I can’t wait for the killing blow of when Harris is accused of being weird, hopefully by Trump himself, and she responds by saying of course she’s weird, everyone is a bit weird.
That’s the normal response to being accused of being weird. The weird response is to get defensive and start slinging school yard comebacks, because in the back of your mind you know your weird is using furniture to masturbate or to have sexual thoughts about your own children.
I feel like even something as simple as a “Yes, and?” Would work wonders.
He already did a “no u”.
Weird works for some people as it allows them to express disdain without getting violent
Because it is simple and understandable.
Because it renders their grievances in the petty light they need to be seen in.
Because it hits a nerve for them.
Because it disempowers and dismisses them.
Because it’s not overtly combative.
But really really because it is true.
Because it hits at what they are all about: identity.
They are ultra conformists, so weird is definitely a word that cuts.
It cuts because republicans are groomers and “weird” is what teenage girls call guys they don’t like.
Being called weird is what happens when your plan of statutory rape fails.
It doesn’t work, only voting works.
Hmm, and how do you sway fence sitters and braindead centrists?
Are you implying that calling people names sways votes? Because then it doesn’t matter what the Dems call him, Trump will get every single “undecided” vote for the next century. No one calls people names as much or as bigly as he.
Calling people names was also the official unofficial Democrat campaign strategy until Biden dropped out. Anyone who didn’t enthusiastically support him was a Russian troll and secret Toupee supporter.
It can work. You only need to peel off a few of the normal people and blunt his momentum. While as always you do need the rest of the population to turn up and vote.
Trumps greatest fear would be dancing up on stage at a rally and having the audience silent then slowly start laughing at him when he starts talking his nonsense.
Like the UN did.
The emperor has no clothes. He is weird.
It works because that was Trump’s angle on Harris… But she ran with it first.
It works because he’s fucking creepy weird and Harris is maximally as weird as your fun aunt that sneaks a bit of cooking sherry while making a meal.
I’m not sure I agree with the analysis, I think Vaush said it best.
https://youtube.com/shorts/mDS9bv8Sj7I?si=onP2MXSQR3luQXmj
I want to TLDR it but I can’t because I’m too drunk and all my attempts have failed. Watch the clip if you can/want.
Google is going to track whoever clicks that link thanks to your SI
Thanks! I sometimes remove that (forgot this time) but never knew what that was.
It’s your personal identifying code. When someone clicks a link with it, Google knows they got the link from you. They want to know who you’re talking to on other platforms for their data models.
TL;DR: “No 14 year old boy will stop following someone if they’re considered evil and bad, but they will stop if they’re considered cringe”.
You surely mean they won’t stop following someone if they’re considered evil and bad.
Yes, that’s right. There’s a “no” at the beginning of the phrase which gives it that meaning (I misread it myself, so I see where you’re coming from).
Now i see it, i somehow managed to ignore the “No”
This is why I support the movement among women of not fucking Republican voters, as a policy.
Why aren’t there rolls of stickers on Amazon of pictures of Republicans with the word “weird” under them to stick on gas pumps?
Probably because liberals are less likely to vandalize people’s property, and buy a roll of stickers. You could probably make more money on large format stickers individually.
I absolutely wouldn’t want to vandalize someone’s property however, had a conservative already put a sticker there I wouldn’t feel bad at all about covering it up.
Vandalize someone’s property
Just to make sure I understand
Vandalize = stick a removable sticker to something
Someone = an oil company
Property = infrastructure to dispense oil to be burned and pumped into the atmosphere
Honestly, I don’t think stickers go nearly far enough. Bomb an oil pipeline instead.
How are you any less weird? You support Zionism, just like many Republicans. You are SO WEIRD! Why aren’t there rolls of stickers like that for you, @JustZ@lemmy.world, and for all the other genocide deniers?
Sounds like an opportunity to make some money. You could be the change you want to see.
Betraying one’s country is really fucking weird.
More to the point, supporting someone that legitimately betrayed the country and is trying to end democracy is really fucking weird.
Especially if the person they are supporting to take lead is a dementia addled, racist rapist. Super weird.
I think the secret is it’s just one word that everyone knows. Democrats have a bad tendency to over-explain: “This book makes these 57 points and if you cross reference with these charts and apply this formula you’ll see….” Meanwhile, Trump will just say “what a loser.” Maybe Democrats are finally learning to keep it simple.
Yes people should want to make informed decisions, but maybe part of effective campaigning these days is accepting they don’t.
It’s fallout from the devolution of our educational system. And, well, generational lead poisoning. And I guess we’ll find out what microplastics do to our brains in the coming decades too.
Anyways, it’s frustrating that talking points have to be “dumbed down” to such an extreme degree, but at the end of the day, I’m glad that the Harris campaign is being pragmatic about doing what they have to do with their messaging to actually reach low-info/low intelligence voters.
The day when “weird and rapey” is popularly used to explain Republican politics is when the left finally gets their collective heads out of their asses and starts calling a spade a spade.
The “spade” aphorism is a reference to slavery and not ideal to use, no judgement just passing it along 🙂
Not originally (npr link) but I get where you’re coming from 🙂
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