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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I think he is fairly typical. And very much a Minnesotan.

— White man, 52, who grew up in Ohio.

Maybe you see more handwringing in the south where white men might struggle more with cognitive dissonance over growing equality and believing they’re being displaced. But this sort of anxiety and insecurity really isn’t a thing in most of the rest of the country.

Walz strikes me as extremely relatable because he is exactly how most white men of a certain age are. So he’s the opposite of a “unicorn” IMO. [/quote]

I think so too. My dad is an 81 year old southern, high school educated, truck driving, blue collar white man. He’s also pro-choice, pro-lgbt, very upset at police abuse of black people (and anyone in general, but he was very upset about George Floyd), big government-loving left of center Democrat. And a big, sweet teddy bear of a man. So idk. That’s my idea of older white men, tbh, men like my dad, because that’s what I grew up with.

My roommate in college, her dad was a retired coal miner. He met my girlfriend at our graduation and my roommate told me he said, “her girlfriend is right pretty!” This was back in the day and not a homophobic bone in the man’s body. Also a big sweet teddy bear. I tend to think there are a lot more white men like this than people may assume.[/quote]

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