Fuck I didn’t think the libs would be able to do it… There’s reactionaries posting shit like… ‘how are we wierd?’ And seemingly genuinely butthurt.

They should have been taking this strategy a long time ago instead of always acting mortified. I think chuds relish when they horrifying the people they don’t like.

  • hexaglycogen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    genuinely astonished how much this makes sense but i’m still like baffled it’s working

    Like, they are weird fucking losers. They’re dangerous fascists, but they’re also whiny, scared, irrational losers.

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        100%, fascism is all about the image of seriousness, solidarity, and the struggle against the perenially weak but ever-existentially-threatening Enemy, and the pageantry and horseshit required just cannot accept ridicule. It’s why media like The Producers works at all, and it’s weird nobody in power thought to just ridicule these people, but i’ve been doing it as much as i can in real life and it works every time

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          It’s also why Christofascists were so triggered by the Olympic opening ceremony. Can’t have even a whiff of mockery spoil your aesthetic.

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      Someone else said it, but reactionaries see themselves as normal. You can’t be weird, and be normal.

      They think they’re the ‘in group’ in DEI speak. To them, they’re normal for the beliefs that horrify others. Being called weird by a critical mass of people establishes them as the ‘out group’ and stigmatizes the things that comprise their identity.

      It also doesn’t hurt that democrats are highlighting JD Vance as the face of republican weirdness. That insult aimed at Trump would only be effective until Trump declared himself weird and put a $50 bumper sticker on his online store that says “Weird” in bright red letters.