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Calling someone "weird" as an insult strikes me as an unfortunate choice. Trump isn't weird, he's vile. It's this guy who's weird.
Someone else commented the other day that it's a fantastic choice because (paraphrasing) the right is all about enforced normalcy and fighting against change. By defining their guy/policies as "weird" (the polar opposite of "normal") really throw a wrench into their mindset and has a chance of forcing a right leaning person of really thinking about things that no other insult could do
My only beef is…
I’m weird.
I don’t want trump to be weird. Let’s say instead he’s fucked up.
I also wasn't appreciating the word choice, but it makes more sense when pictures are included.
Alongside the images, it becames clear that they are calling out the hairs-are-standing-up, bad-gut-feeling, skin-crawling creeper kind of weird. And I think it's useful to point out this ick.
(Also, I'd wager you're the eccentric or endearing kind of weird <3)
Fun thought: think about the person who’s the stereotypical normal in every regard. Like they fall into that perfect pinnacle of normality.
(Boring, amirite?)
Now, think about how weird that person is, because it’s actually pretty weird to not be a little weird.
I’m fucked up and I’d prefer not to refer to his like that too.
I get where you're coming from, but I feel like calling him weird diminishes just how heinous he and what he represents actually is.
I mean, you and I know that, people with critical thinking skills know that, Democrats know that and we have a million and 1 different articles outlining all of it...for the audience of at least undecided/swing voters.
But to the average Trump supporter such things will only get written off as "Just more slander from those snowflake lIbErAls" or "FAKE NEWS" like they have been this far, and it'll just bounce right off them.
Insults like "weird" is one of very few that has the potential to pierce through that thick skull of theirs and actually get them to think.
While I do not identify as weird, I usually object as an empty bullying insult. However in this case, guess ya gotta go halfway to where they are and I think Harris’ campaign is holding the balance between beating them at their level while also talking about issues and policies. They’ve come out strong and I’m a bigger fan than I expected to be
'Weird' to you and I is a good thing, but to the normies they're trying to target it isn't. They're trying to reinforce weird as in creepy - like 'that guy wants a weird amount of control over your bodies'
This is kind of a weak infographic. They should've included more things from the Project 2025 agenda instead of making lame insults. This is community is called policial memes but still.
Vermin Supreme has the Weirdo Vote locked up https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/boot-hatted-satirist-vermin-supreme-launches-mock-senate-bid/
Vile has too much strength. Calling something weird or odd is ridicule. Vile implies danger.
He is dangerous. He’s hurt so many people and he'll do it again at any opportunity to enrich himself.
Trump being president again with a stacked Supreme Court is dangerous.
Sure is. But the idea is to mock fascists. Both forms of rhetoric are important. You can acknowledge the threat, but it's also helpful to point out this isn't how normal people think or behave.
Got ya, I get what you were doing now.
Half of voters don't care about any of that. Half of voters have primitive caveman brains.
Trump is a weak man's idea of strength, because weak people don't understand what strength truly is since they haven't experienced it themselves.
Replace "weak" and "strong" with various other attributes, and you instantly see why Trump can con people into voting for him.
Anyway, Trump supporters don't understand "dangerous for democracy". It is not part of their vocabulary. But being ostracized for being "weird"? That might just work. To speak to Trump voters, unfortunately the only way to communicate with them might be to use their primitive appeal to emotion.