"Beto" - just another instance of conservatives/Republicans (in the conservative commentariat, and elsewhere) refusing to understand how the Left uses language against us. We're stupid to keep calling him "Beto," when his name is Robert Francis. But we're not going to stop. We're going to keep saying "Beto," and "progressive," and "pro-choice," etc.
Also, the APS nickname policy reads, "use the individual's proper name, or don't use it at all." It doesn't make an exception for any nickname, at all. I was called out for calling the ACA "Barrycare," even though "Barry" is not the kind of insulting nickname the policy was intended for, and even though I was not talking about the man, but about the policy routinely nicknamed (here and everywhere) as "Obamacare."
So...?