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The ‘Bro-Culture’ Has Prevailed
It elected Trump. It is dangerously misinformed. It is cowardly. God help us!
I watched a young “Bro” from Atlanta speaking to Don Lemon about why he voted for Trump. His reasons were solid enough, but there was one small problem: He was wrong about everything he said. These are the “Bros,” or, as some of them like to say when dragging out the “O” making it sound like an “A,” — “What’s up, Braaa?” They love Mixed Martial Arts, have spent an inordinate amount of their lives gaming, and now they feel as if liberals and the culture of political correctness are shrinking their balls.
As I wrote last week, they are fighting back, and I contended that we need to find a way to incorporate them into the conversation. While I stand by this sentiment, I also appreciate it won’t be very easy because they are willfully dumb-as-hell. Take the guy Don Lemon was speaking with in Atlanta. He was well-dressed and seemed to be out on his lunch break from a local insurance or stock market job. The hair was perfectly coiffed with too much gel, and he even had his glasses hanging on a strap around his neck, suggesting a sort of “cool-guy-meets-modern-day-Gatsby-look.” If I had seen him on the street, I would have wrongly assumed he was well-spoken and a Harris supporter.
