Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz embodies everything liberal women see in their own fathers – except for their political views. For some, it makes them hopeful but also very sad.

He’s got jokes, enthusiasm and a smiley face that’s not even remotely trying to hide how he’s feeling. He’s Tim Walz- and he’s bringing major Midwestern dad energy to the Democratic ticket.

At least that’s how many white women feel when they see Walz in videos, riding the Slingshot at the state fair with his daughter, signing legislation to give kids in Minnesota free lunches or tweeting about his pet cat.

It’s in stark contrast to what some see in their own fathers - who often have more conservative political views.

“He is silly. My dad used to be very, very silly and goofy,” Pamela Wurst Vetrini, a woman who recently compared Walz to her father, said in a viral TikTok video.

A lot of us had moderate to conservative, educated, sensible fathers that we lost to Rush Limbaugh. That we lost to Fox News. That we lost to Donald Trump. And the cult of conservatism that has grown and grown and grown has driven a wedge between millennial woman and her father,” she said.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Once again, my reply to you had nothing to do with Tim Walz. I know you really want it to have to do with Tim Walz, but it was about you. Not him.

    Unless you are Tim Walz. Are you Tim Walz? If so, buck up, little camper! You have self-esteem issues!

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      3 months ago

      Once again, my reply to you had nothing to do with Tim Walz.

      Thats my point! You ran nose-first into what I’m talking about when I say “dismissing my point” and “shouting down criticism”!

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        3 months ago

        Your point is that I’m part of a love-fest for Tim Walz by not talking about Tim Walz? Holy fuck, almost 8 billion people love Tim Walz!

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            3 months ago

            No. I really can’t see how I’m part of a love fest for someone I’m not talking about, but I am talking about you.

            I guess you’re having a love fest for Pol Pot right now since you’re talking about me and not Pol Pot.

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                    3 months ago

                    Understanding the point of view of a Hexbear user and thinking the way it’s presented is ridiculously aggressive and full of people who come across as they have no joy in their life and live to be angry is a good way to present that point of view are two different things.

                    This is not about your point of view no matter how much you try to make it about that.