Young conservatives' obsession with placing liberal and leftist men in the "failed masculinity" box is actually useful in 1:1 conversations
It belies two things:
A recognition that your sex is not your gender, because even if you're an adult male, they don't consider you "a man"
A recognition that two genders isn't sufficient even if you're only focused on maleness. Press them. "If failed masculinity is a thing, what are adult 'beta males' if not men?"
If done well, you can sometimes make them interrogate their own worldview.
However, don't ever expect to accomplish this through public debate, which is more about attitude than substance.
