A recent report says MAGA and ISIS share roots in “toxic masculinity.” salon In the aftermath of the New Orleans terrorist attack, the piece likened the conservative pro-American movement to Islamic extremist terrorists and depicted supporters of both groups as people drawn to “hateful online propaganda.”
Monday essayThe article, titled “Toxic Masculinity Links New Orleans Attackers and Las Vegas Bombers,” salon Senior writer Amanda Marcotte blames “toxic masculinity” for the violence, including last week's mass murder in New Orleans and the Cybertruck explosion in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. are.
Marcotte compared “so-called incels'' who commit mass shootings to “Trump fans who attack government buildings'' and “terrorists who imbibe ISIS propaganda,'' and argues that men struggling with personal problems become radicalized. has denounced “toxic masculinity”.
“Rather than taking responsibility for their own failures and striving to do better, men from all walks of life turn to the internet, where legions of influencers welcome them and others , that is, women and people of different races; or religion, the “woke mob,'' that is the responsibility,'' she wrote.
The essay explores the lives of Shamsuddin Jabbar, who killed 15 people in New Orleans on New Year's Day, and Matthew Libersberger, the 37-year-old active-duty Army soldier who Marcotte claims targeted the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. It is being verified. “Used his death to call on fellow MAGA believers to commit acts of terrorism.”
She says both were driven by personal failures and distorted worldviews fostered by online echo chambers.
She compared MAGA believers to ISIS militant terrorists, accusing them both of selling men “the same poison that caused the problem in the first place: toxic masculinity.”
“Whether it's Islamic extremism or the vitriol of MAGA, the appeal is clear,” she wrote. “Men with these problems can blame others, especially women and 'woke' culture, instead of focusing on themselves.”
She blames “online incel communities” and “Christian nationalist churches,” saying that both ISIS and MAGA recruit “lost men” and provide them with identity and purpose through “masculinity.” He continued to claim that he was thriving.
“In the United States, groups like the Proud Boys offer similar tactics. Join them and you transform from a mere mortal into a warrior fighting for the supposedly noble MAGA cause. “Maybe,” she wrote.
Sharing his essay, Marcotte argues that “MAGA and ISIS terrorism have a lot in common.”
Critics accused Marcotte of denigrating traditional masculinity while ignoring broader social factors that create disconnection and radicalization.
1 user called While one essay is “a divisive narrative development,” another is referred to Treat it as a “driver”.
“Imagine the pure, unadulterated stupidity of someone who would try to compare MAGA to a deranged ISIS maniac and murderer,” another wrote.
The issue comes as the threat of Islamic extremism remains and the left continues to demonize conservatives by equating traditional values and right-wing movements with extremism.
In September, Salon claimed that President Trump's immigration plans and rhetoric are similar to those of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, and that former President Trump has attacked immigrants and minorities with “white supremacy” and “racism.” It warned that it was a “plan to turn the United States into a kind of Fourth Reich” targeting the United States.
Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter @Joshua Klein.
