Snowflakes. Groomers. Cucks.
For years the MAGA movement has approached politics the way a bully would approach a schoolyard, sparring with labels so nasty, they seemed expressly chosen to appeal to the kind of people who stuffed nerds in lockers in sixth grade. And for years Democrats, abiding by the mantra to go high, not low, have responded by trying to be the adults in the room: defending themselves with facts, with context, with earnest explanations that nobody remembers (if they defend themselves at all).
The problem is that taking the high road only works if politics is a sport played mainly by people who act like grown-ups, which it is not. And also: Facts and context don’t make for particularly sticky messaging.
Enter: Weird.
Over the past two weeks, as “Brat” and coconut memes have taken over the internet and Kamala Harris inches closer to Donald Trump in the polls, the Democrats have finally gone low, deploying a bit of verbal jujitsu so delightfully petty it might just work.
I am not a republican lol
You’re acting kind of weird.
lol yes you are. You claim to be a democrat but you’ve got a lot of Republican genes in your beliefs. Also The way you talk is definitely Republican.
Look if you want to “pass” as a Democrat you’re going to have to do a lot more work and maybe hide some of your more Republican tendencies in like a closet or something.
You’ll never be a real dem but you might fool some folks if you keep putting on democratic clothes and practice passing.
But i’ll never accept you, and it’s important to me that you know that, and what that means.
I’m not a democrate either. In the land of sanity I am a left leaning libertarian.
If you don’t like what I say and think, then the likely difference between you and me is sanity.
Ah, sorry i don’t recognize that as a “real” political position. Make up all the fancy names for your beliefs that you (and people like you) please, but here in the real world you are Republican. That’s that.
EDIT booo i think he blocked me, sensing somehow the colombo-esque point i was trying to make slooooowly closing around him. Beer says he couldn’t figure out what it was tho, even though i made it pretty blatant.
A pity, soft but clever types like him will never learn their lesson. At least this savant isnt american…
Yeah I’m blocking you because I don’t communicate with the insane.
Dont be afraid dude, learning is a necessary part of growth. Even your wish to block out my words is an important step. I didn’t want that part to happen, but it isnt necessarily a setback. I will be here waiting patiently for your third and final part of this lesson.
PM me when you’re ready.