I love that the weird label is the one that really hit the Republicans hard.
Fucking weirdos.
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It should also be mentioned that it is weird that being called “weird” gets under their skin so much
Yeah like someone called me weird, or even better queer, I would thank them for the complement. Why yes, I am somewhat unusual!
It's simple really, their entire worldview relies on them being the "normal" ones and the "others" being the ones they make fun of.
Calling them weird forces them to think about it, just for a second, and that second of thought short circuits them just long enough for it to get through and it makes them feel terrible. They immediately drive it away of course, but there was that brief moment of clarity before they shoved it back down.
Because they don’t understand properly descriptive terms like “fascist”.
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Calling yourself extremely normal is very weird
The illusive size extra medium.
Pro-tip: normal people don't have to go around claiming to be normal.
But he isn't just normal he is extremely normal.
Abnormally normal
The Doctors, some say the best Doctors, have said that I'm above average in being this normal; in fact it is abnormal to be this normal, that's what they say and they are some of the best normal type of Doctors
You got me. This is good. Some say it's the best one.
Weirdly normal.
Definitely a very stable genius.
It's amazing how much this has gotten inside his head.
This and the couches.
The only thing that got inside his head more than the couches (and the "weird" moniker) is Vance getting into the couches.
Nobody is ever going to see Vance sitting on a couch again and not immediately think “couchfucker”
“We’re like you, we’re exactly like you,” the Epstein-socializing, family-separating, woman-hating, millionaire former reality TV star and convicted felon said about himself and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, who became the target of an online joke that he had screwed a couch.
You know the thing that gets him the most is millionaire
"You know, he said we’re weird,” Trump told a small crowd in York, Pennsylvania
Trump is a crowd size queen
"Any man who must say, 'I am normal,' is not a normal man."
- Tywin Lannister
I don't want to vote for a 'normal guy.' I'm all about the unapologetically awkward, childless cat-ladies this cycle.
Don't be weird about who you are. Vote anyway.
Any man who must say "I am normal" is not truly normal.
Same shit stain said he was a "very stable genius".
That one still makes me laugh. He's a dumb motherfucker.
Lmao I fucking LOVE that journalists and editors everywhere are taking the “weird” thing and running with it.
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Give it a few years, and the various factions of the creepy weirdo party:
Not only is he the most humble, he's also extremely normal.
He is actually weirdly normal. Like so ultra normal, he’s quite weird that way.
Think you're really righteous? Think you're pure in heart? Well, I know I'm a million times as ~~humble~~ normal as thou art
I’m like the normalest person you’ve ever met. In fact I did a normalcy test and I passed it with flying colours.
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When you have to tell people you are "normal", it's a big tell that you are, WEIRD, not normal.
And not the good kind of weird that wears the term as a badge of honor, but the bad kind of weird that verges on creepy with how much it insists that it isn't weird.
Pro tip, before you tell the press that you’re not weird, push the rotting breakfast sausages and cereal out of frame.
He spent hours in the shower coming up with tbis comeback, and it's not even good
And I am extremely weird... and proud.
"Weird" feels like it'd only an insult if you're obsessed with conformity or you believe there should be in (normal) and out (weird) groups that dictate how you're allowed to exist in society.
Makes the word a pretty good litmus test, too. If you tell someone they're kinda weird, and they're that upset about it... maybe a red flag?
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Weird ass POS.
We should string together all the criticisms that have really cut him into one mega criticism.
He's a small-handed, vulgar, uncouth weirdo who sucks at golf.
The best normal. what a weird throwback.
Very criminal, very weird
Trump: I'm rubber, and you're glue, and the things you say bounce off of me because ALL YOUR TEMPERAMENTS ARE TRASH AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S CALM!!!
Lester: Mr. Trump, your head is now literally a giant red steam whistle.
Trump: ... My microphone isn't working.
Not just normal. Normal to the X-X-Xtreme! (Cue 90's guitar riff)
What a weird thing to say.
The best bit of the article is when he somewhat weirdly claimed to not know who President Trump was.
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