In a controversial appearance on his wife’s podcast, former President Barack Obama urged young men to view gay men as role models in remarks that many saw as misguided. Obama argued that children need LGBTQ role models to teach them empathy and kindness in a bizarre podcast appearance.
For context, he criticized his party for abandoning positive aspects of traditional masculinity and focusing too much on “what’s going on with the boys instead of what’s right with them.” However, on social media, conservative commentators roundly mocked the former president for his out-of-touch comments,
In any case, Obama argued that young men should be exposed to many different types of masculinity, having tired woke talking points. The Democrat began, “And that’s one of the things that I think a lot of times boys need, is, not just exposure to one guy, one dad, no matter how good the dad. He can’t be everything,” adding, “And that boy may need somebody to give the boy some perspective on the dad right?”
Supporting his arguments with an anecdote that revealed the depth of Obama’s left-wing radicalism. The former president stated that one of his favorite professors was gay and would often challenge him for “saying stuff that was ignorant.”
Continuing his liberal screed, Obama claimed that men need LGBTQ friends to learn kindness. The Democrat stated, “You need that, to show empathy and kindness, and by the way, you need that person in your friend group, so that if you then have a boy who is gay or non-binary or whatever, they have somebody that they can go, ‘Okay, I’m not alone in this,’ right? So that, I think, is creating that community. I know it’s corny, but that’s what they need.”
Backpedaling slightly, Obama clarified, “I will say, as quote-unquote progressives, Democrats, progressive parents, enlightened ones, we’ve made that mistake sometimes in terms of our rhetoric, where it’s like we’re constantly talking about it, you know, what’s going on with the boys instead of what’s right with them, and that’s been a mistake. And I think people are starting to recognize that.”
Taking issue with Obama’s argument, a prominent black conservative attacked his premise. The user wrote, “Obama’s implication that the only way for boys to learn compassion is through a gay man stems from his growing up without a father. A gay man was compassionate with him and he thinks fathers don’t or can’t teach this,” adding, “A good father does exactly this. Compassion has nothing to do with who you have sex with.”
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Reacting to a clip of the interview posted to social media, one conservative was offended by the idea that gay men are inherently more compassionate. She noted, “So @BarackObamasaid only Gay people have empathy? As a Nurse Practitioner, I chose my profession because of having empathy for people I do not know. I am not alone. First responders, law enforcement, and any human who cares about other humans have empathy,” concluding, “Barack Obama needs to stop.”
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