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"Old and quite weird": Democrats finally discover new effective attack — and Republicans hate it (www.salon.com)

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After nearly a decade of being forced to take Trump seriously, Democrats increasingly call BS on the whole charade

Sure, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy — a would-be dictator on day one who has called for terminating the U.S. Constitution so he can hold onto power even after losing a free and fair election. But while draped in the rhetoric of populism, Trump and his MAGA movement are not actually popular; the man himself has never won more votes than the person he ran against, a majority of Americans twice rejecting him and his off-putting cult of personality. That he was ever president is more or less because a few thousand swing voters in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania thought it would be fun.

President Joe Biden won in 2020 largely by promising to a return to normalcy and baseline competency. In 2024, Democrats are making a similar argument but more forcibly: They’re pointing, laughing and dismissing Trump and his circus as a total freak show to which we can’t return.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

There's two sides to that.

Some of them are like tucker Carlson or Boris Johnson. They look ridiculous on purpose so that's what people talk about instead of the horrendous shit they're advocating for.

So by all means laugh at them, it hurts their follower count. But don't outright dismiss them.

They might be stupid and weird that doesn't make them less dangerous

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

I think the point is that they are all old, weird, and dangerous. Vance isn't old, but he is weird and dangerous.

And let's be clear, this is a different kind of weird. I'm weird, but I'm weird because I like kids shows, make bad jokes, and pick at my fingernails.

They're weird because they like to fuck kids and underage teens (a surprisingly large portion, anyway), make decisions that hurt the people they want giving them money and support, and want to pick which immigrants are the "bad" ones.

[-] VoterFrog@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'd call them weird like you would the ultra fundamentalist Christian old guys that go to college campuses and yell at people. It's not weird in a good way. It's just fucking strange. Like something is legitimately wrong with them.

[-] shish_mish@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Oh, they are dangerous alright because they consider themselves righteous and having God and "Tradition" on their side. People who consider themselves righteous have no doubts that everything the do ,regardless how vicious, is meant to be by God. So all logic goes out the window. I think not all are like that, but they are a huge useful pool of people who can be used and manipulated with ease. Just like a cult, none of the decisions their leaders make are questioned.

[-] Carrolade@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Boris really mastered that technique. That hair of his.

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