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Winning against the feminist machine

By Bettina Arndt - posted Tuesday, 12 November 2024


Then came the cringy Man Enough politicalad denigrating outdated masculine archetypes, dudes in cowboy hats, bearded bikers and the like. The very perceptive Newsweek editor, Batya Ungar-Sargon, commented on X that the ad wasn't designed to convince men to vote for Harris but to "reassure her base-college educated women-that the Democratic Party is truly theirs."

The amazing thing is that even though the Democrats did everything they could to pander to women; here too they lost support. Perhaps many American women were sensible enough to reject Kamala Harris because they regarded it as offensive to be bullied into voting for this "empty pantsuit' – a vacuous DEI ("diversity, equity and inclusion") candidate who demonstrated that she was not chosen on merit.

Trump has declared war on DEI - his campaign promised, for example, to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government institutions, using federal funding as leverage. As he said in his victory speech last night - "Promises made, promises kept."

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"The possibility, therefore, now exists for an administration to approach our dysfunctional federal government in the same way Javier Milei approached Argentina's since his election as president a year ago-with a chainsaw," wrote historian Niall Fergusson on Substack this morning.

What great timing for all of us in Australia who are desperate to get rid of our current anti-male government. The forthcoming Australian Federal election will now take place in the shadow of this rebellion by American men. Those men have given an almighty thumbs up to the massive coalition of sneering mainstream media and liberal establishment fuelled by a billion dollars in election funding – who are sobbing into their soy lattes this morning, complaining about misogyny.

We need a major political campaign, exposing Labor and the Green's antagonism to men and urging opposition parties to finally step up and prove they will govern for all, rather than continuing to pander to the feminist lobby.

The Federal Opposition has promised to restore support for fathers in the Family Law Act. Let's hold them to that. But we must also embark on a campaign to expose how politicians have been selling men out and why this must change.

Please contact me if you have experience in political strategy, good political contacts or relevant connections. We need to seize this vital moment. I'll be seeking help from all of you in making this happen. We must warn men that Labor and the Greens are out to get them!

Meanwhile, elsewhere there's ample evidence that the male vote is already making a difference….

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"A chill wind swept through Europe this summer. On the continent, far-right parties rose triumphantly in the EU elections, hoisted not just by the grumbles of older xenophobes but on the shoulders of young men," sneered The Guardian, claiming that the nationalist right is rising on the tides of gelled-backed hair and Nike swooshes.

Young men are increasingly disenchanted by the woke politics of the left. The Guardian article included this Gallop Poll graph showing the growing gap in political ideology of young men and women.

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