I’ve been loving this whole calling Republicans “weird” thing. It’s as if Democrats have finally cracked the code, or figured out how to take the lead in the Republican game of Calvinball.
Calling Trump and the ilk out will be rebutted as exaggerated, doesn’t mean it, all politicians are part of the same corrupt system, etc. etc.
Disengaging with the namecalling and running on policy alone, while a noble strategy, gives all the attention to the Trumpists who get a free microphone to say whatever the fuck they want and media can’t help themselves but run with their lies.
Now we’ve got the Democrats playing their game but without fully stooping to their level. Using a word to specifically insult Trump his ego and their authoritarian platform, yet is relatively benign in itself (there a lot of good kinds of weirds, but none of them are applicable to Trump and friends). It’s a calm gateway to say, “Both sides are NOT the same, pay attention to what’s actually being said!”, and get people to put aside the horserace framing and consider the real and dangerous consequences of another Trump term.
Republicans are panicking big-time and trying page after page of their playbook, to little effect against this new strategy.
- “No u”? flip
- “Where’s your decooooooruuuuum?” flip
- “Wha- wha- Whatabout pronouns and immigrants!?!??” flip
None of it’s working. The Democrats are cheating!!! Only we’re allowed to cheat!!!
Remember when George W Bush was quoted at Trump’s inauguration speech as saying “that was some weird shit”?
This is all according to some prophecy.
I noticed the pivot in dialogue. I’ve seen him called weird a few times, which is the lesser quality one would think to call out compared to racist, fascist, rapist etc.
But I think that’s the point. All his heinous words (lies), personal attacks, and coups attempts have been normalized and the people have been desensitized. I see this pivot as a reminder of: THIS IS NOT NORMAL. This is not “all politicians are the same.” Instead of pointing to newest horrible thing, it reminds us we don’t need to be okay coexisting with fascism.
I think it unboils the frog a bit.
It really shows how the new right is saying crazy things that old guard republicans would never. It refutes without getting bogged down in the impossible to win serious debate. You can’t seriously debate these weird ideas because it gives them credibility. Not worth it they are just weird
That’s pretty weird dude.
In rural areas, being normal is the highest priority. If you do one thing that’s ‘weird’ that thing will define you in that community for the rest of your life. You’ll never escape the weird thing you did. Your life is over.
Yes.
I immediately achieved a reputation as the nerd who hung out at the Mom&Pop bookstore/coffee shop in town, did computer repair for half the price of the Geek Squad, and shared extremely “weird” ideas about politics with anyone that dared to ask.
Never did lack for business, but folks stopped talking to me about politics after I ranted to the local Republican party chairman that the Tea Party was just a bunch of rich assholes trying to astroturf them into lowering their taxes at everyone else’s expense.
I was right, of course, but it was a red county in a red state and nobody around wanted to hear it. XD
“If you’re going to accuse someone of having sec with a couch, you better have video.” Is the weirdest way to ask for AI generated JD porn ever.
