"Barstool founder Dave Portnoy is an internet celebrity turned real life D-list celebrity thanks to his partnership with Fox Sports, and he is the avatar for the crisis of American masculinity. He posted a video over the weekend that I think serves as a metaphor for how Trump got elected. A bunch of aggrieved and broken guys like this gambling their life savings on sports, stocks and memecoins all convinced themselves that a con artist actually cared about them. Now much of the manosphere are realizing that they're the ones who got conned, and some like Portnoy seem to be fraying at the edges."
"Some may think that is an uncharitable shot at a big dumb baby just being a big dumb baby, but that big dumb baby was accused by several women in multiple Business Insider reports that they had sexual encounters with Portnoy that "turned into frightening and humiliating experiences," with some women alleging that he "choked and filmed them without advance permission.""
Dave Portnoy rose from internet fame to mainstream visibility through a Fox Sports partnership and became an emblem of a troubled form of masculinity. A viral video by Portnoy captured aggrieved men gambling life savings on sports, stocks, and memecoins and believing in a charismatic con artist. Research shows legalized sports gambling correlates with increased intimate partner violence after NFL upsets. Multiple women accused Portnoy of frightening and humiliating sexual encounters, including allegations of choking and filming without permission; his lawsuit against reporting was dismissed. Portnoy also led harassment campaigns, and misogyny is central to Barstool's brand.
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