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Michelle Obama: The Problem With Raising Strong Men
RCP video ^ | 11-3-2017 | Ian Schwartz

Posted on 11/03/2017 6:49:28 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

First First (sic) Lady Michelle Obama is interviewed by poet Elizabeth Alexander at the first annual Obama Foundation Summit on Wednesday where she talked about the dilemma of raising "strong men" and warned of the potential problems that may ensue in the future. She also said that men should talk to each other (Full speech at bottom of post)

"It's like the problem in the world today is we love our boys, and we raise our girls. you know. We raise them to be strong, and sometimes we take care not to hurt men and I think we pay for that a little bit and that's a 'we' thing because we raise them," Obama said about raising boys into men.

"It's powerful to have strong men but what does that strength mean?" she asked. "You know, does it mean respect? Does it mean responsibility? Does it mean compassion? Or are we protecting our men too much so they feel a little entitled and a little, you know, a little self-righteous sometimes? But, that’s kind of on us too as women and mothers, you know, as we nurture men and push girls to be perfect."

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


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Michelle O, community organizer -

Strong men can't be respectful to women/girls. Strong men can't have responsibilities or compassion. Strong men are too self-righteous.

????? WHERE does it even come from? This twisted soul.

1 posted on 11/03/2017 6:49:28 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
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To: Sir Napsalot

Who in the world would take the advice of a woman who married Barack Obama and who has no sons?


2 posted on 11/03/2017 6:51:02 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Sir Napsalot

Babbling nonsense....


3 posted on 11/03/2017 6:51:27 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: txrefugee
She didn't learn anything about strong men from her eunuch husband.
4 posted on 11/03/2017 6:52:27 AM PDT by peeps36 (Obama = the skidmark on America's uunderwear)
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To: Sir Napsalot

She is describing toxic masculinity, not strong men. I wouldn’t call bullying and other behaviors of toxic masculinity strong or brave either.


5 posted on 11/03/2017 6:53:49 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Sir Napsalot

Is Kevin Spacy a strong man?


6 posted on 11/03/2017 6:54:44 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: Sir Napsalot

[Obama, before offering her solution, said her own husband, former President Barack Obama, can fall victim to being “entitled, a little self-righteous” as a “strong man.”]

MICHELLE’S standard for a “strong man”.


7 posted on 11/03/2017 6:56:02 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Patent Bullshit from a quintessential wannabe. MORON,


8 posted on 11/03/2017 6:56:30 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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False premises + poor reasoning + political slant = bunk.

9 posted on 11/03/2017 6:56:48 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Morpheus2009

Please!

“Toxic masculinity” is just SJWs (mostly young angry white women and some patsy white men) invention.

Bullying is not gender specific.


10 posted on 11/03/2017 6:58:00 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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...and sometimes we take care not to hurt men...

Oh, I beg to differ, Mooch. Her statements prove that she lives in a world far removed from most of Americans and their experiences.
11 posted on 11/03/2017 6:58:06 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: txrefugee

Exactly, Chewbacca raised two daughters, she has no sons. And actually, her mother raised Malia and Sasha for over 8 years.

What the H does she know about raising daughters or sons?

But watch the video, Chewbacca goes in and out of “Girlfriend” mode, chatting away with the other girlfriends.


12 posted on 11/03/2017 6:59:07 AM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves."a)
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To: txrefugee

My feeling exactly. I don’t think she was successful raising her daughters either.


13 posted on 11/03/2017 7:00:04 AM PDT by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Chewbacca was interviewed by a “poet” at this leftard “women’s forum.”

And these women wonder why no one takes them seriously LMAO.


14 posted on 11/03/2017 7:01:31 AM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves."a)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Satan doesn’t like it, so she doesn’t either.


15 posted on 11/03/2017 7:01:56 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Well, that’s it though right. An abuser or a bully is not exactly a strong person, right? There are abusers, but the SJWs run on this stereotypical assumption. Okay, I used the wrong words to you, but bullying or abusive doesn’t equal a strong man. There are and have been strong men who weren’t bullies or who at least had some decent etiquette to them. And even today, there are, but the narrative of the radical leftists wants to leave out the decent guys to keep pushing their “war drums” narrative.


16 posted on 11/03/2017 7:02:05 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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"Or are we protecting our men too much so they feel a little entitled and a little, you know, a little self-righteous sometimes?"

Yes...exactly...


17 posted on 11/03/2017 7:04:37 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Sir Napsalot

Hey Moochelle, maybe you can give the girlfriends some advice on how to find the perfect man like the one “Rev” Jeremiah Wright found for you.


18 posted on 11/03/2017 7:04:58 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: Sir Napsalot

It comes from black culture; the Obamas spent 8 years talking to blacks while ignoring everyone else. They know nothing else but black culture...


19 posted on 11/03/2017 7:08:10 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Morpheus2009

`”toxic masculinity”???

I find it incredible that you so readily accept and incorporate the Leftists terminology.

In case you don’t know, large segments of girls bully other girls.


20 posted on 11/03/2017 7:09:57 AM PDT by odawg
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