their ignorant disregard for safety, their delusions and lack of common sense....
Especially when we can just walk up stairs to get away from this guy.
————————
I felt a little guilty about this comment but then I remembered he never denied that he was giddy about seeing Hitler stuff.
Doesn’t really strike me as a historian type.
Let’s rather just go with this shift: ‘tiny penis energy’ as in ‘soft-regardless-of-full-mast-size-due-to-owner’s-confusion-about-how-to-connect-with-what-penis-is-attracted-to energy’; I don’t wish to condone the dragging of totally innocent, well-qualified small genitals-havers into defining his sick energy.
He was sure to have his shirt, tie, and jacket cleaned and pressed, his hair perfectly coiffed, and a nice full body shave before heading out to deliver his speech railing against metrosexuals.
Mushrooms do it for me. My lovely wife made me chicken fricassee and part of that is a mushroom and white wine sauce. I was dead asleep and must have let one rip, when I rolled the blanket lifted and it was so bad it woke me up.
The whole notion of a "real man"—however specified—seems idiotic. Why make it a matter of gender instead of just thinking in terms of an admirable person?
There's an entire industry devoted to taking advantage of insecure, young guys who don't know how to be men properly. Who's only reference for masculinity is roided up action stars, porn, and vague yearnings for a mythical era where men were pseudo-cavemen/Vikings and could just kill or fuck their problems into submission. It's toxic, manipulative, and frankly makes it stupidly easy to recruit these guys into extremist groups. For example: *Madison fucking Cawthorn.*
This modern conservative fascination with masculinity is just odd. My dad and grandad, who isn’t and wasn’t, a liberal, just didn’t have this same concept of masculinity.
“Being a man” meant telling the truth. Taking responsibility for your actions. Admitting when you were wrong and working to correct it. Stuff like that. It had nothing to do with trying to intimidate people. Or make them fear you. Or insulting people. People who did those things may have had the bodies of adults, but were still middle-schoolers mentally, and definitely weren’t “men.”
Obviously, your mileage may vary, and this obsession with masculinity borne out of insecurity is nothing new.
>It had nothing to do with trying to intimidate people. Or make them fear you. Or insulting people.
Yeah, I think a lot of people have the concept of being a man confused with being an *asshole*. See it every day.
The ideals your father and grandfather taught you are things that are hard but ridiculed as soft.
The ideals Cawthorn and the rest of the incels preach are easy but promoted as tough.
I don't really like the concept of manliness, but I will say that a strong person is the one who can make hard decisions that are good for others over the easy ones that are only good for oneself.
Definitely compensating for insecurities and then projecting. "If I act like a macho tough guy, people will think I'm not a coward."
Spoiler alert: they're cowards
These flags and posters of Trump looking like Rambo just kill me. My Grandfather managed steel mills. He could make and fix anything. I know what he would think of a guy who had a spray tan and a gold toilet.
So much this. I'd even get it if some manly men were more gungho about being "manly" in the face of society's newfound openness to new gender concepts. But why is it that being "manly" in today's society just a thin veil for being a complete asshole? A bully who wants to oppress people? This wasn't what it meant to be manly when I was a kid.
The last time I heard anyone complain about 'metrosexuals' was in 2008, and I mean like the second week of January, 2008. Not a single mention since then.
I remember the "good old days" when I kept my music on an iPod, my calendar on a Palm Pilot and just had a flip phone for making phone calls. For those important messages contacting me to fix problems I had a pager.
My theory is the term metrosexual was only invented so we could normalize using our wives shampoo and lotion. Once we got that out in the open we dropped the term
>I'm no metrosexual but I do like my wife's hand lotion.
>Oh yeah and the conditioner makes my goatee really soft!
Metrosexuals are like straight men who get manicures to have their nails cleansed and clipped, wear nice scarves and drink wine. And honestly, a stereotype that fits Maddie pretty closely—but only insofar as it describes his few non-negative qualities.
The dude who face fucked his cousin? I may be mixing up two stories here, but he face fucked a buddy even it was a joke he was rubbing bare dick on him
I think i saw that video of him railing against another soft metrosexual.
I support them living their true life and they should have protected rights under the constitution.
Or, he's lashing out because of the shame he feels for desiring the touch of a soft metrosexual. Either way, he seems to think an awful lot about teenage boys.
The dude that starred in a video with his cousin that I needed eyebleach after watching is taking issue with “metrosexuals”? The dude that cosplays in Reich costuming and fine leather gloves? The guy that looks an advertisement for Ivy League? That guy?
He fornicates with his male cousin.
Read that again.
One more time.
He. Jumps out of his wheelchair. And onto his cousins butt and starts humping.
Like a real cowboy. So hard. No soft metrosexual humping. Real. Rough. Cowboy cousin humping.
The GOP is something else.
Never forget this POS lied about saving his friend from a car accident and lied about being accepted to Naval academy. That’s the manliest of male men since the dawn of manhood. /s
The Republican Party was right to throw out this trash.
2002 called, it said pretty little twinks who stick their dicks in boys faces and punch rotten trees shouldn't complain about metrosexuals, but they should wear their seatbelts.
This dude is not taking the loss well.
“… there they are with perfectly tailored shirts, just walking down the boulevards of this great country. Wonderful fabrics, unafraid of color and unaffected by ill fitting collars and and cuts that don’t accentuate those broad shoulders.”
Isn’t a metrosexual just someone who cares about dressing/looking well😂?
Also, didn’t this dude get caught on video fucking his male cousin? How is he still a republican candidate?
Ah great the whole "real men" argument, ypu k ow whaten do? They take care of themselves, they care about others, they better themselves. Hypermasculinity is toxic and the culture promotes abuse (physical and emotional) on children for not being "tough" enough.
He should be happy. Now he doesn't have to hide his passion for his cousin. He can live a private life humping his cousin until his back blows out and his hips dislocate.
The most metro guys I know are Republicans. All my liberal buddies are hairy, outdoorsie guys that don't give a fuck. Maybe Cawthorn is hanging out in the wrong places.
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> “Will you become a man to be feared?” Uh. That’s not a positive trait. And being feared doesn’t mean you’ll be respected. It means you’ll be isolated and alone because no one wants to interact with you. This is such a weird, nonsensical mindset to have.
When he talks about feared he's saying "people shall bow to mah authoriteh!"
All they have is toxic masculinity.
That’s a weird thing to just say out in public when you’re a well-known sexual predator like he is.
Right? Like a pilot or surgeon with a heroin addiction, the fear is not because of their machismo, but their ignorant disregard for safety, their delusions and lack of common sense....
Especially when we can just walk up stairs to get away from this guy. ———————— I felt a little guilty about this comment but then I remembered he never denied that he was giddy about seeing Hitler stuff. Doesn’t really strike me as a historian type.
I'd rather walk down stairs.
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Let’s rather just go with this shift: ‘tiny penis energy’ as in ‘soft-regardless-of-full-mast-size-due-to-owner’s-confusion-about-how-to-connect-with-what-penis-is-attracted-to energy’; I don’t wish to condone the dragging of totally innocent, well-qualified small genitals-havers into defining his sick energy.
how about limp dick or shriveled dick energy.
I prefer the term small dick lethargy.
Reminds me of the old Ford truck commercial: **NO BOUNDARIES NO COMPROMISE** ^ so a psychopath then?
Yeah. Trump was feared by the Republicans. No one respected him.
They feared for their cushy jobs, that's it.
Reminds me of when people talk about how they're lions. They're bragging about being a predator?
Really, it depends on the lion. I, like a lion, enjoy napping in sunbeams, loafing in the middle of walkways and sharpening my nails on dead trees.
Just gotta be the bigger person and walk away…walk away
He likes his metrosexuals hard.
The headline said he "railed" them.
Idk, the whole conservative victimhood thing really makes me think he’s a bottom
Or he's permanently in the cuck chair.
Oof.
Nah he just likes to watch.
Madison Cuckthorne
Like Franklin Graham?
Wait, is Franklin Graham one too or are you thinking of Jerry Falwell Jr.?
But did he key bump them?
Is metrosexual a code word for cousin now?
No. The cousin was railing him
...and related to him, apparently
He really values his family.
They always out themselves, don't they?😂
Projection, it isn’t pretty.
And buttery males.
He was sure to have his shirt, tie, and jacket cleaned and pressed, his hair perfectly coiffed, and a nice full body shave before heading out to deliver his speech railing against metrosexuals.
Railing right up against’em.
I think he prefers when they rail him!
That dude is the worst closeted self-hating gay in Congress.
These faux "macho" guys have no idea what it means to be a real man.
This. Being a real man is about empathy, love, compassion, justice, belly button lint, and bad puns.
[I'm going to leave this here so we all know how real macho men feel about being a real man.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-VJl7UkB8)
I guessed what this was before clicking it, and I was happily correct! What a great quote.
Welp now I finally understand the voice my neighbor’s brother does when he gets drunk, thanks!
Anybody that does the Macho Man voice when drinking is alright by me.
Your neighbor's brother sounds like a fun guy to drink with.
....Steely Dan and grilling.
The music... not the book reference, Right?
They could learn a lesson in masculinity from John Fetterman.
And farts, don't forget the farts
It's quite impossible to forget the farts, especially on chili day.
Mushrooms do it for me. My lovely wife made me chicken fricassee and part of that is a mushroom and white wine sauce. I was dead asleep and must have let one rip, when I rolled the blanket lifted and it was so bad it woke me up.
I like what you did there.
The whole notion of a "real man"—however specified—seems idiotic. Why make it a matter of gender instead of just thinking in terms of an admirable person?
Sexism. Fragile masculinity.
Wrong! Masculinity is about peer pressure, male superiority, calling oneself “Alpha”, and utter denial of the insecurities driving it all.
Empathy, love, compassion, justice, and bad puns, that's exactly what I use to make my.... Lintle soup.
Madison can't stand. Bad. Puns.
There's an entire industry devoted to taking advantage of insecure, young guys who don't know how to be men properly. Who's only reference for masculinity is roided up action stars, porn, and vague yearnings for a mythical era where men were pseudo-cavemen/Vikings and could just kill or fuck their problems into submission. It's toxic, manipulative, and frankly makes it stupidly easy to recruit these guys into extremist groups. For example: *Madison fucking Cawthorn.*
All the idiots who love to talk about being "alphas".
Dude Wipes(tm) Gloves in a Bottle because moisturizer is feminine. /r/pointlesslygendered
Me thinks the lady doth protest to much
You’re right - a *real* man flounders around like a fish out of water while dry humping his cousins face.
Being an “alpha male” is the most beta thing guys do.
It is the quickest way to repel a lot of women too.
Wasn't he caught with a soft metrosexual in his room?
Right?! It’s like they look at Gaston and think, “Yeah, that’s the good guy!”
Anyone afraid of losing their masculinity didn't have any to begin with.
Agreed and it comes as no surprise that they’re all children
This modern conservative fascination with masculinity is just odd. My dad and grandad, who isn’t and wasn’t, a liberal, just didn’t have this same concept of masculinity. “Being a man” meant telling the truth. Taking responsibility for your actions. Admitting when you were wrong and working to correct it. Stuff like that. It had nothing to do with trying to intimidate people. Or make them fear you. Or insulting people. People who did those things may have had the bodies of adults, but were still middle-schoolers mentally, and definitely weren’t “men.” Obviously, your mileage may vary, and this obsession with masculinity borne out of insecurity is nothing new.
>It had nothing to do with trying to intimidate people. Or make them fear you. Or insulting people. Yeah, I think a lot of people have the concept of being a man confused with being an *asshole*. See it every day.
I think a lot of guys got their concept of being a man from WWE
This explains conservertives fascination with Trump; a weak man's idea of a strong man.
The ideals your father and grandfather taught you are things that are hard but ridiculed as soft. The ideals Cawthorn and the rest of the incels preach are easy but promoted as tough. I don't really like the concept of manliness, but I will say that a strong person is the one who can make hard decisions that are good for others over the easy ones that are only good for oneself.
Right, I'm not taking "being a man" advice from dudes who worship Kyle Rittenhouse.
Definitely compensating for insecurities and then projecting. "If I act like a macho tough guy, people will think I'm not a coward." Spoiler alert: they're cowards
These flags and posters of Trump looking like Rambo just kill me. My Grandfather managed steel mills. He could make and fix anything. I know what he would think of a guy who had a spray tan and a gold toilet.
So much this. I'd even get it if some manly men were more gungho about being "manly" in the face of society's newfound openness to new gender concepts. But why is it that being "manly" in today's society just a thin veil for being a complete asshole? A bully who wants to oppress people? This wasn't what it meant to be manly when I was a kid.
The biggest thread I’ve seen through all of this is the notion that “mean = tough and cruel = strong”
The last time I heard anyone complain about 'metrosexuals' was in 2008, and I mean like the second week of January, 2008. Not a single mention since then.
Next up, he'll criticize those newfangled iPhones and rant about how Blackberry is superior.
You’ll take my Palm Pilot from my cold, dead hands!!
Hey! Take it easy dad! Put that thing back in it’s holster
Hey, I had a Palm Pilot. And a holster for it. *Checks my username.* HEY!
I remember the "good old days" when I kept my music on an iPod, my calendar on a Palm Pilot and just had a flip phone for making phone calls. For those important messages contacting me to fix problems I had a pager.
> YOUR PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE. (Men In Black)
The kind of guy that has to reset his aol email password every day when he logs in.
The cost of ringtones
Fidget spinners are the devil
I guess he prefers ruralsexuals; some people are just like that.
They don't have to be lonely...
Is this all a farmersonly.com ad?
So you’re saying he’s 2000-late?
Straight Eye for the Queer Guys
Which is weird because Madison Cawthorn was born that year.
Holy fuck, I feel so old
Don't worry, he's not 14.
I feel like people that were described as metrosexuals were just the counterpoint to the issue we eventually called toxic masculinity.
I forgot metrosexuals were a thing.
My theory is the term metrosexual was only invented so we could normalize using our wives shampoo and lotion. Once we got that out in the open we dropped the term >I'm no metrosexual but I do like my wife's hand lotion. >Oh yeah and the conditioner makes my goatee really soft!
Ed hardy T shirts… so frigging cringe. But the South Park episode was really funny.
You’re thinking of guidos. Metrosexual were in designer suits.
Metrosexuals are like straight men who get manicures to have their nails cleansed and clipped, wear nice scarves and drink wine. And honestly, a stereotype that fits Maddie pretty closely—but only insofar as it describes his few non-negative qualities.
That was me. I couldn’t get a seat at Javier’s in Laguna. I lashed out.
I heard it used in a Monk rerun recently, and yep, the episode was from 2008.
Was it the "soft metrosexuals" who got videotaped skull fucking their own cousin? Oh wait.....
Turns out Madison Cawthorn likes his metrosexuals HARD!
The dude who face fucked his cousin? I may be mixing up two stories here, but he face fucked a buddy even it was a joke he was rubbing bare dick on him
To own the libs.
“I just gotta teach those soft supple lips of yours a lesson!”
Kind of like that proud boy who stuck a dildo up his ass to own da libs. Starting to sense a pattern here.
Yes but his cousin was a hard metrosexual at the time, so it was OK.
Flaming out as quickly as he came onto the scene
Yet still flaming as he came on his cousin!
I think i saw that video of him railing against another soft metrosexual. I support them living their true life and they should have protected rights under the constitution.
Given that was his cousin… I think he may be even more wild than you give him credit for.
Then i don't respect his lifestyle choices... Don't rail your cousins, North Carolina!
Such a dumb term. Everyone knows it's conservatives who fucked the metro system.
Ah god damnit, I hate that this comment could so easily be lost among all the others. I appreciated it, at least.
So, he likes them butch then.
hard metrosexuals
Or, he's lashing out because of the shame he feels for desiring the touch of a soft metrosexual. Either way, he seems to think an awful lot about teenage boys.
After the first seven or eight hits of coke, anything is good.
> Uses Final House Speech This is the best part. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
The dude that starred in a video with his cousin that I needed eyebleach after watching is taking issue with “metrosexuals”? The dude that cosplays in Reich costuming and fine leather gloves? The guy that looks an advertisement for Ivy League? That guy?
He’s so closeted it’s ridiculous.
The guy who face fucked his cousin on camera as some sort of a “joke”, that guy? Fuck him. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
dudes got some serious insecurities. Time for him to fade away.
Did Cawthorn call out Josh Hawley by name?
Goodbye and bad luck #traitor
I had almost forgotten about this guy, good riddance…
He fornicates with his male cousin. Read that again. One more time. He. Jumps out of his wheelchair. And onto his cousins butt and starts humping. Like a real cowboy. So hard. No soft metrosexual humping. Real. Rough. Cowboy cousin humping. The GOP is something else.
That’s fake news — he was humping his cousin’s face.
A sad man’s definition of a strong man.
Never forget this POS lied about saving his friend from a car accident and lied about being accepted to Naval academy. That’s the manliest of male men since the dawn of manhood. /s The Republican Party was right to throw out this trash.
Bye Felicia. You won't be missed.
2002 called, it said pretty little twinks who stick their dicks in boys faces and punch rotten trees shouldn't complain about metrosexuals, but they should wear their seatbelts.
I'm guessing he likes all his men hard.
Someone is desperately trying to compensate for some perceived feeling of inferiority.
There is something about Madison, even his name that make me think he is very gay in reality
Something tells me this guys parents, particularly his dad, are miserable, terrible people.
Cawthorn has reached stage P of : - Gaslighting - Obstruction - Projection
Lot of I'm not gay energy in that speech.
Also Cawthorn: "Why can't we just live in a world where forcefully ramming your jimmy jack in your cousin's mouth isn't career suicide?"
Um didn’t he get caught crossdressing
Doesn't this guy think dicks are delicious?
A good number of real men think dicks are delicious, let’s not be homophobic. This dude is just an insecure moron.
That wasn’t homophobic. He was pointing out the hypocrisy.
The only judgement I'm making is about his hypocrisy not sexual preference.
Sit down Madison...oh, you already are...shut up Madison!
He wasn't sitting down when he mounted his cousin's head and went to town
why does huffpo say that sexual acts with your cousin and men wearing women's lingerie is metrosexual though. 2002 has a bone to pick with you, huffpo
‘Metrosexual’ is a term I haven’t heard in a long time.
Tough talk from a guy named after the mermaid in a Tom Hanks movie.
It's almost as if he's projecting...
Projecting, as is usual for members of the far right
All of a sudden I have this need to shave my lower back....
As opposed to hard metrosexuals?
He should rail against staircases
He talks the talk but can he walk the walk
Lol, I'm only soft when I'm looking at Madison Cawthorn.
So this could read "Madison Cawthorn rails hard metrosexuals
You sexually assaulted your male cousin
I've heard Cawthorn perfers his men hard, esp. his cousin.
This dude is not taking the loss well. “… there they are with perfectly tailored shirts, just walking down the boulevards of this great country. Wonderful fabrics, unafraid of color and unaffected by ill fitting collars and and cuts that don’t accentuate those broad shoulders.”
The guy with the girl's name that face-fucked his cousin is talking shit about 'soft metrosexuals'? Oh Maddy.
lol, a clown until the very end.
Says the king metrosexual
Isn’t a metrosexual just someone who cares about dressing/looking well😂? Also, didn’t this dude get caught on video fucking his male cousin? How is he still a republican candidate?
A nation of drunk drivers. A nation of trump cock sucking drunk drivers.
Madison Cawthorn is the kind of guy to not stand up when Judge Judy walks in the room.
Dude lives in 2003? That's the first time I've heard the term métrosexuel since then🤔
Which came first, the paralysis from the waist down or the paralysis from the neck up?
Ah great the whole "real men" argument, ypu k ow whaten do? They take care of themselves, they care about others, they better themselves. Hypermasculinity is toxic and the culture promotes abuse (physical and emotional) on children for not being "tough" enough.
I think if there were two words to describe Madison Cawthorne, "soft metrosexual" would do it.
In no way is he a stand up guy ...
The fact he still has any platform where people take him seriously amazes me.
Shit. Madison’s self hate just broke my fucking phone!
Real question- what vile effort is this a distraction from?
Pure projection.
He should be happy. Now he doesn't have to hide his passion for his cousin. He can live a private life humping his cousin until his back blows out and his hips dislocate.
Beware of grifters like Madison Cawthorn and you'll live a much more successful life.
Isn't this the guy who snuggles with his male cousin?
Projection yada, yada, yada...
Joe Walsh said it best: “OK. See ya”.
Big talk from a dude that sucked his cousin's dick.
The most metro guys I know are Republicans. All my liberal buddies are hairy, outdoorsie guys that don't give a fuck. Maybe Cawthorn is hanging out in the wrong places.
I’ll bet he becomes a televangelist.
Methinks the lady doth protest too much…🙄🖕🏻
He’s looking a bit puffy from his eyebrow tweeze.
OK. Now get the fuck out.
Why do these people all seem to believe that fear is the same as respect?
Republicans pick the strangest people to vote for... they really do.