'I know it sounds weird, then she appeared.' That was the song lyric that immediately came to mind after reading your note. Note to that Partridge of course 'weirds out' the recording of his voice for that one word while singing it. 'All Edward Leared' too is, well, weird.... but also apt. But using it as a descriptor for one's current political opponents, is a deliberate soft-pedal designed to avoid alienating potential swing voters. In fact, the players are not so much weird as downright dangerous. The eccentric, even eldritch connotations that the term weird invokes are far too gothic to be relevant to a coming political reality in which another holocaust is plausible. - GVL
Agreed, on many levels. However, when dealing with the general population of the US (who will have no idea about any connotations beyond the simplest of the word), it's probably best to let whatever works work!
'I know it sounds weird, then she appeared.' That was the song lyric that immediately came to mind after reading your note. Note to that Partridge of course 'weirds out' the recording of his voice for that one word while singing it. 'All Edward Leared' too is, well, weird.... but also apt. But using it as a descriptor for one's current political opponents, is a deliberate soft-pedal designed to avoid alienating potential swing voters. In fact, the players are not so much weird as downright dangerous. The eccentric, even eldritch connotations that the term weird invokes are far too gothic to be relevant to a coming political reality in which another holocaust is plausible. - GVL
Agreed, on many levels. However, when dealing with the general population of the US (who will have no idea about any connotations beyond the simplest of the word), it's probably best to let whatever works work!