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Gus Walz broke the internet with his tearful love for his dad. Then the bullying began
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this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
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It's odd to place the emphasis on your crying male child and then be appalled there is an emphasis on your crying male child.
The kid stood up and owned his fierce emotions for his family. He displayed it instead of hiding it.
You know Trump's youngest is crying for completely different reasons while hidden away from the public for being on the spectrum
It's a public event. The occurrence was blasted by the DNC. The son is open to praise or criticism just like anyone else. The rules didn't change just because he is the potential VP's son. Either you believe in equal treatment or preferential treatment?
I think it's a matter of decorum. In general we shouldn't attack people's kids (when they're minors) for normal occurrences, even if their a public figure.
I was against bashing Barron when he was a minor, and I'm against bashing Gus until he's of legal age. In general, however, I refrain from bashing people and would encourage the same decorum from others.
Being able to criticize is not open license to do so in my opinion.
All right man go ahead and try to paint this as something bad lol.
When did I say no one was allowed to make fun of him? It's just extremely cringy how you guys are trying to find anything you can to make it seem like you're going to win
You can go vote for your eyeliner wearing couch fucker 😂 The dude is a robot created by the RNC to push project 2025
I'm going to vote for people that look and act like us normal Americans.
Why do Republicans not understand that we have freedom of speech not freedom from consequences?
We are allowed to make fun of you for anything you say, that is OUR freedom