/2 Seeing a man express admiration of his wife’s abilities, a son genuinely proud of his father, a person at peace with their own genial and friendly personality — these simple things are a dagger to the heart of their furious inadequacy.

I bet Michelle feels much better today knowing that Trump really really respects her.

A lot of it is homophobia. In red America, a man being anything OTHER than a toxic bully is coded as being gay, which is literally the worst thing one could be.

/3 That’s why you’ll see sneers at Gus Walz - it’s the fox and the grapes, a pack of sad bullies scorning the kind of genuine relationship they will never know from either side.

Every one of these qualities is antithetical to the patriarchal hierarchy these people believe is natural. Man strong and unquestioned. Woman subservient and obedient. Child fearful and deferential.

Republicans making fun of someone crying for joy is some serious Speaker John Boenher erasure. Not that he doesn't deserve to be forgotten, but still.

Furious Inadequacy is a very good description.

Furious inadequacy. Exactly.

The Trump GOP is the party of angry, bitter old men who are no longer on speaking terms with their kids, and no longer welcome at family holiday gatherings because they've ruined so many of them ranting about the "globalists" and whatnot.

They can’t comprehend a 17 year old kid welling up in a moment of pride for his father. They only understand a 17 year old shooter crying in relief after being acquitted for killing two people.