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What's hidden beneath their posts is jealousy and a deep-seated woundedness because they did not have the kind of love from and respect for their own fathers that Tim Walz and his son enjoy.

Seeing that kind of love and respect between a father and his son rips the Alpha Male Bandaid off of that gaping, bleeding wound, exposing their pain once again.

But because Alpha Male Bandaid culture tells them that seeking healing for that wound and the loss and pain they feel is a Beta Male thing to do, they turn away from the very things that would bring them true healing, forcing them to remain stuck in the pain and jealousy they feel every time they see men like Tim Walz and his son experiencing the kinds of loving relationships they so wish they could have had with their own fathers.

So they are left with feeling the only negative emotion allowed in Alpha Male Bandaid culture — anger. And — since anger is always a secondary emotion that masks fear, sadness and grief — their sadness and jealousy still eat away at them.

Wanting to be rid of those bad feelings, they project them away from themselves and onto Gus and Tim. That makes them feel temporarily better and even superior, and their deep woundedness remains unhealed until the next time their Alpha Male Bandaid gets ripped off and their deeply wounded hearts are exposed again.

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What’s mind blowing is the 10’s of millions of citizens who will vote for those horrible politicians.

Guess they know no disabled individuals, veterans, pregnant women, minorities or immigrants.

They disgust me.

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Are you sure that should be my response?

Because I keep thinking my response involves a baseball bat and a dark alley.

Violence is wrong but when they go after kids (and teenagers ARE kids), I just feel it's an opportunity to educate people.

Hence dark alley.

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They probably thought it to be okay because djt made fun of a professional journalist who happened to be disabled 9-years ago — and still served as POTUS. Despicable….

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Just because Shapiro did one thing right doesn't mean I excuse him at all. He's a total symptom of the maga cancer - he just hasn't totally metastasized yet.

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I wish everyone, even the defenders, would stop calling out the neurodivergent part here, as if that’s the only reason for being a caring person able to be vulnerable. I’m neurodivergent and we just don’t want or can be what society demands of us but that’s not because we have a so called “disability”, we are not disabled… it’s society that’s mostly very toxic and ableist. I know y’all mean well and yes these people are absolutely abhorrent, it’s people like them that have had a much too large a hand in shaping our toxic society and that’s why we’re struggling as neurodivergent, not because we have a “condition”. Much love nevertheless, I do appreciate that people stand up against these bullies

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Totally agree. Decency, and caring need not be dependent on any conditions. It Should be naturally extended to all.

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We the people are tired of the 💩talking right. They 💩talk the United States as a nation in decline. They 💩talk our military to their faces in congressional hearings for the world to watch. They 💩talk our Supreme Court nominees again for the world to watch. They 💩talk post menopausal women and women without children. But then when someone has a son who isn’t neurotypical, but whose parents see his brilliance despite his difference, they 💩 the young man and his family then too. We the people are sick of your nastiness. Didn’t anyone teach you any fricking manners!! This isn’t how adults act in a normal world - narcissistic bullies.

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Exactly 💯. The stasi GQP merely amplifes fear, hatred and mental poison.

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FAFO is hard for these folks…

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All these garbage folks should be pelted with rotten fruit (metaphorically of course) every time they open their pie holes.

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Jeff Tiedrich aptly reminded of rwt Kyle racisthome crying on the witness stand for fear of having to face just consequences, and might have been incarcerated for the crime he actually committed. Those were artificially induced, loathsome cowards alligator tears. For some strange reason kyle reminded me of brettbeerlover. Oh, and didn't liddleprivilegedbeerliver cried at his confirmation hearings?

Good memory of how a prosecutor turned senator from CA asked brett unanswerable questions!

We know that rwsh*tbags of racism, hatred, and cruelty can't understand nor respect the tears of joy. They never heard or read the words "joy, happiness and decency" etc. The hypocrites of party of "family values" don't know what those actually are. These maggots are truly broken and just filled with all the negative, cruel, & dark feelings towards anyone who doesn't have the same feelings, aren't like themselves, and act on those under any circumstances.

On a different note we on the left, (proud) liberals, and all the good people on any side need to own those good words as we actually believe in them, & practice them.

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I jumped on the Jay Weber story as soon as I learned about it on IG...Toby Morton, a writer for South Park is doing great work trolling all the MAGA jerks. Check him and his various web sites out. After a visit to the radio stations web site, I can assure you people are flooding it with #FireJay#Weber. WISN is another right wing, extremist media hell hole.

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Susan, wasn't it home for rushtoracismmisogynyslimebough? Listening to the hate spouted by "host" at that radio station can ma6 any sane good person's ears fall off.

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LOL. Thats the perfect name! 😂 Cape Girardeau Missouri is where Rush did his broadcasting of venom and BS.

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"Alas, I am sure this shitbag will land another radio station to spew his toxic blend of shittiness."

True words. They multiply in the dark like cockaroaches by damn!

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Read Charlotte Clymer’s post

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That was a good one, encapsulated many of my thoughts as well.

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Demands of TOXIC Masculinity reverberate through every level of society & we have to be vigilant against it.

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Aug 24Liked by Geoff Anderson

I just wonder any of those right wing shitbags either know of any individuals or have some like Gus in their family? Shitzinpants had a son of a nephew , I believe, with some kind of a medically based disability and refused to assist him, expressing the desire he just “pass away”. Since these shitbags seems to use captain heelspurs as a role model, I pity their family members who may have any kind of disability. How low does MAGA have to sink before American voters see they don’t want this kind of cruelty as a choice in our election?

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I know you mean well but; Neurodivergence isn’t a “medical based disability”. It’s really isn’t even a disability. We are just a different way human brains have evolved to bring more security to the survival of the group (a diverse way of thinking is better for survival). The problem is: it’s society that is “disabled” towards anyone other than able bodied and neurotypical. Society is built by one type of person and leaves the people that fall out of that narrow range struggling, often even for survival.

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Thanks for the education. Neurodivergence is a new term for me so I appreciate the explanation. When you depend on descriptions in the MSM you can’t depend on their accuracy. Now I know.

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Yes unfortunately our society still sees everything other than what it thinks is the norm, as disabled (or even “minority”). This is why there’s a stigma on diversity and equity, by some it’s considered a handout to get certain facilities in order to make society equitable. If society would see “normal” as the diversity it is, it would automatically design and create everything with everyone in mind. Anyway, long winded (neurodiverse) way of telling you; yes you were incorrectly informed by society, so it was out of your hands. I really appreciate however your openness to see it differently ❤️

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Of course, our daughter is a special education teacher, most students of hers are autistic, don’t know if that is included in the neurodivergent category.

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Yes

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