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A tearful, unscripted moment between Tim Walz and his 17-year-old son, Gus, has unleashed a flood of praise and admiration – but also prompted ugly online bullying.

Gus Walz, who has a nonverbal learning disorder as well as anxiety and ADHD, watched excitedly from the front row of Chicago’s United Center and sobbed openly Wednesday night as his father, the Democratic nominee for vice president, delivered his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.

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Conservative columnist and right-wing provocateur Ann Coulter mocked the teenager’s tears. “Talk about weird,” she wrote on X. The message has since been deleted.

Mike Crispi, a Trump supporter and podcaster from New Jersey, mocked Walz’s “stupid crying son” on X and added, “You raised your kid to be a puffy beta male. Congrats.”

Alec Lace, a Trump supporter who hosts a podcast about fatherhood, took his own swipe at the teenager: “Get that kid a tampon already,” he wrote, an apparent reference to a Minnesota state law that Walz signed as governor in that required schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I feel like that's not the win they think it is. A young man is passionate and loves his father dearly, and has been raised in a loving environment that allows him to express himself openly. The cum cups and diapers are fine, but genuine emotion?: "Weird."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Let them get all this alpha/beta male crap out if they want to. Nothing says "weird" better than applying to people what was initially intended (and is now widely rejected) as a description of social dynamics among canines.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

If bullying a kid is all they got, they don't got much.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Of course their reasons weren’t love…

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Jones has some Chester A Arthur vibes going with that facial hair. WTF?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago (3 children)

A kid is incredibly proud of his dad and they mock him? The fuck is wrong with the world.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (4 children)

What's wrong with the world? Men aren't allowed to cry.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Dad goal unlocked.

[–] [email protected] 203 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

They think him crying for an extremely emotional event is beta yet this is alpha:

At least Gus was crying with happiness. Rittenhouse was crying in fear.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Some of us are old enough to remember John Boehner before he showed everyone that he stands for nothing and became a pro-cannabis lobbyist after retiring from his position as the GOP Speaker of the House of Representatives (fucking scumbag. Put people in prison for decades because of it while you have the power to change that, and then immediately becoming a lobbyist for cause when you lose that power.

Dude used to cry all the fucking time. It was like his trademark.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wasn’t this picture taken after the “not guilty” verdict was read?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

He’s on the witness stand here.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Rittenhouse was crying in fear.

Fear of punishment for having killed two men.

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[–] [email protected] 153 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I was hoping this picture would be on this thread.

Crying is only allowed by men if you're a conservative under oath I suppose.

Let's add another one.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago

Lol damn, these are both fucking fantastic comparisons. Love vs hate.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 5 months ago

HE LIKES BEER OKAY?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fuck anyone who even says anything about this kid.

I WISH my teenage kid loved me like that 🤣 These internet bitches are just jealous.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They are!

Be best: Hater. Weirdo. Asshole. Psychopath.

They're the best at that!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

can we please not weaponize "weird". I know it's popular right now but surely you can see how this can blow up in your face.

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