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You can tell calling them weird is getting under their skin with them attempting to label everything as weird, their hope is to dilute it.
That's how they deal with everything. After Jan 6, everything was an insurrection. After the GOP pedos are labeled as groomers, everyone's a groomer. After they get called weird, everything is weird.
It's rule #1 in the conservative playbook.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
It’s how they co-opted “fake news.”
And woke.
That's why I think using a word that isn't as strong like "weird" is so good, it's more effective against this tactic.
Democrats have slowed the flow of dishing out "weird", at the DNC they basically reserved that word just for Tim Walz and maybe one or two other speakers. However, Republicans keep calling themselves out as weird when trying to label totally normal things as that. They effectively are keeping that representation alive to their own detriment.
"Republican is confused! It hurt itself in its confusion!"
Which is perfect, because they are weird and don't actually understand what normal people think is weird.
So now they are weird and desperate, desperately claiming everything is weird - except it's only weird to them, which confirms that they are weird, which makes them even more desperate to not be perceived as weird, and continues to push them into even weirder territory.
A normal response to being called weird when doing something relatively normal is generally indifference/acceptance - but aggressively pushing back (their only play) simply confirms the accusation has merits.
Drown these weirdos in their weird behaviour, weird understanding of relationships, and their weird perception of the world.
The party of "Us VS Them" is slipping into "them" territory because the "Us" group will never own that label, and there is nothing they can do about it, because it's objectively true.
It is totally hitting them where they live, because that's what conservatives are, weird.
Labeling this weird is the weirdest fucking thing I can think of right now.
I kind of feel bad for them... They likely have zero idea what a healthy relationship looks like. They see innocent expressions of love, and they think "that's not right".
Coulter probably watched "The Green Mile" and cheered when John Coffey was executed.
I find it disgusting, not a comment that brings up the kid has a non-verbal learning disability. The right cannot punch lower... as of yet
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-08-23/what-is-non-verbal-learning-disorder-gus-walz
You just don't remain a conservative without having repressed emotions. Period.
The same way they got angry when got called cis