# @variety on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZc8R5cmwKM
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-11T16:25:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Variety (@Variety) — https://gondola.cc/Variety

## Caption

#NickOfferman pushes back against claims that Ron Swanson from “Parks and Rec” is a “misogynist” in his new Extra Edition story with Variety.

“Ron is a smart and avid hunter, so they assumed he must be a misogynist. They made a lot of incorrect assumptions, hoping to find an avatar for their ideologies. So that drew me in; I thought, ‘Well, no, if you pay attention, you’ll see that Ron is a feminist, or ‘Ron is a true libertarian. He’s the best man at a gay wedding.’ But it dovetailed with this weird new obsession with masculinity, a toxic masculinity that I guess comes hand-in-hand with the evolution of empathy.”

Read the full issue at the link in bio.

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