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.
I think “scary weird” is an excellent clarification.
I heard it as if you’re fine being called weird, you’re the good weird. If you fight being called weird, then you’re weird weird.
o0o0 i like that
weird²
I just hope I’m a decent weird. I know I’m weird, because I use Lemmy, after all.
As the hatter told Alice, “we all weird here.”
I like this tale.
Bout 60/40 here
Chaotic weird
The one true answer…!
The different kinds of weird get lumped together in the media though
And that’s why i hope to clarify.
Some of both I guess.
I suspect it’s related to USA current affairs and have no clue what it’s referring to. Any hints for us outsiders?
The Dem VP pick, Tim Walz, started referring to the Repubs as “weird,” to which they responded by having conniption fits. Terrorists, rapists, pedophiles… all manner of names have been levied against the right, but a simple schoolyard taunt has them in tears. It’s pretty interesting.
i dont think now is the time to be muddying the waters. conservatives dont need the assist, youre just giving them an out
Do they accept being called weird? I think you give them entirely too much credit… but that’s just my opinion.
no, they absolutely dont. giving them an option of ‘good weird’ is going to derail that
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.
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
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.
Should be nice weird and creepy weird.
That entirely depends on YOU
All I can say is I’m not a bad person (I’d like to think)
I bet Austin is having a blast with this shenanigans.
There is Portlandia weird, and then there’s “I want the government to track your menstrual cycles” weird.
Came to say that: Keep Portland Weird Doesn’t welcome MAGA-weird.
Exactly!
Weird just means unusual (with slight negative connotations already) . So to use “weird” as an unqualified insult is to say that being unusual is a negative thing in itself. Which echoes the sentiment behind things like xenophobia and such. That’s why people are uncomfortable with this line of political attack, imo.
To say “there’s good weird and bad weird” doesn’t say much more than that there are ways of being unusual that you view positively and those that you view negatively. But that’s obvious and doesn’t resolve the issue I mentioned before.
I disagree that weird automatically carries negative connotations. “Keep Austin Weird” comes to mind.
The right kind of weird
Weird Al should change his name to just Al so he’s not affiliated with those people.
Why should he change his name? They’re the ones that suck.
I am a weird Donald fan. What’s your favorite right he destroyed?
