The words we've been using before -- fascists, neonazis, dictators -- oddly enough seem to make Republicans laugh at Democrats because we make them sound scary/we sound scared. Calling them weird trivializes them, and reduces them to barely under creepy uncle status. Calling them weird stings because they think themselves the epitome of normal -- they think they're the "real" Americans, not the aberrant ones.
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Because it is simple and understandable.
Because it renders their grievances in the petty light they need to be seen in.
Because it hits a nerve for them.
Because it disempowers and dismisses them.
Because it's not overtly combative.
But really really because it is true.
Weird works for some people as it allows them to express disdain without getting violent
I think the main reason the "weird" approach works is simply because it is true. They are weird.
And the reason why it hurts Trump so much is exactly that truth hurts.
I mean it's not like it was untrue to call him a rapist or wannabe dictator
Soooo, I kind of got déjà vu reading this article because ... Six days ago I "foresaw" the relevance of "weird." Comment thread here (I think) or just check out post my post history.
The author brings up a ton of specific points I called out, including using similar words like "flip" the script and referencing how "basket of deplorables" was too directed. Were we all thinking sbout "weird" in this context six days ago already? If not... I am weirded out, y'all.
"Deplorables" and alot of other seemingly insulting, derogatory things could be worn as a badge of honor by that group. For people who pride themselves on being conservative and the representatives of "normality", "Weird" isn't something you can easily call yourself, you're not weird, you're the normal one, it's society that's weird for being so permissive. And then just being called "weird" is hard to defend against because everyone has some weird thing about themselves, just existing as a human being is a weird experience.
Weird isn't bad, weird is just normal, it's just life, but in their eyes, weird IS bad, it's probably a part of themselves that they themselves know is wrong. I think alot of the blatant lies they tell the world aren't just for other people, part of it is for themselves too, to make the weirdness of fascism go down a bit easier, to make it seem like they're supporting it for justifiable reasons.
i maintain that this is because Kendrick Lamar thoroughly undermined Drake earlier this summer with a similar approach
“Weird” reverses and intervenes at the crucial point of transmission of that idea. No, it says, the appeals by the right to supposed family values (anti-trans bigotry; restricting no-fault divorce; slashing public school funding; hatred of immigrants) are not normal. They aren’t fundamental American values that the liberal elites have somehow derailed. They are, instead, deeply strange. And “we” (a new silent majority that Walz invokes in his use of “weird”) are tired of it.
This sums it up pretty nicely.
Why aren't there rolls of stickers on Amazon of pictures of Republicans with the word "weird" under them to stick on gas pumps?
How are you any less weird? You support Zionism, just like many Republicans. You are SO WEIRD! Why aren't there rolls of stickers like that for you, @[email protected], and for all the other genocide deniers?
Probably because liberals are less likely to vandalize people's property, and buy a roll of stickers. You could probably make more money on large format stickers individually.
I absolutely wouldn't want to vandalize someone's property however, had a conservative already put a sticker there I wouldn't feel bad at all about covering it up.
Vandalize someone's property
Just to make sure I understand
Vandalize = stick a removable sticker to something
Someone = an oil company
Property = infrastructure to dispense oil to be burned and pumped into the atmosphere
Honestly, I don't think stickers go nearly far enough. Bomb an oil pipeline instead.
Yeah that won't kill anybody. F*** over society and raise the prices for 99% of people. That seems like a perfectly well thought-out plan /s
Sounds like an opportunity to make some money. You could be the change you want to see.
Same reason they buy unnecessary giant trucks.
It isn't for loading their junk around.
Silent? They never shut the fuck up.
I think pretending there are A LOT of people like you that want this specific thing that is kind of weird is an attempt to appeal to authority of slightly more invested in politics "masses". If someone tells a conservative and disconnected corn farmer that ALL conservatives care about that trans thing and that it's a danger to your style of life, and that they mutilate children, then they might not check if any of that is true. Just assume that someone did, since apparently all their conservative friends are in on it. And you might just make a fool out of yourself if you ask any questions, since you know you don't really belong with "silent conservative majority" because unlike them you're not invested in politics and didn't do your research... So you better keep your mouth shut and go along with the flow. Same thing with facism. Also preys on embarassed ignorance of the "silent majority" ...imo
The silent majority is neither of those things.
Yells. Screams. Smashes plate on the floor. Smashes plate against the wall. Flings boogers at everyone. Pulls out a gun and literally shoots somebody in the face. "Nobody is paying attention to me. I am the silent majority."
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