I can just say that I was aghast the first time I was called a normie.
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And I don’t see any vinegar for the fries.
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Keep the pressure on them!
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Weirdo fascist edition!
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Normally, I would say: People will inevitably differ from the norm in all sorts of ways, so we should learn to appreciate those differences. Thus, calling politicians we disagree with “weird” seems counterproductive, at least in this regard.
But over the last few days, MAGAs have suffered a complete meltdown over the word. They have been unable to formulate a coherent rebuttal to this charge, other than claiming that it is somehow “wrong” or “unfair” to call them “weird.” To be clear, this is a political party that routinely (and baselessly) smears their opponents as “groomers,” “vermin,” and “satanists”—words which are far more dehumanizing and demonizing than “weird” ever could be.
So why the big freak-out over the relatively mundane word “weird?”
I think it has to do with the MAGA worldview being centered on them being the supposed norm. They are heavily invested in the notion that their perspective and lifestyle is the one true and righteous way that all others must follow . Calling them “weird” upends this worldview.
In this sense, the word “weird” is like the word “queer.” These words are not pejoratives if you are comfortable with the fact that you fall outside the norm. But if you call or insinuate that a straight person is “queer,” they will sometimes flip the fuck out. Those who freak out tend to be the ones who believe that straightness is the one true and righteous way that all people must follow. I think “weird” is evoking a similar visceral reaction here.
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That’s so unfair. Democrats need to stop doing this immediately. Republicans would never do something this low.
/s
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JD Vance is what would happen if Randy Hickey joined Promise Keepers.
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It’s heresy, that’s what that is. /silly
Stooping that low would require them to tunnel back upwards, and lord knows they are never going to do that. /snark
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Yes! Call them that not because WE think “weird” is bad, but because they view themselves as the most “normal” of humanity… they are not.
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A construct designed with the sole purpose to oppress, I‘d like to add.
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I concur.
‘Conformity’ is a trait that is necessary under fascism.
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Rule of headlines: if the headline asks a question, the answer is “no”
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And @frauenfelder… I mean, “Ellsworth Tooey” should know better.
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Hell, it wasn’t even “the internet” - it was one person. One internet rando. Everyone else just thought it was funny, because Vance is a creep. (But a sort of quiet, beige creep compared to Donald Trump’s sex offenses etc.) But it just goes to the right’s love of creating conspiracies. If anyone says anything negative about Trump (or anyone in his circle), and it takes off, it’s got to be part of some far-ranging Democratic psy-op controlling the media, if someone takes a shot at Trump, it’s another conspiracy by the Democrats (and not a Republican who turns out to have been extremely right wing, hopped up on violent Republican rhetoric).
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My take is that unsettling, off-putting feeling is really an Uncanny Valley like recreation. That feeling when something not human looks almost like a human, but is just a tad short in some way.
The implication here should be obvious.
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