“Weird” is very much an appropriate word to describe the Republican party- elected members, the campaign, the hypocritical commentary from pundints as well as so many in a completely uninformed public. Trump has pretty much made sure the term will be solidly plastered into any historical description of his 2024 campaign by welcoming RFK Jr. into it, with the attached possibility of a role in his administration no less. However the weird theme careened off into the repugnant in a very manifest way via right wing media pundint Ann Coulter and conservative radio host Jay Weber. Those two, along with several miscreants who unfortunatly litter social media with their flatulent garbage, mocked Tim Walz’s son Gus for becoming emotional during the DNC convention. When she found out Gus has a neurodivergent disorder, Coulter, offering no apology, quickly deleted her comment. In the JD Vance reality you could easily identify Coulter as the poster girl for his “cat lady” theory. Engaged several times but never married, she has no children. That, it turns out, is something of a blessing. Whether she was aware of Gus’s condition or not, a woman who would mock any child expressing such visceral pride in his father, especially in that emotional and historical moment, that woman is clearly not mother material.
To his credit, Weber did appologize to the Walz family. But there are many male media provocateurs who have no intention of appologizing for their cruel posts, which brings to mind something Vance has critically omitted from his curious “cat woman”concept. Vance of course fails to consider there are many reasons people are adverse to bringing up a child in this economically, environmentally, and socially stressed world. But It does take two to tango. Nowhere in Vance’s premise does he mention the responsibility males have in it. To Vance, it’s un-American women who are primarily to blame for selfish childlessness and a plunging birth rate. Thus according to Vance, people with kids deserve to have more votes and be positioned as the ruling class.
All the nasty media posts concerning Gus Walz might be revealing in an obscure way. Maybe the reason some women shy away from having children is they are gradually realizing mysoginistic, toxic masculinity is actually a thing. Self respecting, discriminating women might not be too interested in having children with a bullying partner who takes pride in punching down. Vance should give some thought to coming up with a generic term he can apply to the male accomplices in his personal “weird” hypothesis.
