Snowflakes. Groomers. Cucks.
For years the MAGA movement has approached politics the way a bully would approach a schoolyard, sparring with labels so nasty, they seemed expressly chosen to appeal to the kind of people who stuffed nerds in lockers in sixth grade. And for years Democrats, abiding by the mantra to go high, not low, have responded by trying to be the adults in the room: defending themselves with facts, with context, with earnest explanations that nobody remembers (if they defend themselves at all).
The problem is that taking the high road only works if politics is a sport played mainly by people who act like grown-ups, which it is not. And also: Facts and context don’t make for particularly sticky messaging.
Enter: Weird.
Over the past two weeks, as “Brat” and coconut memes have taken over the internet and Kamala Harris inches closer to Donald Trump in the polls, the Democrats have finally gone low, deploying a bit of verbal jujitsu so delightfully petty it might just work.
My only issue with using weird to refer to them is how much I love Weird Al Yankovic…
Fuck it tho… if weird works to get under the skin of fascistsI don’t think it’ll hurt AL in the slightest.
There’s good weird and bad weird.
So, this guy said he wants to bang his daughter back in 2016 and it took you 8 years to settle with “weird”.
Woah, slow down there cowboy!
We called him out on it then. But man, this weirdo just took it in stride like being called a fascist by everyone from historians to neo nazis. But weird, he doesn’t like it when we acknowledge he’s weird.
No it’s perfect because harsh insults would turn off some Democrats, but saying they’re weird though, it’s just pointing out the obvious and making people think “Isn’t it weird that the guy says he’s here for the common folks but he’s a billionaire?” “Isn’t it weird to support someone who said women should be grabbed by their pussy?”
I fear this is Harris stalling on detailing her platform. Please, don’t just bank on your age difference; even though Trump is a weirdo. Will someone run an actual campaign or am I just out of touch here?
Kamala is talking a lot about what she wants to accomplish.
This is the newest I could find. Uses quotes from 2019; even though the article is a few days old. It also contains alot of speculation.
Adjectives are not nouns.
Every friggin’ ® are weird and creepy POS.
Apparently the only way to put Republicans in check is to strategically sink to their own inate level.
Only verbally to them. The goals are totally different. Republicans want ownership to women’s and children’s bodies and to make people feel guilty if they disagree.
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If you have any questions or comments about me, you can make a post to LW Support lemmy community.Democrats have become so right wing they’re finally allowed to do name calling.
Regulatory agencies have been captured, scotus is corrupt, women’s rights have been taken, the largest industries are enriching a miniscule handful of Americans, fascism is increasingly coming into style and our noble democrats have only just started a new grand strategy of… name calling?
Forget about getting people fed, using the new immunity ruling, stacking courts, or any serious material change for Americans. We are fucked.
A doomer .ml account. How original.
Seriously. Doomerism and defeatism are just pathetic and detrimental. When has giving up and rolling over in the face of opposition ever led to anything good? Especially when so much is at stake and worth fighting for every step of the way.
Can we make a meme referencing the MyPillow guy with Vance’s sofa smashing? After that all we’ll need is Trump embracing the Turks to get the Ottoman reference in there somehow and we’ll have a completely furnished set!
…deploying a bit of verbal jujitsu so delightfully petty it might just work
It’s not even petty. It’s just true. Republicans, with their obsessions over what’s going on in everyone’s pants and bedrooms, really are weird and creepy.
MAGAs are one trick ponies. Never engage them. Always call them out. It is easy once you know their game.
I think it’s missing the point. It’s not effective for being name-calling. It’s just saying what everyone is already thinking. Like in the 2020 debate when Biden said “Will you just shut up, man?” It was relatable because Trump runs his fucking mouth all the time.
This is the same. It’s a relatable feeling - Trump is deeply weird and out of touch. Vance is so creepy people didn’t even bother to check if he really wrote about fucking a couch.Vance is so creepy people didn’t even bother to check if he really wrote about fucking a couch.
Nailed it. Pre-Trump era I would have frantically searched for a source. These days my expectations from the Republicans are so unbelievably low.
More of this bullshit? My god is this weak. No Republican gives a shit about this, nor does anyone not an already solid democrate.
The Republican reaction disagrees with you. It’s oddly put them I’m quite the tailspin, which I personally do think will have an effect on turning off some Republican voters. I don’t think it will pick up many voters, but it may indirectly dissuade some.
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I am not a republican lol
You’re acting kind of weird.
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I’m not a democrate either. In the land of sanity I am a left leaning libertarian.
If you don’t like what I say and think, then the likely difference between you and me is sanity.
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Yeah I’m blocking you because I don’t communicate with the insane.
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fuck us politics.
Non of them ever adress the actual issues.
The declining middle class.
That you are just an industrial war machine that has to constantly be in war.
That you are ruled by wall street.
Bernie Sanders…
like they will ever let him run. He is anti Israel, guess which lobby doesn’t like him ?
I’m still in the group of… This is childish behavior.
The walk around while holding on to your ankles group?
No the, “politics should remain professional” group.
McCain Defending Obama: https://youtu.be/JIjenjANqAk&t=30s
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That ship has sailed years ago. Maybe we’ll get back to it if everyone votes and the Fanta Menace goes to jail.
