I know it’s used toward Trumpist politicians so far. Was the context such that “weirdo” was the only sensible choice?

I feel troubled by this because Keep Austin Weird, Keep Portland Weird, etc., which is normally celebrated. And I’m weird.

  • infinite_ass@leminal.space
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    8 days ago

    I just recently heard it used that way. To describe “conservatives”. Much like “yikes” I guess. They assign a new meaning to it and thus it is so.

    Words are different these days. Like, words used to have a secondhand association with reality. But now it’s thirdhand.

      • infinite_ass@leminal.space
        14·
        8 days ago

        Language evolves with every generation, yes. But I offered something different from that.

        I offered that the relationship between word and thing was becoming more tenuous. Like two telephones drawing further apart. The conversation breaking up.

        We talk less about reality now. We talk more about talking.

        • ColonelThirtyTwo@pawb.social
          2·
          8 days ago

          And how is calling conservatives “weird” how you describe?

          Compared to conservatives calling anything left of them “communist”, calling a party backing a felon president and a vice president that can’t even make small talk at a doughnut store “weird” is very fitting.