If the strategic intention driving the Dem's anti-"weird" messaging campaign was to crawl under Trump's skin, the effort has been a success.
Dems' "weird" attacks are getting under Trump's skin. "Of course he's upset," a source told Rolling Stone
As Democrats continue their rhetorical strategy of trash-talking Donald Trump, his running mate J.D. Vance, and other “weird” and “creepy” conservative policymakers attempting to thrust the country into the dark ages, the former president has become increasingly furious at the messaging overtaking media outlets and internet memes.
During a Thursday interview with conservative radio host Clay Travis, Trump attempted to reverse the criticism and said that Democrats were “the weird ones.” He insisted, “Nobody’s ever called me weird. I’m a lot of things, but weird I’m not. And I’m upfront. And he’s not either, I will tell you. J.D. is not at all. They are.”
“We’re not weird people,” Trump added. “We’re we’re actually just the opposite.
How weird that they're so weird about being called "weird".
But seriously, it seems like Republicans need to think they're in the majority. "Silent majority" and all that BS. Calling them "weird" makes them confront how much of an outlier they are. Maybe that's part of the source of their deep insecurity about being called "weird." Maybe also just the desire to not feel like the unpopular kids in highschool.
Boomers simply can't handle criticism, especially when it comes from people they openly disdain like minorities, LGBTQ or young people. They can't handle it. But yeah, being called weird seems to tap into some deep insecurity they have. Nooo, I'm the norm! I'm supposed to be the default experience. You can't call us weird!
I think this particular jab hits home for Trump a lot harder than anyone else due to the narcissism. It may also apply to conservatives in general but I don't think it's necessarily a widely applicable generalization.
I haven't felt this way since metal gear solid, where to beat psycho mantis, you simply had to remove your controller from the player one port and put it into player two for the fight. In both cases, the solution is so absurd and simple, it's crazy it actually works.
From someone who isn't from the Anglo world, it's fucking weird how you guys never use your given name and you can use your preferred name on official paper, it also made my old job a freaking pain.
The ex-president has grumbled that it makes no sense to him that any “weird” attacks on Vance would stick in the public consciousness, not when Harris has, for instance, “that laugh.”
Yeah, because he doesn't see how goddamn weird Vance is with his obsession with child birth and childless women. He sounds like he came from an alternate dimension where the Handmaids Tale was real. It's creepy as hell.
Meanwhile, a simple laugh has Trump spooked. He can't understand a normal laugh. It's super weird.
Honestly, I was concerned he was going to proudly proclaim his weirdness and start selling a bumper sticker. Weird would be over in a day or two.
Instead, it looks like he’s grabbed a shovel and has started digging that hole deeper.
I think it's hilarious because there is a good segment of the population that grew up in the 90s whose parents would be like... "George Michael is 'weird'... Melissa Etheridge is 'weird'"
So now, their euphemism for a non-heterosexual person has been turned around on them and that's great. Their hate and non-acceptance is now what is "weird"
This feels like that scene in Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back where they in the Moobies and Jay is dictating the forum post to Silent Bob, "You are the ones who are the ball-lickers."
I have an idea; if they find a really beat-up leather couch and put a shitty blonde wig on it they can both get their rocks off. Vance because he will fuck anything leather on 4 legs and trump because it would look like his troglodyte daughter he eye-fucks at every occasion.
Really pull the team together, they could probably stream it on OANN or newsmax and help build up some PAC funds to boot.
That's what happens if you surround yourself with spineless yes-men. Now you hear real men and women say the truth. And they call you and your mates "weird" and "creepy" just because you are!
That sounds like something a weirdo would say. If you have to talk about how "not weird" you are, that makes you weird. A real "non-weird" person would accept how weird just being a human being in general is and lean into it. He should just come out and admit how weird he really is, that wouldn't be weird.
I'm sorry but his existence is weird in and of itself. Is it not weird for a MFer to be orange? A fat POS who leans in unnatural ways is weird, yeah? A supposedly rich man who can't buy a suit that fits right, that's weird, right? And that's before mentioning his neck-vagina.
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