A writer at The New York Times is elated that Democrats have come to “name-calling” in the presidential race, apparently oblivious about the childish strategy embraced by the party of identity politics for decades.
On Thursday, New York Times Contributing Editor Jessica Bennett published a column to celebrate that “Democrats have finally gone low” with their bizarre use of the term “weird’ as a bit of verbal jujitsu so delightfully petty it might just work.”
“For years the MAGA movement has approached politics the way a bully would approach a schoolyard,” Bennett wrote, adding “Snowflakes,” “Groomers,” and “Cucks,” are the labels Democrats responded to “for years” by “trying to be the adults in the room” with “facts,” “context,” and “earnest explanations that nobody remembers.” (Guess Hillary Clinton calling half the country “deplorable” in 2016 was a very grown-up thing to do).
Here’s one defense most Americans will always remember, and that Bennett seems to have forgotten: Republicans, according to Democrats, are racist, sexist, fascist, and any other “ist” that leftists can come up with to shout their opponents down in the kind of temper tantrum Bennett said defines any objection to charges of “weird.”
“As any sixth grader who’s been called weird,” she wrote, “good luck trying to argue your way out.”
“Much like ‘creepy’ — which packs a particular punch when delivered by a woman to a man,” Bennett added, “you can’t really defend against weird. It’s specific enough to be damning, but without a clear path to a
