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Was Charlie Kirk the last person in America who would speak up for young men, give them courage, tell them to stand tall with their shoulders back?
We’re now in a gruesome age where mothers lament when they have sons. Young men are vilified for not having jobs, for having the wrong kind of jobs, for making too much money or not making enough, for dating a lot, not dating at all, trying to look good, not trying hard enough, taking care of their own kids, not being home enough, working too much—pick a thing and young men are told they’re doing it wrong.
The fight over sexual equality, gender parity, feminism, and all the rest of it has left men out in the cold. When the push for parity began, I think women wanted a seat at the table next to men, I don’t think they imagined kicking men out entirely. Looking out at the world as the mother of a son it’s clear the opportunities seem far less than they did when I was a young woman looking out at the world with my own options.
Speaking on Jesse Watters after the GOP’s midterm defeat, Tim Pool was asked “How do Republicans win back young men?”
Pool responded, “I’m not sure they do. And it’s worse than people realize.” He said that the young men who turned out for Trump in 2024, many under the inspiration of Charlie Kirk, voted Democrat because they wanted to “burn the Republican Party down.”
Young men between the ages of 18 and 29 who have not been to college voted for Democrats, and it’s likely, Pool said, not because the Dems are promising something better but because, with an accelerationist world view, bringing Dems into power is the fastest way to just destroy everything. “Politics is not this world where every 2 to 4 years we try to switch this guy from Democrat to Republican. The young generation built these views over the past decade, when they were 10 years old, when they were 14, 15, 16. A first-time voter was 12 during COVID. They did not have a formed political view.
“As these young voters enter for the first time into politics they are bringing views into the fray that we have not seen before, and their views aren’t changing with the argument, their views already exist.”
Is anyone out there voicing those views? Is anyone out there listening to these men? I think the answer is probably, sadly, not really. And when no one is listening, people start burning.
Libby