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"Allentown" is a song by American singer #BillyJoel and the lead track on Joel's 1982 album #TheNylonCurtain. Released as the album's second single, it was accompanied by a conceptual #musicVideo. Upon its release, and especially in subsequent years, "Allentown" emerged as an anthem of #bluecollar America, representing both the aspirations and frustrations of America's working class in the late 20th century. "Allentown" reached No. 17 on the #Billboard Hot 100.
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To see how toxic masculinity and weaponized misogyny harms men too, just watch this "joke" video that's circulating virally of a blue-collar man being goaded into licking an electric bug-zapper paddle by his so-called friends:

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He said "I'm scared!" and they goaded him just once with the dread specter of inadequate masculinity, throwing the "pussy" epithet at him. Once was enough.

ErosBlog · "Don't Be A Pussy - Do Something Painful Instead!" - ErosBlogIt's really common in feminist spaces, or honestly anywhere that women are speaking, to hear statements like "the patriarchy hurts men, too" or more... Tagged: sex blogging, licking, misogyny, toxic masculinity, zapper paddle

Mike Rowe, of "Dirty Jobs" fame, uses a dubiously earned 'credibility' as a '#bluecollar guy', to smuggle anti-#worker, anti-#labor, anti-#union, and Libertarian-tinged conservative ideas into work which ostensibly glorifies those same groups of people.

Join us as we talk about how/why he has chosen this path.

TL;DR - Mike Rowe is making BIG BANK by spreading billionaire and industry lies about the people he supposedly speaks for. #unions #solidarity #unionstrong

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#Politics #VPOTUS

This morning, the #TalkingHeads started saying that #Harris only chose #Walz over #Shapiro because it was the "safe" choice.

Now, they're saying that it was the "smart" choice.

IMO, it was always the SMARTER choice.

Shaprio isn't going anywhere & he'll be in #PA as governor to support the #HarrisWalz ticket. So, Harris didn't need Shapiro to win in #PA.

However, Walz can help Harris with the #disaffected #white #male #bluecollar & #rural voters who are unhappy with #Drumpf (but didn't see another choice until now) not only in PA but also in the #Midwest (where he's from) & across the country in red & purple districts & states which could also benefit the Dems in Congressional & Senate races, not just the race for #POTUS .

Note that, Walz was a #Dem who represented a rural #GOP
#Congressional district for over a decade.

Shaprio would have ONLY helped Harris in PA & he would have alienated the type of voters Walz is more likely to attract.

So, Walz was definitely the SMARTER choice!

The #UAW members want, among other things, a 32-hour work week. While still getting paid for 40 hours. This is not as far-fetched as it seems at first glance.
Basically, it would be the equivalent of a 25% increase in hourly wage, which isn't that far from what the #BigThree are already offering.
The City of #Montreal's #BlueCollar employees went through a similar situation in the '90s. Once the Union demonstrated it resulted in actual savings for the employer, it was adopted.