November 20, 2009
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Mancouch
I have recently decided to unsubscribe to Mancouch. To be honest, I do not even remember why or how I subscribed to it in the first place. I have some vague memory of seeing it in my friends request box but that is all, obviously I clicked yes for it but I don’t remember when or why. So what is Mancouch? It is one of those topical subpages of xanga were specific issues are supposed to be discussed, sort of like datingish, lovelyish, and revelife. The purpose of mancouch is to discuss masculine things in, supposedly, a masculine way. While I definitely believe that it is productive to discuss male psychology and to compare notes when it comes to issues of masculinity, I can state definitively that Mancouch falls miserably short of fulfilling those functions. First of all, most of the entries are of a plebian nature, most of them fall within the same intellectual level (and perhaps category) as small talk. In spite of my rather pathetic current life status, I still have an above average IQ, so I generally prefer not to read blogs which discuss mundane or plebian topics. With a name like Mancouch there are a few expectations that I had: 1) Issues and interests pertaining to masculinity would be discussed 2) things would be discussed from a masculne perspective 3) in addition to intellectual things, there would also be topics of a plebian nature but I would ignore these.
It turned out that everything was either plebian or out of context. They once had a female poster, who wanted to discuss abortion and politics, plus some other things which I cannot remember. A female poster… on MANcouch. However, what really cemented my decision to stop watching that group was this entry: http://www.mancouch.com/716711229/the-us-is-the-donald-trump-of-the-world/?page=2&jump=1503873632&leftcmt=1#1503873632 Most of the entry is just irrelevant sophistry, but the part which I found particularly absurd was this section:
And then came Barack Obama, who gave us a decent haircut for once and bought us a new suit (this time just the cuff links are gold plated, rather than the entire suit) and politely suggested that instead of screaming at everyone, spitting on them, and then punching them in the face we should just try to shake hands and treat other people like … well, people.
Clearly this means he’s an evil mastermind socialist thug weakling.
This is not a serious country. We are the Donald Trump of the world.Aside from being an incorrect analogy and an oversimplification of the issues, that whole section is rather mewling and effiminate. Many times when debating with liberals I often have to refer to their profile picture or just the part of their profile where they fill out what gender they are, because they often have a rather effiminate way of speaking. It is hard to believe that someone with facial hair would speak in such an unmasculine way. But I digress, the subject matter of the entry is not pertinent to masculinity, and has no place on the page. My analysis is that this is just another example of someone using Mancouch to get attention, and those intentions are at odds with the purpose of the group. Since I no longer intend to read Mancouch, the logical thing to do was to delete it from my friends list, as I did with Revelife for similar reasons.
I would however, like to address his argument. First of all, liberals around the world do not like Obama for anything unique to Obama (other than his being black), but because he is a Democrat. As such, they know that he is far more likely to bow to the wishes of the UN and liberals like the UN because they want world government. Second, Obama has not ended the Iraq war or the war in Afghanistan, in fact he has expanded the war into Pakistan (which is an ally) as well. The wars which the liberals continually complained about continue to rage under Obama. Why have the liberals fallen silent on those wars now that Obama is in charge? Because Obama is in charge. On principle they are not against war, they just want their people to be in charge. Aside from the wars, I am not certain what the screaming and spitting on people is intended to be an analogy for. It may refer to the diminished (as compared with the Democrats) willingness by Republican administrations to bow to UN mandates and wishes, which is actually a GOOD thing not a bad thing because the job of leaders is to look after their own country not to be dictated to by foriegn bodies.
Obama is not a mastermind, he’s a puppet. What makes him a socialist is his opposition to the private sector and the fact that he wants to redistribute wealth. What makes him a weakling is that he gives into the UN. In fact he is on the UN security council, which is technically illegal according to the Constitution.
Comments (4)
Yep, I would lean towards mastermind though as it is the President who is pushing national healthcare and the governments takeover of business.Unless of course you mean puppet of a liberal upbringing.
@New1E13_15 -
Well I tend to think he’s a puppet for the UN and the world wide leftist agenda which is trying to establish a one world government. I have heard of some different organizations that COULD be pulling his strings, like the Masons, Buildaburger, etc. but those connections are harder to prove (though certainly not impossible). He’s at the center of a lot of the current negative trends in government, but I have difficulty thinking that he’s the author of all those ideas.
The majority of the xanga sub-pages I believe are a waste of cyberspace and time. I guess it’s a chance for savvy blog writers to show off their writing skills. But I find the majority of the articles featured on those things to be mediocre in content. Datingish is occasionally amusing, although I would never take any advice from it seriously. But Mancouch and Revelife are the worst. I stopped reading revelife about six months after it was created. I found it too depressing. I truly hope they are not an accurate representation of the majority of Christians. (One can only HOPE!)
It seems a large majority of the xanga world (like the rest of the world) are still in child-like fascination and delight with Obama. It seems lately the best way to get featured and lot’s of positive comments/subscriptions is to praise and exalt him. These people lap it up.
@PrincessPatriot -
If the the people on revelife represent the majority of Christians then it’s no wonder we are losing in the political sphere. If those pages are people showing off their best then I have to wonder what their normal level of writing would be. “Me Uug, Uug went to store. Uug slip on puddle at store because Uug retarded.” Or it might be that “internet speak” which I don’t even know how to write or read. Yes datingish is amusing, which is the only reason why I am still subscribed to it. I never take any of their advice seriously, but I have gone there and given people advice in the comment section. Sometimes I go there just to stir the pot.
There is indeed a disgusting amount of Obama worship. I think Child-like fascination describes it perfectly, although you could also call it idolatry. I can’t understand the Obama worship, I have never felt that way about anyone. I don’t think I have the capacity for those kinds of feelings.