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Gus Walz broke the internet with his tearful love for his dad. Then the bullying began (www.usatoday.com)

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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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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Oh hey look, the new ann coulter proposal video just droppe... And, he called it off.

Just think of the fucking human sludge it would take to propose to ann coulter in the first place, and then realize that those dudes STILL couldn't go through with it. They got one full whiff and said, "LOOK lady... I literally pay millions of dollars to hunt human children for fun in Luxembourg, I have a Michelin chef flown in to prepare their livers for me for dinner... but YOU are just a god damn irredeemable monster... I can't go through with this..."

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[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It broke X, can't tell if on purpose or some weird algorithm thing. I clicked on trending topics and Hunter Biden was trending but only 1 in 3 of the tweets under that trending topic mentioned Hunter, and all of them were about Gus.

Then the same thing for Barron Trump, and Kyle Rittenhouse. A series of young men became trending topics but all of the tweets were about Gus. Just odd.

Obviously some of it was people comparing Gus to the other guys but a majority were just straight up about Gus and no one else.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Twitter now leans super right after Elon’s changes, so it doesn’t surprise me in the least

[-] indepndnt@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Wow Republicans are weird. I was watching that and could only think what a beautiful moment it was. It was touching how incredibly proud Gus is of his dad, which suggests to me that they've probably got a pretty healthy family.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Excellent. The press have a story they can jump up and down on for a day or two and leave Harris alone.

Excellent work, Gus. You did good a hundred different ways, sir.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Be best

Melanoma Trump

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

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

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

The fucking hell is wrong with these people‽ Get that boy a hug from his dad, he seems like he’s had a ton but he could’ve used another. That’s a seriously loving father son relationship, one I think a lot of us people who had shitty dads see with a lot of respect.

[-] fubarx@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Dad goal unlocked.

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Instead republicans cry when the oligarchs take all their money via inflation and increased housing costs

All this culture nonsense is such a distraction

[-] Gemini@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

and added, “You raised your kid to be a puffy beta male. Congrats.”

I thought these were just characters in hollywood production. What the fuck.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

I'm a Republican trying to Protect The Children and I see NOTHING WRONG with Bullying a Nonverbal Child!

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