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Unironically, this. I know they're trying to crack a joke but it's absolutely true. Been saying it for years. The men who enthusiastically participate in this movement are men who crave the attention their own fathers couldn't or wouldn't give them. They are because of this the weakest men among us - and you can tell because they have to cosplay at being tough guys but would go on national TV and say something as degrading and stupid as this and not have an ounce of self-reflection about it because they know they're talking to other people just like them.
It’s also the display of power over those who cannot hit back.
Kids don’t fight back.
Lbgtq people are viewed/painted as weak, they don’t fight back.
Same for Liberals.
Women.
Etc.
So it may have something to do with fatherly attention, but it also has to do with being a bully who can display unchallenged power.
Makes sense, the nazi movement was built on young men who's father's died in WWI.