Oooh, Tough Guy

"Well, Governor Wolf, let me tell you what, between now and November 6, you better put a catcher's mask on your face, because I'm going to stomp all over your face with golf spikes."

Whoa!  And who might be the utterer of this threat?  Why, it's none other than Scott Wagner, Tom Wolf's opponent in the upcoming Pennsylvania gubernatorial race, and the subject of this Call-Out.

And what does Wagner claim precipitated this outburst?  Well, it seems Wolf mentioned in a political ad that Wagner sued 7,000 Pennsylvanians as the owner of waste disposal, trucking and real estate interests.  Prior to issuing his threat in a video posted to Facebook, Wagner criticized Wolf's business acumen, before assuring all concerned he would win the gubernatorial seat in November.

Of course, he is trailing in the polls by 17 points currently.

Scott Wagner fumed that Governor Wolf's ads calling himself the small business governor "makes me want to puke."  Well, Mr. Wagner, your video makes me want to puke.  Do you think your threats and big talk make you a more viable candidate?  Do you think they're going to garner you enough votes to make up the double digit deficit?  The truth is, Pennsylvanians, and I daresay Americans at large, are sick of this culture where people deliberately and cynically cross the line, all big and bad, and do a little mea culpa dance a day or two later.  We can't unsee and unhear what you said.  We can't unknow what it makes you.

The toxic masculinity behind your blustering and that of the likes of Brett Kavanaugh, et al, is very revealing, and not very attractive.  It's the larger ingredient behind what fuels #MeToo.  With any luck, the days of that sort of masculinity are on the wane, and will die soon.  Thank you for the opportunity to illustrate this.

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