Like I see some ppl saying that they are “taking back” the “weird” thing and using it against conservatives because they hate it. But that’s exactly the same reasoning that was used with the Trump Putin kissing shit. “Yeah we’re using it aGaInSt Putin!” It was still homophobic. And I get the same feeling with this “weird” shit.
Plus, do the liberals actually give a shit about “weird” ppl like LGBT, nerds, anime fans, social outcasts, etc.? Absolutely not. They are just weaponizing this shit. But when it no longer suits them, they’ll call anti-genocide Gaza protesters “weird.”
So anyways I’m not really up for celebrating the “weird” shit. It might be funny to see conservatives cringe (for the time being, for all we know this shit might blow over), but I just get icky vibes from the whole thing.
Nah.
It was still homophobic with Putin because it was using queerness as a personal attack. It changed nothing, it was just homophobia.
The “weird” that liberals are using is not the same as the “weird” that conservatives use. The weird conservatives use explicitly targets marginalised people, whereas the weird that liberals are using explicitly targets those who obsess over and attack marginalised peoples.
It’s shifting every group that conservatives have traditionally marginalised into “normal”. And that is good.
While doing this, it is also moving conservatives into the position of the marginalised. That is also good.
It should not be criticised. The right will be deeply discomforted by this as they are ultra conformists. If you make them uncomfortable enough they will triangulate themselves into a new position to feel “normal” within society.