White folks, is Tim Walz a "unicorn"? (non-political)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a middle-aged Black man from a rural, mostly White, area of NC. A place where farming, hunting, fishing, pick-up trucks w/ rebel flags, and Jesus Christ are popular.

I couldn’t get past your first paragraph. Trying to imagine what that must’ve been like. How you endured it. How you survived it against those odds. Why did your mother keep you in a such a place? Surely she must’ve had some kind of opportunity to get you to a city where you could grow up safely among your community instead of a place like that where your life was in constant danger from the klan and other such white men. I just cannot fathom how horrible it must have been. I’m an adult white female-identifying person, and the environment you describe sounds terrifying. I honestly don’t know how you survived it.

"White female identifying person"

That's all we needed to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a middle-aged Black man from a rural, mostly White, area of NC. A place where farming, hunting, fishing, pick-up trucks w/ rebel flags, and Jesus Christ are popular.

While often challenging, I feel fortunate to have grown up in that environment and then going to college and grad school in a totally different world. Where Black and White students studied and lived together.

Which brings me to my Tim Walz unicorn question. Now in my 50s, I've grown up with, gone to school with, work with, and am family/friends with, countless White men. In my lifetime, (and I really want to say this w/o offending anyone) I feel like I've witnessed White men trying to figure out who they are. And that has been a long struggle for them and partly the reason why the country is the way it is today. I've wondered and worried about White men from this perspective.

But Tim is different. At least, to me he seems to be. I'm not sensing that struggle with him. That's uncommon. Kind of unicorn-ish, I think. He seems to have figured out some things that we, as men (dare I say, especially White men), struggle with for a good part of our lives. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on this.

And folks please, I fully understand that this whole post is one hell of a generalization, based on an extremely micro point of view. I also know full-well that we as Black men have our own unique struggles. If this post feels like I'm "throwing stones", then I've failed in trying to have objective dialogue and I apologize. Thanks.

How is this ok judging him only on his skin color? It wouldn't be ok with any other race or ethnicity. Lots of good people of all skin tones. Lots of bad people with all skin tones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tim Balz is a raging leftist. That’s his identity.

And I can wait to vote for him!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unpopular opinion on DCUM, but I think that white men are not more problematic than any other group of men. And that doesn't mean that I'm ignoring or denying their negatives, but rather that the list of stereotypical negatives of black men or latino men or SE asian men or native american men or pretty much any other group is just as long.

So if your average white guy is a family man, worker and a member of society at least on the level of national average, but the popular discourse leans toward 'is a decent white guy a unicorn?', then I quite understand their alleged confusion.

Yes, your opinion is certainly unpopular. White men suck. All of them. Some only suck a little - like TW - and most of them suck much more. We’d be better off as a country with 95% less of them. I made a conscious decision to never bring a white male child into this world. And I’ve stood by it. If more women did, we’d pretty much solve all of the world’s problems within a century or so.

Some woman or some man somewhere is thanking G-D for your "conscious decision to never bring a white male child into this world." Otherwise, they would have an deplorable for an in-law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unpopular opinion on DCUM, but I think that white men are not more problematic than any other group of men. And that doesn't mean that I'm ignoring or denying their negatives, but rather that the list of stereotypical negatives of black men or latino men or SE asian men or native american men or pretty much any other group is just as long.

So if your average white guy is a family man, worker and a member of society at least on the level of national average, but the popular discourse leans toward 'is a decent white guy a unicorn?', then I quite understand their alleged confusion.

Yes, your opinion is certainly unpopular. White men suck. All of them. Some only suck a little - like TW - and most of them suck much more. We’d be better off as a country with 95% less of them. I made a conscious decision to never bring a white male child into this world. And I’ve stood by it. If more women did, we’d pretty much solve all of the world’s problems within a century or so.

Some woman or some man somewhere is thanking G-D for your "conscious decision to never bring a white male child into this world." Otherwise, they would have an deplorable for an in-law.

+ a zillion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a middle-aged Black man from a rural, mostly White, area of NC. A place where farming, hunting, fishing, pick-up trucks w/ rebel flags, and Jesus Christ are popular.

I couldn’t get past your first paragraph. Trying to imagine what that must’ve been like. How you endured it. How you survived it against those odds. Why did your mother keep you in a such a place? Surely she must’ve had some kind of opportunity to get you to a city where you could grow up safely among your community instead of a place like that where your life was in constant danger from the klan and other such white men. I just cannot fathom how horrible it must have been. I’m an adult white female-identifying person, and the environment you describe sounds terrifying. I honestly don’t know how you survived it.

OP here. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

I'd be lying if I said it wasn't hard. It was. For example, I had three brothers (one was killed) and none of them finished HS and all have been incarcerated. Still struggling. My mother was an alcoholic and we were very poor, so no way out of our suffocating circumstances.

At my age and maturity, I realize I am, well, a "unicorn". I have a masters degree, live in an affluent community, am putting four kids through college, and make a good living. Not boastful, just extremely grateful for everything.

And to poster 16:05, I fully disagree that "White men suck". I believe we all have issues, individually and collectively. If it weren't for some really beautiful people who believed in me and gave me a chance, and who just happened to be White males, there's absolutely no way I'd be where I am today. I'm very sorry you feel that way.

You sound like a lovely person OP. Thank you for sharing your experience and observations. I like to hope there are more people like you out there than the PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Balz is a raging leftist. That’s his identity.

And I can wait to vote for him!

Balz deep for hawk tuah harris!!!

[Anonymous]

Tim Walz for president 2028 !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tim Walz for president 2028 !

Um, no. He was a dud to put it mildly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tim Walz for president 2028 !

He could run with Tim Scott!

[Anonymous]

He seems typical to me for my family, but I agree that he’s a better man than the average white guy. The men in my family are also secure with themselves and don’t need to bluster about toughness and be crass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He seems typical to me for my family, but I agree that he’s a better man than the average white guy. The men in my family are also secure with themselves and don’t need to bluster about toughness and be crass.

What sample size and distribution did you use to determine the average White guy?

[Anonymous]

Well this didn’t age well at all.

[Anonymous]

This thread takes the cake for a totally unique form of bizzarro world topic.

Tim Walz a totally normal, non terminally online, middle class, Gen X / Boomer. If you think he's unusual, you need to log off .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread takes the cake for a totally unique form of bizzarro world topic.

Tim Walz a totally normal, non terminally online, middle class, Gen X / Boomer. If you think he's unusual, you need to log off .

DCUM posters never leave their little DMV bubble. It's too dangerful.