WTF Did I Just Watch?
The new Harris/Walz ad aimed at men is beyond parody.
If you haven’t seen the new Harris/Walz ad aimed at men, manly men, you really owe it to yourself to take ninety seconds and watch it.
It may come as no surprise to those who watch it, that those are actors, not real people. I mean, I guess they are real people as so far as actors are real people, but they are not the people they’re portraying themselves to be as in this ad. It’s so weird to think that this is what the Harris/Walz campaign and folks of their ilk think a working-class man is. These bizarre caricatures, like something out of SNL sketch or something. Aping the style of a country music video or Clint Eastwood movie. I have always argued against the idea that boots, pickups, or anything of that nature are what defines a man. According to the Harris/Walz campaign, I was wrong. You know they’re manly men because they have a horse, or a weight set, or the aforementioned pickup. OMG though, they have pickup and emotions, they have horse and respect women, no way. The condescension just oozes from this ad. Look you stupid, ignorant men, we have all the aesthetics we were told you like, now vote for us. For real, who was this for? No actual working class dude is gonna see this ad and be swayed. At least not in the direction the ad makers are aiming for. I can’t imagine the struggling actor set it was made by is gonna be real enthralled by this ad either. I don’t know, maybe college educated women who have limited contact with working class guys think this is a homerun.
If these guys had come out and been themselves it could have been effective. If they had shown up, man buns and painted nails and just been honest about who they are, that may have counted for something. I got no beef with man buns or painted nails, neither of them keeps you from being a man. Hell, I’ve been known to do my nails, and at one time I had long hair that got pulled up into something you could call a man bun. I don’t try to bullshit people about who I am though. I don’t have a special hat or outfit to show how manly I am. That’s not what a real man does. Being a man isn’t about aesthetics. My god if it is, can it not be the aesthetics of this ad, please?