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There's definitely a distinction (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've seen some people getting genuinely uncomfortable at the recent discourse. Just wanted to point out there's more than one kind of weird.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

no, they absolutely dont. giving them an option of 'good weird' is going to derail that

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think the point is that Republicans detest the idea of being weird no matter what, so they would rage at the suggestion of being a good weird anyway. To them "good weird" is an oxymoron, even though they are actually very weird and not in any kind of good way.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

yeah that makes sense. i was envisioning them attempting to 'own' it by jumping into 'good weird' with both feet.

but as someone else pointed out also, thats prolly giving them too much sefl-aware credit

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

They've been bullying the good weirdos for decades, there's no backtracking now!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

I get that. I don't think they're capable of that level of self reflection. To them, weird is BAD. It's being a part of the "out" group, which is anathema to them.