Matt Lewis: Trump's GOP is a Party of Snowflakes and Beta Males

[babylonsister]

Yea, he's a conservative writer which is why I find this fairly remarkable.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-gop-is-a-party-of-snowflakes-and-beta-males?ref=home

Trump’s GOP is a Party of Snowflakes and Beta Males
MAKE AMERICA SOFT AGAIN
The party’s patient careerists believe that swallowing their pride and sublimating their anger, opinions and even familial loyalties is the way to win the long game. It’s pathetic.
Matt Lewis, Senior Columnist
Published May. 23, 2021 5:03AM ET

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Not only did Rep. Pence oppose the bipartisan commission, but he also attacked “Hanging Judge Nancy Pelosi” for being “hellbent on pushing her version of partisan justice complete with a hand-picked jury that will carry out her pre-determined political execution of Donald Trump…” That’s right, Greg Pence was more outraged about the metaphorical attempted “hanging” and “execution” of Donald Trump than the literal attempted “hanging” and “execution” of his own brother.

What do you do with people like this? Recruit them for the Republican Party, where they will fit right in. After all, it’s a party full of loyal best friends—like John McCain’s best friend (Meghan McCain even called him “Uncle”), Lindsey Graham, who bows down to the man who said McCain wasn’t a hero because he got captured as a P.O.W. It’s the party of George P. Bush, the Texas Land Commissioner who just endorsed a Trump 2024 bid, despite Trump calling for his uncle’s impeachment, and branding his dad “low-energy Jeb” and calling his dad an “embarrassment to his family.” And it’s the party of Ted Cruz, who supports Trump despite Trump implying Cruz’s wife is ugly—and alleging that Cruz’s father was involved in the JFK assassination.

The big question is: Why do they tolerate Trump? Why doesn’t their primal desire for pride and honor and dignity ever kick in?

Life is full of pride-swallowing sacrifices. I’ve had to bite my tongue on occasion to stay gainfully employed (and married, for that matter). But here’s the thing: All bets are off the first time my boss publicly insults my wife—or tries to have my family member murdered by a violent mob. And here’s the other thing: If you’re an elected official, Donald Trump isn’t your boss.

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Call me romantic, but I miss the days when insulting someone’s honor, country, or (especially) kin would evoke a decidedly more visceral response than the muted tones these Republican eunuchs are showing Trump. “But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-gop-is-a-party-of-snowflakes-and-beta-males?ref=home

[LizBeth]

1. It shows how stupid this alpha beta thing is. Military, police would absolutely be the so called

alpha, all while they show what cowards and wimps they are. So though this article is cute calling these supposed alpha, beta, and how pissed they will be hearing this it exactly shows how stupid all that is.

[dawg day]

2. I ask that all the time: The big question is: Why do they tolerate Trump? Why doesn't their primal d

I guess that's the personality of people who follow authoritarians -- they are contentious and arrogant and "tough," but bow down to someone who pretends to be tougher.

It really is embarrassing.

And it's not just the very personal (Ted Cruz licking the boots of the man who insulted his wife). It extends-- all these men embracing a man who would-- if their wives and daughters were "10s"-- grab them by the genitals... and take away their reproductive rights.

And these parents who love the rich guy who would gladly steal the money from their elderly parents, within a party that would gladly take away their pensions.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Wrong

They're Omega males. They feel everyone shits on them.