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“Beta male,” “whining bitch boy,” “embarrassing,” and “weird” – the reactions of the MAGA universe to the emotional outburst of Gus Walz – son of Minnesota’s governor and potential vice president Tim Walz – at the Democratic Party convention in Chicago revealed a vileness that also reflected an outdated image of masculinity among American conservatives. The judgments about the nastiness, in turn, were extremely harsh.
