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The love between a dad and his son is a beautiful thing. And no troll on the internet can ruin it. When an artistic photo of former Vice President Joe Biden holding and kissing his son Hunter on the cheek surfaced on the internet, right-wing commentator and TV host John Cardillo criticized the fatherly expression of love and called it ‘creepy.’

However, the internet was quick to respond in the most beautiful way. Liz Plank, journalist and author of ‘For the Love of Men: From Toxic to a More Mindful Representation,’ invited the men of Twitter to share photos of them being held by their dads. The photos are powerful, honest, and we hope you enjoy them, dear Pandas. Let us know which ones you liked the most in the comments and remember to upvote your fave ones.

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Natalie Bohrteller
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So much love in one picture... if that creeps you out, there's obviously something wrong with YOU.

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Tom Nichols, senior adviser to The Lincoln Project, writes on USA Today that the photo of 77-year-old Biden and his 50-year-old son might seem “awkward,” but it’s moving. 

“Even strangers to these men would know what it means. All of us, after all, were once children. In this case, to know the circumstances in which it was taken is to know that it is a picture full of pain, love, forgiveness, and acceptance, and to look at it for even more than a moment is to experience at least some of those emotions, especially in the memory of our own parents or children,” Nichols writes, alluding to the fact that Biden stood by his son during his struggles with drug abuse and other troubles.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I lost someone who I didn't see for nearly a year because of COVID. By the time I finally got a test and planned a safe way to travel home without exposure, it was too late. He was already in the hospital where we couldn't see him. It breaks my heart. I could have gone months before if I had just planned. But we always think we'll have more time. My advice is to make a plan to safely see your loved ones. Get tested, find a safe way to travel without risking exposure, or plan to quarantine and test on arrival. You can make it happen and you will deeply regret it if you don't.

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Pat Wooster
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What infuriates me about all this is that that man’s wife and daughter were killed and those two boys were in terrible shape in the hospital. Joe went home from Washington to Delaware every night on the train to be with those boys! Their relationships basically started with that tragedy! Can you even imagine how close those three must have been? And then Beau dies and Hunter has a drug problem that his father supported him through! What a story! How can anybody criticize that?!

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Clara Knaub
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Biden and his family have been through so much and here he is, running for president. He is brave and deserves this presidency. We need him. 🇺🇸

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Kelly Hartle
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And he had to be both father and mother to those boys after their mother and sister were killed.

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Jeff Bunn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I only wish that I had a photo like that of me and my father!!

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Mairlady
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL Bonding photo! This is what parenting is all about!

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Elsie Collins
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All this smearing is part of PUTIN'S filthy disinformation strategy to interfere in another election to reinstall his FAVORITE ORANGE APPRENTICE TRAITOR PUPPET!! It really pisses me off to see how many stupid people are so ready and willing to believe it!!! EVIL HEARTS would easily subscribe to this kind of trash talk!!!

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Debbie Swanson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He just looks like an affectionet person. It will be a sad day when parents cant show love for their children. When ur children are babies u kiss them all the time, both parents, u dont just stop bc they grow up, doesnt work that way

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He lost her in a car crash along with her mother/first wife. This photo breaks my heart every time.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't see the problem of parents showing their children love with hugs and kisses - I love recieving them from my parents.

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Paul Sheehan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Note 📝 only trump supporters are getting downvoted 👎🏻

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Boopie Dew
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If he were a woman talking close up to children no one would blink an eye. Infact would be praised!! Shame, when a man does what we want, which is to love his kids he's ridiculed.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nice name for twitter account... it means suckling pig in balinese languange

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Luis Padilla
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When people look at a picture with love for one another the filthy that they see comes from there dirty mind and of course the rest of the dirty minds have to go along with it because they can’t think for them self and than comes in Heated to push it the rest of the way.if you can’t think 🤔 for your self please don’t think at all.go crawl in a hole 🕳 and stay there.

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Biden worked hard to make that little boy a criminal. I'm sure he's proud of all the things on his son's hard drive. The FBI sure likes all of it.

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Hailey Moreau
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

U think trump a saint hell no he a bully an a asshole he don't give a crap about any of us. Go watch the movie about trump everything under control then u will see ur love for trump u will see the truth with proof

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went home and married the babysitter named jill!!!!!!

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You ought to post the one of him making out with his granddaughter. Or the ones of him grabbing women's private parts not to mention pawing the kids.

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That does not take away from the fact that the whole Biden family is a criminal entity. But hey, thanks for your effort to paint them in a nice light. Too much effort and such a waste of energy!!

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Melissa Powell
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am literally sick of 45 supporters. Hear this, the criminal enterprise starts with 45 and ends with his administration. They all should be "locked up".

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According to Nichols, the way that right-winger Cardillo reacted to the photo shows how his sense of masculinity has become corroded and shows his inner insecurity.

“More accurately, it is a child’s view of masculinity. Come on, Dad, quit it, guys don’t kiss. This is the insecurity of the boys who did not learn that to accept a father’s embrace is part of becoming a man,” Nichols explains.

He adds that males (not men) like Cardillo are “to be pitied” because they might have had troublesome family relationships that led them to have a “terrified” and “embryonic male identity of a small child.”

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They were very fortunate to be able to have such a wonderful relationship.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Twins (with the exception of about a 25 year age span). You can tell they're father and son.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dean, if you see this, I'm so sorry for your loss. Such a sweet image..

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i might get a lot of downvotes but people are only saying that is inappropriate because of his place in the dems and the fact that he is running against trump. if he was just an average man people would see this as an adorable father-son connection.

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