Snowflakes. Groomers. Cucks.

For years the MAGA movement has approached politics the way a bully would approach a schoolyard, sparring with labels so nasty, they seemed expressly chosen to appeal to the kind of people who stuffed nerds in lockers in sixth grade. And for years Democrats, abiding by the mantra to go high, not low, have responded by trying to be the adults in the room: defending themselves with facts, with context, with earnest explanations that nobody remembers (if they defend themselves at all).

The problem is that taking the high road only works if politics is a sport played mainly by people who act like grown-ups, which it is not. And also: Facts and context don’t make for particularly sticky messaging.

Enter: Weird.

Over the past two weeks, as “Brat” and coconut memes have taken over the internet and Kamala Harris inches closer to Donald Trump in the polls, the Democrats have finally gone low, deploying a bit of verbal jujitsu so delightfully petty it might just work.

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    3 months ago

    I saw an article that summarizes people like your wife as those living in a West Wing (TV show) fantasy. I wish we lived in such a world too, but we definitely do not.

    I do not mean offense to your wife. I envy people that still have that type of faith.

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      3 months ago

      No offense taken. She has a hard time seeing how nasty it has become. She limits her exposure to the news, which is mostly a good thing.

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              3 months ago

              Elaborate. Which part of the GOP platform are we going to talk about? Oh, right, they don’t have one. There’s literally nothing to discuss.

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                    3 months ago

                    I didn’t downvote you (well, I did now), and I replied to you before you commented on this.

                    Or if you mean I hadn’t replied yet to your other, unhinged comment, I’m not on Lemmy all the time.

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                    3 months ago

                    Wow, you seem really worked up about this.

                    I was responding specifically to these two comments:

                    She thinks you can bring an informational brochure to a bar fight.

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                    She avoids the news, which is mostly a good thing.

                    I meant that if she is out of touch with political discourse in the nation, about the current state of things, and making bad decisions/recommendations on that (still being in a “West Wing Fantasy world”), it is also not good. Generally, ignorance is worse.