Woke in its present form means excessive public concern about social justice issues that are showy aka virtue signalling. Think Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

I was really addressing why guys like Flyer Nutter get bent about such notions, which have nothing to do with their lives in any meaningful way. And how, by extension, they go from criticising excessive concern for social justice to criticising any concern for social justice.

Gay pride? Woke.
BLM? Woke.
Trans rights? Woke.

And so on.
- PT21

So ridiculous. None of this has anything to do with your average white male and they use the word as much as they breath air.

So ridiculous. None of this has anything to do with your average white male and they use the word as much as they breath air.
- roenick97

The "average white male" position is slipping in the totem pole: not so much in absolute terms but definitely relatively. Most of those getting worked up are people say 45-65, which is exactly the generation where this slippage happened. Hence my first post about looking for scapegoats etc.

There has been a profound fall in the mental health of these average white males in America that has never been encountered in developed countries. There was a ground breaking article about this in 2015:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih..../pmc/articles/PMC4679063/

and data has piled up ever since.

In the younger generation, the average white male is not getting so worked up actually. There, the stupider ones do, not the average ones.

The "average white male" position is slipping in the totem pole: not so much in absolute terms but definitely relatively. Most of those getting worked up are people say 45-65, which is exactly the generation where this slippage happened. Hence my first post about looking for scapegoats etc.

There has been a profound fall in the mental health of these average white males in America that has never been encountered in developed countries. There was a ground breaking article about this in 2015:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih..../pmc/articles/PMC4679063/

and data has piled up ever since.

In the younger generation, the average white male is not getting so worked up actually. There, the stupider ones do, not the average ones.
- PT21

This all checks out

There are certainbly uncanny similarities in their current personas: of tough guy image obliterating any semblance of rationality about methods. And there are even bigger similarities in the blind faith of both followers.

One of the regulars here made this exact same observation to me over PM many months back. I will add the same distinction I made to him then.

Torts is a self-made man who has genuinely thrived on his own accord, without help. Trump, on the other hand, received a gigantic assist from family, and his business methods literally used to be taught in top business schools as an example fo what not to do.
- PT21

Forbes estimates Trump's net worth at 3.8B. He really doesn't know what to do. LOL Regardless of how much of a loan his Father actually gave him, he turned that into billions. Maybe those business schools should not be recommended for higher education.


What you really should investigate is how left wing Democrat voters have zero semblance of rational and want to vote for an unqualified candidate who can't articulate a single policy of hers and is literally incapable of having an unscripted press conference. As far as Trump being a tough guy. He was tough in his first term as President and he is overcoming a corrupt democrat justice department and an assassination attempt. On his way to becoming the next President of the United States. That's not an image, it's a reality.

As far as "blind faith" of Trump supporters. I question your intelligence when label it blind faith to support a Presidential candidate who has and will do the following.

Lower taxes
Improve the economy
Protect the border and national security
Lower inflation
Lower gas prices and make the country energy independent AGAIN.
Lower crime
Install a peace through strength foreign policy to improve the world and keep us out of a potential WW3 due the weakness and capitulation of our enemies emboldened by the current incompetent administration. Of which Harris is a big part of.

Predictions? The Eagles will easily win their division by default cause their division sucks this year. The Cowgirls are overrated as always and the other teams suck. Love will still be a better NFL QB than Hurts though.

Tom Brady will be an absolute stiff in the booth and Fox will regret throwing all of that cash at him! Olsen was really good and they should have just kept him as their #1 color guy.

Michkov and Torts will have their first run in 3 days into camp when Michkov tires of the bag skates.

Harris will trump Trump in November, and Brittany Mahomes and Taylor Swift will have a girl fight on national TV over their political differences. That's all folks!
- Phillywhiteout

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v3SJWPJqPfw

There are certainbly uncanny similarities in their current personas: of tough guy image obliterating any semblance of rationality about methods. And there are even bigger similarities in the blind faith of both followers.

One of the regulars here made this exact same observation to me over PM many months back. I will add the same distinction I made to him then.

Torts is a self-made man who has genuinely thrived on his own accord, without help. Trump, on the other hand, received a gigantic assist from family, and his business methods literally used to be taught in top business schools as an example fo what not to do.
- PT21

Arent you due for another covid booster?