{"id":2626687,"date":"2026-07-08T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viral-post-in-wake-of-platner-allegations-perfectly-encapsulates-lefts-problem-with-toxic-masculinity\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:20:16","slug":"viral-post-in-wake-of-platner-allegations-perfectly-encapsulates-lefts-problem-with-toxic-masculinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viral-post-in-wake-of-platner-allegations-perfectly-encapsulates-lefts-problem-with-toxic-masculinity\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Post in Wake of Platner Allegations Perfectly Encapsulates Left&#8217;s Problem With &#8216;Toxic Masculinity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fviral-post-in-wake-of-platner-allegations-perfectly-encapsulates-lefts-problem-with-toxic-masculinity%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=2626687&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 content discusses the political scandal involving Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who was once celebrated for embodying &#8220;healthy masculinity&#8221; but is now disowned by his party following serious allegations, including a rape claim by a former girlfriend. The piece highlights that platner&#8217;s past scandals involve abuse and intoxication, contradicting his image of a reformed, progressive masculinity. It draws parallels with othre politicians like Eric Swalwell and Doug Emhoff, who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previously promoted similar notions<\/a> of masculinity and equality but later faced scandals or allegations of misconduct. The article critiques how certain Democrats have tried to redefine masculinity in ways that often fall apart under scrutiny, emphasizing that genuine masculinity remains unaffected by political narratives.It concludes by asserting that true masculinity surpasses the problematic concepts promoted by some modern political figures.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_6)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner was what Democrats thought a real man should be. But he turned out to be a caricature of masculinity, one behind which all sorts of rot and evil hid.<\/p>\n<p>And, as a viral post on X pointed out, he\u2019s hardly the only caricature of that sort.<\/p>\n<p>As you<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-stumped-about-how-trump-proved-them-wrong-on-oil-prices-its-the-weirdest-thing\/\" title=\"&#039;Experts&#039; Stumped About How Trump Proved Them Wrong on Oil Prices: &#039;It&#039;s the Weirdest Thing&#039;\">\u2019ve undoubtedly heard<\/a> by now, Platner is being disowned by the Democratic Party in the wake of the latest allegation against him, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-bombshell-sex-allegation-hits-platner-entered-womans-home-uninvited-forced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this one a rape claim by a former girlfriend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not like there weren\u2019t other crises that should have ended his campaign. In fact, going through them all here would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/look-dems-suddenly-turning-platner-said-numerous-credible-disqualifying-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">occasion a rapid-fire summation<\/a> that would make \u201cWe Didn\u2019t Start the Fire\u201d look like a deep dive.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice it to say that some of these problems already involved alleged abuse against women and some of them involved alleged intoxication, both of which played a role in the rape allegation against him.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats looked past it all. Why? Part of it was a willingness to be convinced by Platner\u2019s backstory, that he was a guy who had PTSD from his time in the military and had self-medicated with alcohol, but had moved past it and was looking for redemption.<\/p>\n<p>There was ample evidence that this was a lie, though, and that Platner\u2019s problems had persisted up until just before he announced his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>(The rape allegation Monday, it must be noted, dates from 2021 \u2014 but at no time in the past decade-and-a-half has Platner been free of scandal, which includes repeatedly assuring Democrats during his campaign that there were no more allegations coming forth when he clearly must have known there would be.)<\/p>\n<p>The other part of it \u2014 most of it, in fact \u2014 was that Platner exuded a new type of progressive masculinity that wasn\u2019t just \u201csoy,\u201d as the kids like to say, but was an antidote to that rascally \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ufcs-dana-white-blasts-reporter-toxic-masculinity-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">toxic masculinity<\/a>\u201d the left has spent a better part of a decade beating a drum about.<\/p>\n<p>If these allegations are true \u2014 and virtually every Democrat of note seems to take them at face value \u2014 this makes Platner even <em>more<\/em> toxic than the \u201ctoxic masculinity\u201d these people were so busy espying.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u201cEnd Wokeness\u201d account on X noted, however, this is part of a pattern:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Platner: \u201cI embody healthy masculinity\u201d<br \/> > broke into his ex\u2019s home, r*ped her<\/p>\n<p>Emhoff: \u201cToxic masculinity is a crisis\u201d<br \/> > impregnated his chiId\u2019s nanny<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell: \u201cBelieve all women\u201d<br \/> > assaulted 6+ women <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TnRUKuZzCa\">pic.twitter.com\/TnRUKuZzCa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/2074503388922782027?\">July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-platner-implodes-fetterman-blasts-bernie-sanders-inflicting-possible-rapist-communists-party\/\">take Platner<\/a>. Here was a man who, speaking to NPR, said that he embodied \u201ca healthy form of [masculinity].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I mean, I lift weights, I shoot guns, my background is obviously in the military,\u201d Platner said. \u201cI work outside, most of my hobbies are things that people tend to associate with, like, manly stuff, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exact same time, I go to therapy,\u201d Platner continued. \u201cI have a very open sort of dialogue and emotional relationship with my wife. I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-medical-professor-on-desantis-covid-success-because-hes-very-well-informed-better-than-most-epidemiologists\/\" title=\"Stanford Medical Professor On DeSantis: COVID Success Because He...s \u2018Very Well Informed,... Better Than \u2018Most Epidemiologists...\">work incredibly hard<\/a> to put myself in places where I  space with folks.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Graham Platner (D) on NPR one month ago: \u201cI represent healthy masculinity\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This did not age well \ud83d\ude2c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T3bEvgvdm5\">pic.twitter.com\/T3bEvgvdm5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/2074223124233535945?\">July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fiOMbqPHFwo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How do you do<\/a>, fellow Y-chromosome-havers?<\/p>\n<p>And if that\u2019s not enough for you, here\u2019s a six-minute clip posted by Platner in February on his definition of healthy masculinity, which includes telling young men \u201cthat masculinity is based around support.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fireside Chat: Masculinity and Winning Back Young Men\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nrB04gYa1ns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>That whole \u201cmasculinity is based around protecting those who are weaker, protecting those who aren\u2019t as lucky, protecting those who don\u2019t have the same privilege in this society that many men like me do\u201d part hasn\u2019t aged well, either.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s amazing that this is the second major Democrat who\u2019s tried to redefine masculinity that\u2019s been effectively scalped during this election cycle. California Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-reveals-swalwell-continued-harassed-victims-snapchat-following-allegedly-gruesome-sexual-abuse\/\">Eric Swalwell<\/a>, for instance, was all in on the #BelieveAllWomen thing during Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation hearings in 2018:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2018. Eric Swalwell says that Brett Kavanaugh shouldn\u2019t be on the Supreme Court because there are allegations of sexual assault against him.<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell also said that Kavanaugh deserved to be fully investigated by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>By his own logic, Swalwell should drop out of the CA\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aBOZf9RgQ9\">pic.twitter.com\/aBOZf9RgQ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MAZE (@mazemoore) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mazemoore\/status\/2042254291289698409?\">April 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>#MeToo stopped, however, when it was him, too \u2014 and with multiple women accusing him of sexual misconduct, no less.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bQSlCquD1U\">pic.twitter.com\/bQSlCquD1U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/2042800069334962405?\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After numerous reports catalogued repeated and corroborated evidence that Swalwell engaged in sexual impropriety, he dropped out of both the California gubernatorial race and his seat in Congress:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JbKgSORgu4\">pic.twitter.com\/JbKgSORgu4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/2043802702971359521?\">April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Finally, let\u2019s not forget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/savage-roasts-yet-trump-brutalizes-absent-kamala-doug-emhoff-tim-walz-front-powerful-democrats\/\">Doug Emhoff<\/a>, the first gentleman under President Joe Biden\u2019s administration. While his wife was veep, he was busy talking about the dangers posed by this perfidious \u201ctoxic masculinity\u201d to MSNBC\u2019s Nicolle Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something I have thought about a lot, I\u2019ve spoken about a lot. There\u2019s too much of toxicity \u2014 masculine toxicity out there, and we\u2019ve kind of confused what it means to be a man, what it means to be masculine,\u201d Emhoff said in 2023. \u201cYou\u2019ve got this trope out there where you have to be tough, and angry, and lash out to be strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Doug Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris, joined the crowd by condemning \u2018toxic masculinity.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no such thing as toxic masculinity, only toxic behavior. Toxicity is not gender specific. However, no one goes around talking about \u2018toxic femininity.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d7tmBHa1iF\">pic.twitter.com\/d7tmBHa1iF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TalbertSwan\/status\/1630938478941749251?\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the campaign trail when his wife was the Democratic nominee for president, he cast himself as another masculinity-whisperer.<\/p>\n<p>Max Tani of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/newsletter\/10\/03\/2024\/family-feud?utm_source=now&#038;utm_medium=principals&#038;utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semafor<\/a> reported that \u201cEmhoff has been a key Harris advocate, cast as a relatable, enlightened \u2018wife guy\u2019 and father who \u2018discussed the feminism of Pearl Jam.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also got former White House press secretary and MSNBC hack Jen Psaki to still cast him as the voice of new liberal manhood in an interview, saying he \u201creshaped the perception of masculinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8JUST IN: Jen Psaki tells Doug Emhoff he\u2019s reshaped the perception of masculinity.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/80b4ecqXV4\">pic.twitter.com\/80b4ecqXV4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Radical Left Receipts (@radleftreceipts) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/radleftreceipts\/status\/1840435777676931421?\">September 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Emhoff hadn\u2019t listened to \u201cVitalogy\u201d enough times to fully reshape it, because it came out on the campaign trail that he\u2019d impregnated his nanny while married to his former wife and had allegedly abused another girlfriend in public before settling down with Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>At least he denied the latter allegation, although it had plenty of corroboration behind it. In regard to the whole nanny-impregnation thing, he would merely say that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doug-emhoff-doesnt-deny-striking-ex-girlfriend-makes-interview-move-cost-kamala-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he and his former wife<\/a> \u201cwent through some tough times on account of my actions\u201d and effectively left it at that.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I imagine you did, Mr. Emhoff.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s most galling is that this won\u2019t change anything. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lefts-answer-joe-rogan-celebrated-charlie-kirks-murder-wants-cbs-boycotted-speaking-erika-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Rogan<\/a> will still be the problem for liberals, no doubt, as they run toward any man who will run as a Democrat, display vague masculine credentials, and self-flagellate for an entire gender.<\/p>\n<p>Mistakes were made, they\u2019ll say. But lessons won\u2019t be learned. They\u2019ll still find some demon of a man who\u2019ll be willing to demonize all men to get themselves on the ticket, and without any shortage on the bench to call upon once they get exposed, too.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, real masculinity still beats Democrat-constructed post-masculinity 10 times out of 10, and it\u2019s not even close. 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