Peter Maass engages in the war on masculinity in The Inctercept with "It's Time to Wage War Against Movies that Glorify 'Outdated' Models of Masculinity." http://archive.fo/p9xev (Like hell I'm linking the original. They quite frankly don't deserve your clicks.) But it's an interestingly viperous way he goes about engaging 'the enemy'.
The assault in proper doesn't begin until the third paragraph in his article, as the first two are about generating a false equivalency between the Harvey Weinsteins and the Mitch Nelsons (Chris Hemsworth's character) of the world. Maass needs this, because being a journalist (and I'd wager he refers to himself as a "male feminist ally"), he's more likely to resemble Harvey than Mitchh, or even Chris. Maass isn't unable to see the difference between the sort of men behind the #MeToo furor, he's obfuscating to attack men who strive to be paragons of positive masculinity.
Mitch Nelson's brand of heroism is harder than hell to live up to,and the Peter Maass of the world would rather tear that image of heroism- to boldly defend your nation, your family, from harm, to avenge it when harmed- because it's often beyond lesser men. There's no shame in falling short of ideals, (as long as you give it the old 'college try') but the Marxist, the 'Progressive' has a deep seated need to tear down such ideals, out of fear that another man might achieve it, and therefore shame him.
But this isn't just about Mitch Nelson, the movie 12 Strong, or Peter Maass's cringeworthy failures a man. He dislikes the idea that others might hold aspirations to victory, and take heart in the belief that heroes, truth, beauty, are attainable.
But what about the "War movies" he does like?
Of course this feeb likes Three Kings, George Clooney's smug disparagement of Desert Storm and the ment serving in that conflict. A film used to attack George HW Bush and draw yet another false equivalence between a US president and Saddam Hussein. An attack on US servicement as opportunistic looters. And notably not "based on a true story".
Maass is perfectly fine with protrayals of America's servicemen as morally and emotionally weak, as victims to be pitied, as bullies or useful idiots. His beef is with men with Purpose. And it's out of jealousy. He's a journalist, and lists reporting on wars (though I'd have to do some research on him to see if he was ever actually in a war zone himself he must have found himself wanting that geniune courage.
That pettiness informs all the Marxist's ideology. That hatred in the success of others. That primal sin of Envy.