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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It worked when Walz first pointed at it because it came across as genuine. Now it feels a bit forced and stale, what with everyone saying it. But it still seems to be eliciting the desired reaction; I mean, they keep getting weirder, with the JD Vance semen donor cup thing being the most egregious example.
It's kind of inverted the "pwn the libs" thing from 2016, now it's "pwn the MAGAs".
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I think it works well because it doesn’t obligate fence sitters to take a side or change a belief. In 2016 everytime they said or did something anti-norm there was moral outrage. This led to people feeling attacked and then defending Trump saying that’s not what he meant. The their wierd line of attack is much softer. It’s more hey do you really want to be associated with this guy. So I think it’s less likely to induce a defensive response
It’s also a nuance free attack, you don’t need to explain anything whereas to defend yourself you need to explain wierd behaviour which takes nuance.
It also allows the Dems to focus on what they will do