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LAUGH AT TUCKER CARLSON’S TANNING TESTICLES DOC ALL YOU WANT, BUT THE BULGING MUSCLES AND POTENT SPERM IMAGERY IS A FASCIST DREAM
I wondering is Tucker Carlson a latent homosexual?
Sculpted, sweating, bare torsos doing push-ups, bulging muscles, two scantily-clad men locked in a fight—they, too, are ripped. A blond, equally fit man shoots at plastic bottles, a man’s hand grasps a cow’s udder.
The music swells dramatically—so far it’s been menacing drum beats—we see a completely naked man standing on a hill in a redeemer pose, his sinewy arms stretched up towards the sky. In front of him, obscuring his private parts from view, is what looks like a gigantic Covid test.
This —a process, that according to macho fitness influencers, is supposed to increase the sperm count. This claim is not backed up by science. But what does this staging of half-naked men knocking over huge car tires in slow motion have to do with the American political or even Religious Right, for which Carlson has become a trusted mouthpiece?
At first glance, the video may seem ridiculous, but it actually offers a chilling glimpse into the ideology of America’s increasingly radicalizing Right. In right-wing ideology—and most notably in fascism—gender roles are inherently political, as numerous historians and other humanities scholars have shown.
The historian Michael Hatt writes: “The stability of masculinity depends upon the visibility of the male body; to be learned or consolidated, masculinity requires an exchange between men.” Not only are the depictions of idealized, militant masculinity important propaganda tools for fascists, they also provide viewers with a deep insight into their thinking.
Fascism requires a perpetual state of war. This doesn’t have to be a real war—instead, a narrative is built in which the “real” people are threatened from the outside. These enemies are painted as both incredibly powerful, but also as despicable and degenerate. According to this understanding, in order to counter this constant threat fascism needs men—physically strong men, who are not only able to throw large car tires around, but who also deter their opponents through their overpowering physique. The relationship between masculinity and force is crucial: Fascism, as historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat writes, “links masculinity to the performance of violent acts.”
Carlson is in good company: some Republican politicians, like Josh Hawley, have made an alleged “war on men” by the left, which results in the de-masculinization of the American male, part of their culture war program. Tucker Carlson is among those on the American Right seemingly obsessed with this image of militant masculinity, who is, at the same time—anticipating LGBTQ hostility from his audience and peers—trying to distance themselves from what they see as “degenerate” sexual behavior.
Of course, there’s a certain homoeroticism to the carefully staged, slow-motion images of naked and semi-naked men wrestling, or flexing their biceps. In fascism, the male body is supposed to be a desirable one, but only in a strictly heterosexual framework. And yet, Carlson’s trailer doesn’t show any women.
So why the focus on desirable male bodies and strength? In fascism, closeness between men is only acceptable in a militarized, brutalized context. This “protects” the man from the suspicion of homosexuality. Emotional closeness is exclusively invoked in concepts such as comradeship, which at the same time frames the soldierly ideal as a synonym for the male ideal.
https://religiondispatches.org/laug...-and-potent-sperm-imagery-is-a-fascist-dream/
I wondering is Tucker Carlson a latent homosexual?
Sculpted, sweating, bare torsos doing push-ups, bulging muscles, two scantily-clad men locked in a fight—they, too, are ripped. A blond, equally fit man shoots at plastic bottles, a man’s hand grasps a cow’s udder.
The music swells dramatically—so far it’s been menacing drum beats—we see a completely naked man standing on a hill in a redeemer pose, his sinewy arms stretched up towards the sky. In front of him, obscuring his private parts from view, is what looks like a gigantic Covid test.
This —a process, that according to macho fitness influencers, is supposed to increase the sperm count. This claim is not backed up by science. But what does this staging of half-naked men knocking over huge car tires in slow motion have to do with the American political or even Religious Right, for which Carlson has become a trusted mouthpiece?
At first glance, the video may seem ridiculous, but it actually offers a chilling glimpse into the ideology of America’s increasingly radicalizing Right. In right-wing ideology—and most notably in fascism—gender roles are inherently political, as numerous historians and other humanities scholars have shown.
The historian Michael Hatt writes: “The stability of masculinity depends upon the visibility of the male body; to be learned or consolidated, masculinity requires an exchange between men.” Not only are the depictions of idealized, militant masculinity important propaganda tools for fascists, they also provide viewers with a deep insight into their thinking.
Fascism requires a perpetual state of war. This doesn’t have to be a real war—instead, a narrative is built in which the “real” people are threatened from the outside. These enemies are painted as both incredibly powerful, but also as despicable and degenerate. According to this understanding, in order to counter this constant threat fascism needs men—physically strong men, who are not only able to throw large car tires around, but who also deter their opponents through their overpowering physique. The relationship between masculinity and force is crucial: Fascism, as historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat writes, “links masculinity to the performance of violent acts.”
Carlson is in good company: some Republican politicians, like Josh Hawley, have made an alleged “war on men” by the left, which results in the de-masculinization of the American male, part of their culture war program. Tucker Carlson is among those on the American Right seemingly obsessed with this image of militant masculinity, who is, at the same time—anticipating LGBTQ hostility from his audience and peers—trying to distance themselves from what they see as “degenerate” sexual behavior.
Of course, there’s a certain homoeroticism to the carefully staged, slow-motion images of naked and semi-naked men wrestling, or flexing their biceps. In fascism, the male body is supposed to be a desirable one, but only in a strictly heterosexual framework. And yet, Carlson’s trailer doesn’t show any women.
So why the focus on desirable male bodies and strength? In fascism, closeness between men is only acceptable in a militarized, brutalized context. This “protects” the man from the suspicion of homosexuality. Emotional closeness is exclusively invoked in concepts such as comradeship, which at the same time frames the soldierly ideal as a synonym for the male ideal.
https://religiondispatches.org/laug...-and-potent-sperm-imagery-is-a-fascist-dream/
