Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance implored a group of reporters not to call him and former President Donald Trump "weird," arguing they were "normal guys."At an event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Vance was asked how Republicans would stop voters from referring to them as "weird" after Dem...
It’s very telling about the republican party. Being truthfully called authoritarian, against democracy, etc. doesn’t bother them, but being called “weird” does. It shows how much more they value conformity more than anything else
Obviously this isn’t even the gloves-off, no-holds bar attack line that some pundits want Dems to use and that others think it is. It’s just a true statement. That’s why they are flipping out, because they can’t shake it.
You can’t disparage fascists by telling them they are racist or misogynist. They like it.
But when you call the weird? It hurts, why?
Because they think they are the norm, “everyone” thinks like them. Saying they’re weird - as they are - reinforces the fact that they are outside the norm.
“Weird” would have been such a nothing insult if they didn’t get so weirdly upset by it
It’s very telling about the republican party. Being truthfully called authoritarian, against democracy, etc. doesn’t bother them, but being called “weird” does. It shows how much more they value conformity more than anything else
Thank you for that insight!
Obviously this isn’t even the gloves-off, no-holds bar attack line that some pundits want Dems to use and that others think it is. It’s just a true statement. That’s why they are flipping out, because they can’t shake it.
They’re also learning real quick that they’re the minority.
You can’t disparage fascists by telling them they are racist or misogynist. They like it.
But when you call the weird? It hurts, why?
Because they think they are the norm, “everyone” thinks like them. Saying they’re weird - as they are - reinforces the fact that they are outside the norm.