{"id":2327280,"date":"2024-08-20T05:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T09:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-praise-veep-pick-as-americas-dad-while-neutering-men\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T05:19:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T09:19:59","slug":"dems-praise-veep-pick-as-americas-dad-while-neutering-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-praise-veep-pick-as-americas-dad-while-neutering-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Praise Veep Pick As &#8216;America&#8217;s Dad&#8217; While Neutering Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-praise-veep-pick-as-americas-dad-while-neutering-men%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2327280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the media portrayal of \u2064Tim Walz, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powells-georgia-emergency-declaratory-judgment-demands-seizure-of-every-voting-machine-in-state\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell&#039;s Georgia Emergency Declaratory Judgment Demands Seizure of Every Voting Machine in State\">recently announced<\/a> as Kamala Harris&#8217;s \u2062running mate, as &#8220;America&#8217;s dad.&#8221; \u200cFollowing his\u200b nomination, various outlets emphasized his relatable, fatherly qualities, contributing \u200cto a narrative that celebrates him as a comforting\u2063 figure. However, the author critiques this portrayal, arguing \u200dthat it starkly\u200b contrasts with contemporary Democratic policies\u200d that promote fewer men becoming fathers,\u2062 citing initiatives\u2063 around abortion\u200c and vasectomies as examples. They express concern about the perceived\u200c hypocrisy of Democrats who advocate \u200bfor policies limiting fatherhood while simultaneously hailing Walz&#8217;s\u2063 fatherly image.\u200d The piece further suggests that this dichotomy represents a larger trend of diminishing the significance of traditional fatherhood and masculinity within a growing \u200bgovernment framework, questioning the authenticity of the media&#8217;s celebration of Walz amid these contradictions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Instantly after Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate two weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-abortion-views-are-far-too-radical-to-benefit-from-the-post-roe-political-reality\/\" title=\"Democrats\u2019 Abortion Views Are Far Too Radical To Benefit From The Post-Roe Political Reality\">corporate media began<\/a>, in unison, labeling him &ldquo;America&rsquo;s dad.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;This is America&rsquo;s dad&rsquo;: Walz electrifies with introductory speech backed by powerful resume,&rdquo; blared an MSNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/watch\/-this-is-america-s-dad-walz-electrifies-with-introductory-speech-backed-by-powerful-resume-216582213577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headline<\/a> earlier this month. &ldquo;&lsquo;Midwestern Nice&rsquo; and &lsquo;Fun Dad&rsquo; posts abound after Tim Walz is named VP pick,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/07\/g-s1-15729\/tim-walz-midwest-dad-memes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> the hard-hitting and publicly funded NPR (which at this point is basically Teen Vogue for Birkenstock Boomers).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is Tim Walz &lsquo;America&rsquo;s Dad&rsquo;? Women on TikTok See Father Figure in VP Pick,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/is-tim-walz-americas-dad-women-on-tiktok-see-father-figure-in-vp-pick\/ar-AA1owO88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> Monica Sager in Newsweek last week. &ldquo;How the internet cast Tim Walz as America&rsquo;s Midwestern dad,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/power\/2024\/08\/08\/tim-walz-midwestern-dad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crooned<\/a> the not-softball-at-all Washington Post when his pick was announced. &ldquo;The Political Appeal of the Aggressively Normal Dad,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/08\/arts\/tim-walz-meme-normal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cooed<\/a> The New York Times. &ldquo;Tim Walz&rsquo;s &ldquo;big dad energy&rdquo; wins hearts across the internet,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/07\/tim-walz-midwestern-dad-internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advertised<\/a> Axios. &ldquo;Dad is on the ballot,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2024\/08\/tim-walz-dad-memes\/679393\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headlined<\/a> The Atlantic, formerly known as an outlet for deeper takes on current affairs.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Rolling Stone made sure we were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/tim-walz-joins-tiktok-with-a-signature-dad-joke\/ar-AA1oWoIc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">informed<\/a> that &ldquo;Tim Walz Joins TikTok With a Signature Dad Joke.&rdquo; Thanks, Third Estate. Super-deep reporting there on the guy who could be a heartbeat away from the presidency. The Americans who start voting in one month, especially, are indebted for your incisive work informing them what to expect from this addition to the Democrat ticket.<\/p>\n<p>At this point we&rsquo;re used to media outlets boosted by government censors acting as obvious propaganda machines. Matt Orfalea and Tom Elliott are among the many who constantly illustrate that in catchy videos. Here are some recent illustrations of a years-long phenomenon.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>TV flacks all repeating the exact same words in unison across outlets is by now routine, likely amped by the AI and algorithms selecting everything you see on a screen. What&rsquo;s different in this specific story, however, is the odd juxtaposition of lefties celebrating Walz as a father and father figure exactly as Democrats expand their efforts to make sure fewer and fewer men ever become fathers. <\/p>\n<p>A highly visible demonstration of this is the &ldquo;free abortion and vasectomies&rdquo; truck frequenting &mdash; perhaps in a back alley? &mdash; the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago. &ldquo;Vasectomies are reportedly in high demand and there&rsquo;s already a waiting list&rdquo; for truck appointments, the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/health\/other\/free-abortions-and-vasectomies-18-foot-tall-inflatable-iud-called-freeda-womb-to-be-erected-at-dnc-in-chicago\/ar-AA1oYX1O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Saturday. Abortion and vasectomies, as well as other forms of birth control, all prevent fathers from ever seeing the light in their own children&rsquo;s eyes or feeling the flutter of a little heart and feet inside the mother of their child.<\/p>\n<p>After the Supreme Court allowed states to determine their abortion laws in overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> in 2022, corporate outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/story\/2024-05-14\/younger-patients-sought-vasectomies-after-roe-vs-wade-overturned\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> increases in vasectomies, especially among younger men and even in blue states where abortion laws were largely unchanged. Nearly half of Americans younger than 50 who are childless recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2024\/07\/25\/the-experiences-of-u-s-adults-who-dont-have-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Pew Research they don&rsquo;t ever want children, a historically unpredecented attitude obviously driven by decades of the left&rsquo;s anti-child propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>So it&rsquo;s extremely disorienting, if not completely unbelievable and a little terrifying, to hear the same Democrats pushing sterility cheer on Walz as a &ldquo;fun dad&rdquo; and &ldquo;everyone&rsquo;s Midwestern dad.&rdquo; Walz&rsquo;s fatherhood is something their efforts will make sure fewer and fewer Americans ever experience. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the eerie comments leftist outlets record reveal the real play here: to hollow out the reality of fatherhood &mdash; which requires, you know, physically making a baby and then parenting that child with all your might for that child&rsquo;s entire life &mdash; while using this hollowed-out, primal archetype as a big-government skinsuit. The Independent&rsquo;s U.S. edition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/tim-walz-midwestern-dad-republicans-b2595108.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quoted<\/a> women on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> describing Walz&rsquo;s &ldquo;dad vibes&rdquo; as replacing their very own flesh-and-blood fathers: &ldquo;Young liberal voters love Tim Walz. He&rsquo;s a reminder of the dad they lost to partisan division.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The article, and <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/184654\/tim-walz-perfect-antidote-brainwashed-fox-news-dads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another<\/a> like it from The New Republic titled &ldquo;Tim Walz Is the Perfect Antidote to the Brainwashed Fox News Dads,&rdquo; quotes young women gushing over Walz for reminding them of their dads, while maintaining leftist views like them. These young women tell the world on social media how rotten their own dads are for watching Fox News and voting for Donald Trump, and how they wish their dads were cool &mdash; meaning, Democrats &mdash; like some total stranger running for vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the sheer hubris, not to mention the deep psychological denial, involved in repeatedly shaming your own father for his personal beliefs before the whole world while believing that <em>you <\/em>are the completely righteous and fully justified person in this relationship. The woman featured in The New Republic not only <em>made a documentary<\/em> about her dad enjoying Fox News, <em>but installed a child lock on his TV so he could only watch leftist cable news<\/em> until he relented and watched MSNBC and CNN! Excuse me, who is the deranged person here? <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it&rsquo;s impossible to really celebrate fatherhood without also celebrating the authority that comes with it. Fathers aren&rsquo;t awesome for the soft things Democrats accented in relation to Walz, like making bad jokes and checking your tire pressure. They are awesome because of the unique things that male biology brings to the table in contrast to women&rsquo;s unique offerings: their physical and emotional strength, their protective instincts, their primal urges to protect and provide.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats call these aspects of masculinity toxic. As Matt Taibbi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racket.news\/p\/on-positive-masculinity?publication_id=1042&amp;post_id=147815886&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozNTE3MzQzLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxNDc4MTU4ODYsImlhdCI6MTcyNDAwMzY5NiwiZXhwIjoxNzI2NTk1Njk2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTA0MiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.vYK0zCgPleF-mNDb53a5jHWr26pLdbKNOWrGvs1MNcw&amp;r=23dzz&amp;triedRedirect=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed out<\/a>, the left only calls men manly in a positive sense when those men are acting like women:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Recapping: as a white heterosexual who served in the military, coached football and hunts, Walz might &ldquo;<em>not<\/em>&nbsp;seem like the epitome of positive masculinity&rdquo;! But since he&rsquo;s also comfortable showing &ldquo;more traditionally feminine traits&rdquo; and &ldquo;letting women take center stage,&rdquo; Walz might represent a net-positive new archetype.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What&rsquo;s more emasculating than, well, sterilizing your man parts? That&rsquo;s the core definition of emasculating! Clearly, Democrats aren&rsquo;t interested in fathers. What they want is to replace fathers with government while obscuring that&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s going on. They are working to detach people from their own families and attach the feelings that belong to family instead to government, a process the Independent and New Republic articles illustrate is well underway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are both saying that Walz being a father is a good thing that should create warm feelings for him and that fatherhood is icky, disgusting, troublesome, and toxic. The evidence for which one of these they <em>really <\/em>believe in and which is a big, fat propaganda operation is right there amid the cut male genitals inside that DNC sterilization van and at Planned Parenthood gender clinics all across the country.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist. Her new book with Regnery is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/false-colors-the-flag-of-our-occupation-joy-pullmann\/20707173?ean=9781684515875\">False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America<\/a>.&#8221;  A happy wife and the mother of six children, her ebooks include &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/R1JL\">Classic Books For Young Children<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/a2Jzp\">101 Strategies For Living Well Amid Inflation<\/a>.&#8221;      An 18-year education and politics reporter, Joy has testified before nearly two dozen legislatures on education policy and appeared on major media including Tucker Carlson, CNN, Fox News, OANN, NewsMax, Ben Shapiro, and Dennis Prager. Joy is a grateful graduate of the Hillsdale College honors and journalism programs who identifies as native American and gender natural.  Joy is also the cofounder of a high-performing Christian classical school and the author and coauthor of classical curricula.    Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/professor-banned-from-christian-campus-for-criticizing-identity-politics-settles-case\/\" title=\"Professor settles case after criticizing identity politics on Christian campus\">traditionally published books<\/a> also include &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Education-Invasion-Parents-Control-American\/dp\/1594038813\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486730068&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=education+invasion\">The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids<\/a>,&#8221; from Encounter Books.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immediately following Kamala Harris&#8217;s announcement of Tim Walz as her running mate two weeks ago, mainstream media collectively began referring to him as &#8220;America&#8217;s dad.&#8221; An MSNBC headline proclaimed, &#8220;&#8216;This is America\u2019s dad&#8217;: Walz electrifies with introductory speech backed by powerful resume,&#8221; while NPR reported on the surge of posts celebrating his &#8220;Midwestern Nice&#8221; and &#8220;Fun Dad&#8221; persona. Newsweek featured an article titled, \u201cIs Tim Walz \u2018America\u2019s Dad\u2019? Women on TikTok See Father Figure in VP Pick,\u201d and The Washington Post noted how the internet portrayed him as a quintessential Midwestern father. The New York Times discussed \u201cThe Political Appeal of the Aggressively Normal Dad,\u201d and Axios highlighted that \u201cTim Walz\u2019s \u2018big dad energy\u2019 wins hearts across the internet.\u201d Even The Atlantic chimed in with a headline stating, \u201cDad is on the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Rolling Stone informed readers that \u201cTim Walz Joins TikTok With a Signature Dad Joke.\u201d This kind of reporting seems trivial for someone who could be just one heartbeat away from the presidency. As Americans prepare to vote next month, they owe thanks to these outlets for their insightful coverage regarding this addition to the Democratic ticket.<\/p>\n<p>We have grown accustomed to media platforms influenced by government oversight acting as propaganda tools. Matt Orfalea and Tom Elliott frequently showcase this through engaging videos. Recent examples illustrate a long-standing trend where TV personalities echo identical phrases across various channels\u2014likely amplified by AI algorithms determining what content we see. However, what&#8217;s particularly striking about this narrative is how left-leaning commentators celebrate Walz as a father figure even while Democrats are actively working to reduce opportunities for men to become fathers.<\/p>\n<p>A clear example of this contradiction was seen at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with a truck promoting &#8220;free abortion and vasectomies.&#8221; Reports indicated high demand for vasectomies among younger men\u2014even in states where abortion laws remained unchanged after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. A Pew Research survey revealed that nearly half of Americans under 50 without children expressed they do not want kids\u2014a sentiment shaped by decades of anti-child messaging from progressive circles.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it feels disorienting\u2014and somewhat alarming\u2014to hear Democrats who advocate for sterilization simultaneously praise Walz as everyone&#8217;s &#8220;fun dad.&#8221; Their initiatives will likely ensure fewer individuals experience fatherhood themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Some unsettling comments captured by leftist media reveal an underlying agenda: diminishing genuine fatherhood\u2014which involves creating life and nurturing it\u2014while repurposing its essence into something palatable for big government narratives. For instance, women on social media described how Walz&#8217;s &#8220;dad vibes&#8221; filled voids left by their own fathers: \u201cYoung liberal voters love Tim Walz; he reminds them of dads lost due to political divides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Articles like one from The New Republic titled \u201cTim Walz Is the Perfect Antidote to Brainwashed Fox News Dads\u201d feature young women expressing admiration for him because he embodies traits they wish their own conservative fathers had\u2014traits associated with being more aligned politically rather than familial bonds.<\/p>\n<p>The audacity involved in publicly criticizing one&#8217;s own father over political beliefs while maintaining self-righteousness is strikingly ironic; one woman even went so far as installing parental controls on her father&#8217;s TV so he could only access left-leaning news channels!<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, true celebration of fatherhood inherently includes recognizing its authority\u2014the unique strengths men bring compared to women: physical prowess, emotional resilience, protective instincts\u2014all qualities often labeled toxic by Democrats today. As Matt Taibbi pointed out regarding perceptions around masculinity: While some may view traditional masculine traits negatively unless those same men exhibit more feminine characteristics or allow women prominence.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately though\u2014what could be more emasculating than undergoing sterilization? This contradiction reveals that Democrats aren&#8217;t genuinely interested in fostering authentic paternal roles; instead they seek governmental replacements disguised under benevolent rhetoric aimed at detaching individuals from familial ties while redirecting those emotions toward state dependency\u2014a process illustrated well within articles from outlets like Independent or New Republic.<\/p>\n<p>In summary: Democrats simultaneously promote Tim Walz&#8217;s status as a positive paternal figure while denouncing traditional aspects associated with fatherhood itself\u2014as evidenced starkly through ongoing campaigns advocating against childbearing options such as abortion clinics or sterilization services available nationwide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":519,"featured_media":2327281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53915297361_bd91d73c82_k.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[13671,38645,3933,37035,37062],"class_list":["post-2327280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-masculinity","tag-americas-dad","tag-dems","tag-gender-politics","tag-veep-pick"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53915297361_bd91d73c82_k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}