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Binkie The Clown

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17. That fear explains the gun culture too.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Sun Jul 9, 2017, 03:37 PM

Jul 2017

little boys afraid of the monsters under the bed.

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One thing I've noticed about RW males [View all] SHRED Jul 2017 OP

Agree!!! I've noticed the same. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2017 #1

There you have it Achilleaze Jul 2017 #2

Most of them, I would bet, do not even KNOW they are "afraid." pangaia Jul 2017 #8

I wish they would leave and go to the home of the authoritarian Alice11111 Jul 2017 #31

Interesting, I see that with almost all men. It's just that the markers for "macho" are different. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #3

See Altemeyer on Trumps Supporters elleng Jul 2017 #4

Without question. Dawson Leery Jul 2017 #5

I would say not those who practice a martial art for the right reasons. pangaia Jul 2017 #9

The football and wrestlers gave us smart kids a hard time. Dawson Leery Jul 2017 #11

I wasn't talking about jocks. pangaia Jul 2017 #18

I think you're right. And I've seen truly confident men who are not macho at all. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #6

That's me!!!! YEAH !!!!!!!!!!! pangaia Jul 2017 #10

Yes there is a difference between confident masculinity and macho insecurity. emulatorloo Jul 2017 #14

yes being a male bdtrppr6 Jul 2017 #26

They also wear the worst fake hair pieces money can buy. democratisphere Jul 2017 #7

I just was at McDonald's and saw a guy doing the Nazi salute. Initech Jul 2017 #12

OMG...teaching kids. I'm afraid I would have told him in front Alice11111 Jul 2017 #32

They need a big strong infallible Daddy to protect them and tell them what to think and do emulatorloo Jul 2017 #13

And they never ever think of themselves as equal to women or any other minority or visa versa. Lars39 Jul 2017 #15

You all know my neighbor TEB Jul 2017 #16

x1000 bdtrppr6 Jul 2017 #27

That fear explains the gun culture too. Binkie The Clown Jul 2017 #17

My Repub brother, gun fear, RW, tight assed, tense, but Alice11111 Jul 2017 #33

In other words...daddy issues for men. Xolodno Jul 2017 #19

It must be the testosterone combined with poor self esteem BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #20

That was always my impression, too DFW Jul 2017 #21

That's why they like trump so much JI7 Jul 2017 #23

I have always found the chest beating types to be cowards JI7 Jul 2017 #22

Well....Tarzan.... magicarpet Jul 2017 #24

Tarzan was da man 🙂 SHRED Jul 2017 #25

I grew up surrounded by them in rural Kentucky. PinkFloyd Jul 2017 #28

50 Shades of Grey movie Not Ruth Jul 2017 #29

I used to get a kick out the ads in my father in law's Newsmax magazines. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2017 #30

I don't take it, I get in their face every time... Fluke a Snooker Jul 2017 #34