r/LiberalLGBT Jul 30 '24

Does anyone else feel uncomfortable with Dems using "weird" as an attack on Trump and JD Vance?

Growing up, the word "weird" was always used as an attack by mainstream people against those who are different in some way. It was always a very conservative word to me, because it was a narrow-minded slur against anything outside of the ordinary. It assumes that different = bad, without having to explain to think it through. So I feel extremely uncomfortable that democrats/liberals are embracing this word as a slur against the Trump campaign. Not because they don't deserve it, but because this word feels very illiberal to me. What do you all think?

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u/retivin Jul 30 '24

There isn't really a better word, though. They are weird. And anything that comes close to describing the same feeling will have also been used to other people in the same way.

What other way would you want them to describe Trump and Vance?

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u/aspen0414 Jul 30 '24

Weird just means atypical. There are tons of more specific terms to describe them that are categorically negative like misogynist, sexist, racist, liar, fraud, conman, criminal, narrow minded, fake, etc. etc. I don’t deny that calling them weird might be easier and more politically expedient compared to these other descriptors.

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u/retivin Jul 30 '24

But we've been calling them that for a decade now, and it doesn't work. Weird captures something that those things don't.

Also, Harris is still calling them all of those negative things. Weird is just another part of it.

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u/Pepe_Connoisseur Jul 30 '24

It's funny because it's turning it back on them. We used to be the freaks and now it's being reversed on those who want that kind of society to return. It's justice.

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u/stoplizardtrump2 Jul 30 '24

Are you referring to Vladimir Futon?

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u/RedErin Jul 30 '24

there's weird and then there's weird.

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u/Arkhamman367 Jul 31 '24

Rawls answers the paradox of tolerance with the idea that tolerance and inclusivity should end when basic freedoms and institutions which protect them come under attack by bad actors.

As of right now, we are up against conservatives that tried to end American democracy on January 6th and functionally enabled the president to become a dictator above the law with these Supreme Court rulings.

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u/quackerz Jul 31 '24

It is not illiberal to call your fascist opponents "weird"; if anything it's quite tame. I don't understand why you so strongly object to this relatively benign word.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

This is overly nit-picky, honestly… I’ve been called “weird” most of my life on account of schizotypy, but I don’t care about this. Republicans are weird… but in the bad way.

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u/maliceandempathy Aug 06 '24

you should call teh police

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u/Prince_Random69 Aug 12 '24

I think it's weird

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u/rwalls36 Aug 12 '24

zero votes 11 comments. I love the sincerity in this question. I wish I could like your post but it will mess up my algorithm I'm letting it take me all the way down.