MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoDemocrats made 'weird' an effective weapon, and then Republicans turned it on LGBTQ peoplewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down155
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkDemocrats made 'weird' an effective weapon, and then Republicans turned it on LGBTQ peoplewww.nbcnews.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up117arrow-down3·3 months agoLGBTQs don’t mind being called weird though. Normal is the insult. To be normal is to be boring. Normal people don’t make history. Only people who strive to be normal would find weird insulting.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up52·3 months agoAs other commenter said, if you don’t care being called weird? You are good weird, of you care you are bad weird.
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoSounds good in theory but I’m scared of the day when Conservatives try to embrace this methodology and further normalize all their incredibly deranged dog-whistles into everyday speech
LGBTQs don’t mind being called weird though. Normal is the insult. To be normal is to be boring. Normal people don’t make history.
Only people who strive to be normal would find weird insulting.
As other commenter said, if you don’t care being called weird? You are good weird, of you care you are bad weird.
Sounds good in theory but I’m scared of the day when Conservatives try to embrace this methodology and further normalize all their incredibly deranged dog-whistles into everyday speech