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[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 133 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It’s a weird take by NBC News.

Republicans didn’t “turn it on LGBTQ people”, but that’s what NBC is trying to do through their weird take and dissemination; while trying to take the heat off their masters.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

DogPeePoo eviscerates NBC by turning their "weird" insult against them

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

🦚

National

Bigot

Conglomerate

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[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's why it is so perfect. The left embrace weird, the right are repulsed by it

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I've seen "Keep Austin Weird" bumper stickers in Texas all my life. Maybe that's why they're so insulted by it.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the only thing embracing Vance are couches.

And I’m pretty sure that’s non-consensual.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Non-consectional. Poor things

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 88 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nice try NBC News. Ronna Romney McDaniel tell you to run that one?

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Today@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I'm rubber; you're glue....

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

🦚NBC NEWS Ushering fascism for our Billionaire owners

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

That is their job, yeah.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 77 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Uhhh...that's the lamest comeback ever The word "queer" literally means "weird".

Republicans: "LGBTQ people are weird!"

LGBTQ people: "Thanks."

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty much this.

I love being weird

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep Dems are good weird. Gop is "marrys kids" weird

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Also "make sure everything kids do is 'correct' based on their genitals" weird

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 8 points 1 month ago

The original connotation was fun too. Queer was typically used to refer to the uncanny, inscrutable, and arcane. A non-zero chance of danger was implied, since you could not predict what you did not understand. It’s a nice reminder that understanding dispels fear.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“Casting your opposition as cringe, lame, and weird is an effective strategy,” conservative political activist Matt Walsh posted Monday on X. “It’s visceral. It moves people. The Dems are evil but not stupid.”

How about casting your opponent as evil?

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Matt Walsh is evil and stupid.

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 8 points 1 month ago

Incompetent/convicted felon/authoritarian, too, but that word/phrase is too long to go viral because social media addicts stop listening halfway through.

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Lmao, weird is a downgrade from how they usually talk about us.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah there's no way they'll get the reaction dopamine blast they tweek for and have to go back to their regular bigotry

[–] Mikelius@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

You mean to tell me LGBT individuals are non conformists?! Get the fuck out of here /s

[–] Juice@midwest.social 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"What are we gonna do guys? People think its weird for us to fixate on children's genitals, and obsess over our daughters virginity while secretly indulging in wife swapping".

"Let's hate gay people! That always cheers us up!"

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

I've always found it weird how obsessed with gay sex they are. I'm a gay man but I don't think about gay sex as often as the average conservative. Weird.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The obsession with LGBTQ only demonstrates just how fucking weird the Republicans actually are.

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

So obsessed that the RNC being in town shut down Grindr in Milwaukee.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago

Uh huh. I can own being weird. Can you own being a fascist? Oh you can? Well I can't say I'm surprised.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

who cares, i am weird. but trump is weirder.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Good weird -> takes weird as a compliment
Bad weird -> takes weird as an insult

[–] Brokkr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also,

Good weird = fun to be around

Bad weird = scary to be around

[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Different weird. Republicans are weird like Epstein or your creepy uncle your parents don’t let you be alone with. LGBTQ people can be weird like anyone else can be. It’s not the same

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As a queer sideshow ("freakshow") performer, I absolutely love and embrace my weirdness. Bring it and I'll send it back threefold.

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

There's safe and fun weird, and there's creepy and dangerous weird.

Guess which one is which?

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

If our use of weird keeps them out of office we can definitely address that.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is that what they were doing because I figured that they would follow that asshole using slurs in her ads.

Maybe she's the exception (in public.)

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