- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- usa@midwest.social
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- usa@midwest.social
The United Auto Workersā decision to endorseĀ Kamala Harrisā presidential run has apparently gotten under the skin of Donald Trump, who has responded by insulting the unionās leader as āa stupid personā.
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Trumpās remarks allude to the harsh 100% tariff he hasĀ proposedĀ on imported cars. Economists haveĀ warnedĀ that such a tariff would raise product costs for Americans, but Trump has insisted on it, saying it reflects how he would prioritize the auto industry if returned to White House in Novemberās election.
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Fain and the UAW ā one of the USās largest and most diverse labor unions ā nonetheless gave their coveted endorsement to the vice-president,Ā sayingĀ in a statement that Harris had a āproven track record of delivering for the working classā.
You would have thought āweirdā was the kindest, but itās really getting under the skin of the MAGA crowd.
They have fragile egos and no imagination. Iām not surprised in the slightest.
The elementary-school-graduate words were wasted on them, apparently.
Itās just funny that Biden tried everything from āconvicted felonā to ācrazy guyā and his surrogates added things like ārapistā and ādictatorā and such and none of it got under their skin.
But āweird?ā Thatās a bridge too far!
Sometimes itās the simplest things.
Might be why it took so long to find messaging that hit. āFascistā? They shrug it off and call you the real fascist for calling them fascist. āDeplorableā? Too mean; Democrats arenāt allowed to be mean, and women definitely arenāt.
āWeirdā is what threads the needle. Who would have guessed that even weeks ago, much less in 2016?
Because theyāre fascists.
To a fascist, weird = not normal = one of the OTHERS = an evil and dangerous abomination that must be eliminated one way or the other for the good of the Reich.
Because their entire political platform is about superficial attacks on others while painting themselves as the cool normal people. Their entire existence hinges that they are normal relateble people, when you call them weird it means that they are in the same class that theyāre attacking. Itās like those superficial bullies from high-school who in reality are tremendously insecure.
Itās also a simple word that they all know. You could try to analyze them and talk about their sociopathic tendencies and itāll fly over their head. Call them āweirdā though and they know that word very well.