Of all the people who shouldn't go on national TV and mock men obsessed with proving that they're "manly," Scarborough's got to be near the head of the list.
Wednesday's Morning Joe devoted an elongated segment to the phenomenon of some conservatives complaining about Taylor Swift showing up during NFL broadcasts, and the prospect that Swift, who endorsed Biden in 2020, might do so again in 2024.
The show replayed an extended clip from Colin Cowherd's Fox Sports show in which he attributed much of the anger against Swift to "that 50% of men [who] never have real intimacy with a woman. And those ones that don't are angry and sad and lonely, and they are often misogynistic, and resent women who didn't give them the time they think they deserve."
Scarborough then introduced Matt Lewis of the Daily Beast, who has a recent column on the subject, saying:
"You see the rise of right-wing populist movements across the world. And that is a large collection of lonely, isolated young men who are becoming more and more angry, becoming more and more misogynistic, becoming less and less decent, especially toward women."
Responded Lewis:
"I also think a lot of these right-wing keyboard warrior types are obsessed with masculinity -- kind of ironically in some cases. And I think that they kind of resent Travis Kelce, this sort of macho guy, dating Taylor Swift.:
Scarborough then interrupted to say:
"By the way, that's kind of a checkmate, right? These snowflakes are like [puts on a nerdy voice and imitates a weakling's flex -- see screencap] "Oh, I'm so manly. I have on my Trump hat on. My suspenders are all red. "And then they see Travis Kelce. It's just such a total checkmate."
Scarborough, better known as Muy Macho Joe, ended by disparaging the MAGA men as "little weenies."
The ironic reality is that Scarborough has his own sad history of trying to prove just how "manly" he is.
As we've documented, Joe has:
- Fantasized about forcing a Capitol tourist to "eat" his camera.
- Boasted he'd "die" before negotiating out of weakness like Kevin McCarthy while claiming he'd "stare down" holdout Republicans.
- Declared that he'd never let someone "emasculate" him the way Donald Trump allegedly emasculated J.D. Vance. Scarborough said that letting someone emasculate him is totally "foreign to me."
- Mocked men who fire AR-15s at gun ranges "to feel like real men, cause they obviously don't in real life."
So, yes: Joe Scarborough knows all about men with fragile egos driven to assert their manliness. All he needs to do is look in the mirror.
MSNBC
Morning Joe
1/31/24
6:34 am ETCOLIN COWHERD: A talented and beautiful woman is on the air, one who would never pay attention to lonely men, and it bothers them. There is a stat out there, it's kind of uncomfortable for you sad guys, that 50% of men never have real intimacy with a woman. That means the other 50% have multiple intimate relationships with women.
And those ones that don't are angry and sad and lonely, and they are often misogynistic, and resent women who didn't give them the time they think they deserve.
. . .
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Joining us now, senior columnist for the Daily Beast, Matt Lewis. His latest piece is entitled, "Far Right Snowflakes are Terrified of the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift."
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Well you know, Matt, Colin, who's great, we love him, we love him.
MIKA: No, that was really good.
SCARBOROUGH: I know.
MIKA: Just kind of long.
SCARBOROUGH: He did, he did bring up an underlying point that's really important, and it's really important as you see the rise of right-wing populist movements across the world.
And that is, a large collection of lonely, isolated young men who are becoming more and more angry, becoming more and more misogynistic, becoming less and less decent, especially toward women.
MATT LEWIS: Absolutely. You know, the incel phenomenon. I think it's valid, it's not good for society to have --
SCARBOROUGH: What is -- just explain to everybody. What is incel?
LEWIS: It means involuntarily celibate. And this is a real problem! It's been a problem like in Japan. It's now a big problem in America. And look, I think that marriage, and women specifically, are a civilizing force on men. There's a loneliness epidemic. And I do think, kudos to Colin Cowherd, because this is part of the story.
I also think a lot of these right-wing keyboard warrior types are obsessed with masculinity--kind of ironically in some cases. And I think that they kind of resent Travis Kelce, this sort of macho guy, dating Taylor Swift. And look, if you saw Jason Kelce --
SCARBOROUGH: By the way, by the ways, that's kind of a checkmate, right? Like, that's a kind of a checkmate. These snowflakes are like [adopts a nerdy voice,] "oh, I'm so manly. I have on Trump hat on, and oh, oh, my suspenders are all red."
And then they see Travis Kelce and they're trying to say, what? He's not a man? Like, it's just such a total checkmate --
LEWIS: Yeah, it's insane --
SCARBOROUGH: -- against all of these little weenies. These snowflakes.
