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[–] DxK@lemmy.world 162 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Many people are saying he's the weirdest. Tremendous amounts of people are saying it.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 95 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also a rapist.

And a fraud. And a felon. Who shits himself a lot.

[–] Sordid@lemmy.world 69 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but none of that bothers his supporters as much as calling him weird. Which is pretty weird if you ask me.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's because they're weird too? Which is also a bit weird. Do we still call them Trumpers or just weirdos?

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've been pointing out how fuckin weird it is to care about half the shit they care about for years. I work blue collar so I've learned to keep my thoughts and beliefs to myself (it's too much fuckin work otherwise), but every now and then I'd chime in with a "Why should the GOVERNMENT care about what consenting adults do?" or "Why should the GOVERNMENT have the power to dictate women's health care?" etc

It works quite well if you point out the obvious disconnect between wanting "small government" and feeling like the State should be their personal nanny/drill sergeant. I've had quite a few stereotypical conservative guys go "hey yeah that is kinda weird, fuck the gubmint". They're also typically fans of my case that I don't care what color tie a politician wears, a crook is a crook. They nod solemnly, then leave before that reaches its natural conclusion.

My two cents

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

True, it is bugging them.

I’m still sticking with rapist and fraud since they’ve been proven in a court of law.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If weird were illegal, Trump would have been in jail since calling columnists, pretending to be someone else, to get it out that he was hot property in his dating life. I don't see anything that has changed.

In Trump's first election run, Trump continually stole the light by saying the weirdest thing possible. All the attention was on Trump, while the entire field of serious candiDates were out-rizzed, by the weirdest guy in the Republican field.

Now, he is just a creepy, weird old guy that needs diapers.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

To be clear, if someone needs diapers - that sucks and that's nothing to hassle anyone about. Unless they're (supposedly) a billionaire, unfathomably vain, an enormous sociopath, an asshole, a rapist, and a convicted fraud, who pose a true existential threat to America and the planet as a whole. In the latter case, fuck those people.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He's the bigliest weirdo in history. Record-breaking. They're all saying it.

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

An adult diaper enbiggens the smallest man.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Republicans aren't sending their best.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

They're being told this is the best they have and they believe it.

[–] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Good people on both sides.