Is "Weird" Working or Backfiring?

[Ben]

Thoughts?

I recognize my bias to one side, and am trying to step back when I examine this. However, every stinkin' place on the webz that I go, and every stinkin' sentence by a leftist, or even mainstream dem, has "weird" in it, including for absolutely ordinary and innocuous everyday stuff.

It's what I would expect from a 5th grader, but it certainly seems that it's not just the Soros kids paid 25 cents per post on the social media, it's the MSM and even "mainstream" leftist politicians overdoing it. I can't believe that a majority of ordinary people don't think this is stupid. I just can't see this as a winning strategy for dems, but I have often been wrong before.

[cordex]

I remember 5 minutes ago when “weird” was a positive thing to the left.

“Keep Austin weird”, “Keep Portland weird”, etc.

Weird.

[WLJ]

[lee n. field]

What I'm seeing is right-ish social media mocking it by comparing the "weird" JD Vance with a montage of the sort of oddballs one runs into on the left.

[Ben]

And again, if I'm trying to look at it from the left, it could be clever, if they used it 1/10th... nay, 1/100th as much as they are. It's like when a five year old starts repeating something non-stop until the adults tell him to pipe down.

Also to me, the backfiring is not just the fact that they started using it on Vance, but that they went overboard and started using it on Joe Average right-leaning citizen for absolutely everyday, normal stuff. It is eye-rolling to me when they say, "Look at JD Vance - he's wearing a t-shirt and jeans. Weird!" It is insulting to me when they say, "Look at that guy pumping gas into his pickup. He's wearing a t-shirt and jeans. Weird!"

It's the whole "four lights" thing.

[MechAg94]

Also, it sort of falls into the whole "don't throw rocks if you live in a glass house" sort of thing. 

As the responses have shown, the left has a quite a few weird people that voters have forgotten about.  Force them to defend it.

[JTHunter]

What I'm seeing is right-ish social media mocking it by comparing the "weird" JD Vance with a montage of the sort of oddballs one runs into on the left.

Like this? 

[Pb]

I think is that if the USA elects Harris, we deserve whatever we get.   

[WLJ]

They only have to get Harris within the margin of cheating

[RocketMan]

They only have to get Harris within the margin of cheating

Harris is currently within the margin of fraud.  She is unlikely to fall out of the margin of fraud before November.

[Bogie]

Because she is a black woman, and nobody is allowed to look at here resume...
 
And if you bring it up, the proggies will NOT talk about it. It doesn't matter. All that matters is Trump Bad!
 

[Ben]

Oh, I get it now. When the left is "weird", it's actually "oddball charms". 

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/08/05/the-atlantic-wrires-about-kamala-harris-oddball-charms-n2399264

[Perd Hapley]

New attack ad dubs Walz "chief weirdo." 

https://twitchy.com/samj/2024/08/06/maga-war-room-releases-first-tim-walz-ad-and-hoo-boy-it-will-definitely-leave-a-mark-watch-n2399298

"Weird" may be the next "fake news" - something the Left put out there, but when the Right turns it around on them they lose their minds.

[lee n. field]

New attack ad dubs Walz "chief weirdo." 

https://twitchy.com/samj/2024/08/06/maga-war-room-releases-first-tim-walz-ad-and-hoo-boy-it-will-definitely-leave-a-mark-watch-n2399298

"Weird" may be the next "fake news" - something the Left put out there, but when the Right turns it around on them they lose their minds.

And Kamala, the few seconds she's on, is cackling.

[WLJ]

Well now they're using "creepy" to describe Trump and Vance

[The Car Guy]

I can't wait for some liberal to call me weird. I'll point the ignorant one to the definition of the word: "of strange or extraordinary character". Strange and extraordinary to a liberal- that there is no doubt.

[Ben]

Now Vance is weird because he "doesn't walk his dog properly".

https://twitter.com/i/status/1824476348129185814

I often walk Steve barely holding his leash because he's not a moron. Sure, if something looks iffy, I'll get a better hold on the leash. Otherwise, "professional dog walkers" from NYC can *expletive deleted*ck right off with their "expertise".

https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/08/17/leftist-says-jd-vance-doesnt-know-how-to-hold-a-dogs-leash-cause-hes-weird-n2399725

[Northwoods]

Now Vance is weird because he "doesn't walk his dog properly".

https://twitter.com/i/status/1824476348129185814

I often walk Steve barely holding his leash because he's not a moron. Sure, if something looks iffy, I'll get a better hold on the leash. Otherwise, "professional dog walkers" from NYC can *expletive deleted*ck right off with their "expertise".

https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/08/17/leftist-says-jd-vance-doesnt-know-how-to-hold-a-dogs-leash-cause-hes-weird-n2399725

The dog (or Vance) isn't very well trained and Vance could have easily lost control of the leash had the dog bolted in that situation.  But maybe the dog just loves flying like most love going for a drive, or someone the dog knew was already on board and Vance knew the dog was heading for that person.

[WLJ]

Well that does it, I'm voting Harris/Walz because Vance holds a dog leash "weird". Glad the media brought this weirdness to our attention 

How many Secret Service agents did it attack?

[dogmush]

The dog (or Vance) isn't very well trained and Vance could have easily lost control of the leash had the dog bolted in that situation.  But maybe the dog just loves flying like most love going for a drive, or someone the dog knew was already on board and Vance knew the dog was heading for that person.

Assumes facts not in evidence.   There is no indication in that video that the dog was anything other than completely under control.

I think folks on Twitter that can't train a dog are protecting their inadequacies again.

[Ben]

The dog (or Vance) isn't very well trained and Vance could have easily lost control of the leash had the dog bolted in that situation.  But maybe the dog just loves flying like most love going for a drive, or someone the dog knew was already on board and Vance knew the dog was heading for that person.

I disagree. If you watch the second video, the dog is off leash and behaving.

[dogmush]

I think we are also seeing how city folks NEVER work with their dogs off leash.  They are all flabbergasted at the thought of not being teathered to your pup.

[Tuco]

Our local statute required dogs under control on a 6 ft leash.  After some basic training and force fetch,  old Jeep would walk at heal down Main Street, carrying his coiled leash. 

That dog made me realize that there really is something to the idea of breeding trainability into a line.  If there was a way to do the same with
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What did you think i would say?
Goldfish!?!
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[Perd Hapley]

My favorite part is that he criticizes Vance for holding the leash in the middle, instead of holding on to the very end. I mean, you walk dogs for a living, and you've really never choked up on a leash? Never felt the need to keep the dog closer, and more restricted in his movements? Have you never even heard the phrase, "kept him on a short leash"? Sure, pal.

Just more manufactured dudgeon.

For reference, the left believes this is a dog:

[WLJ]

For reference, the left believes this is a dog:

Only a weirdo would think otherwise.