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[–] [email protected] 123 points 2 months ago (6 children)

He added, "Delivery was a C+, with far too many and speedy 'thank you’s' at the beginning. It was 'WEIRD!'"

He's trying to appropriate the word. We're not gonna let him. Fuck off, orange man.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck off WEIRD orange man with 34 felonies and dementia that's too old.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget rapist. He earned that title.

[–] billiam0202 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, you don't earn that title so much as take it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agree but he earned it in court and the public. "Rapist Fmr President Trump."

[–] nomous 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rapist, convicted felon, and impeached 1 term former president Trump

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Could add in there somewhere he lost the popular vote by millions.

[–] just_another_person 40 points 2 months ago

They are trying in such a spectacular fashion to flip that word, it's embarrassing.

[–] chiliedogg 25 points 2 months ago

He did it with "fake news," which was initially about literally fake news sites spreading on social media that supported the Trump campaign in 2016.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

Lmao that imbecile even says “weird” weird

[–] floral_toxicity 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just like he's trying to appropriate the word coup by saying Biden was kicked out in a coup.

He uses it to soften his ACTUAL coup attempt during and after the 2020 election.

[–] barsquid 5 points 2 months ago

He's using it to kill the definition in preparation for what Repub Trumpanzees plan to do this year and the next.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I think that’s the origin of the “every accusation is a confession” effect. If there’s one thing they’re good at, it’s conditioning their base to ignore critics.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 8 points 2 months ago

They keep failing at reappropriating the word because the things they keep trying to say are weird are remarkably normal to regular folks with regular families, and they wind up looking weird themselves for trying.

It's like if I said "Get a load of Bob, hugging his wife without her recoiling at his touch. What a weirdo, right guys?!"