{"id":2317560,"date":"2024-08-01T13:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T17:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-celebrates-democrats-adding-weird-to-all-the-other-smears\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T13:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T17:57:34","slug":"nyt-celebrates-democrats-adding-weird-to-all-the-other-smears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-celebrates-democrats-adding-weird-to-all-the-other-smears\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Celebrates Democrats Adding &#8216;Weird&#8217; To All The Other Smears"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyt-celebrates-democrats-adding-weird-to-all-the-other-smears%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2317560&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A writer \u2063for \u2064The New\u200d York Times is celebrating the Democratic Party&#8217;s adoption of name-calling in\u200b their presidential campaign, particularly the \u200buse of the term &#8220;weird.&#8221; Jessica Bennett argues that this strategy is\u200d a clever form of &#8220;verbal\u200d jujitsu&#8221; in response to labels like &#8220;Snowflakes&#8221; and &#8220;Groomers&#8221; that Republicans have long used. Bennett contends that, for years, Democrats tried\u2064 to engage politically with facts and earnest explanations, but she\u200d suggests that their\u200d recent approach to\u200d ridicule and name-calling is a sign of effectiveness. However, the column overlooks a historical context, wherein Democrats \u200chave frequently\u2064 labeled Republicans as racist or sexist in \u2062an\u200b effort to shut down debate. Bennett states that being called &#8220;weird&#8221; is\u2062 a difficult insult to counter because it lacks a straightforward \u2064defense. The article implies that\u200b such name-calling reflects a broader tactic of the Democratic Party, which has\u2064 often engaged in similar tactics, and notes that \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">conservatives<\/a> \u2064have also begun to employ name-calling, particularly using the\u200b term\u200d &#8220;groomer&#8221; as\u2063 a response to the Democratic narrative.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A writer at The New York Times is elated that Democrats have come to &ldquo;name-calling&rdquo; in the presidential race, apparently oblivious about the childish strategy embraced by the party of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">identity politics<\/a> for decades.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, New York Times Contributing Editor Jessica Bennett published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/31\/opinion\/trump-vance-weird-creepy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">column<\/a> to celebrate that &ldquo;Democrats have finally gone low&rdquo; with their bizarre use of the term &ldquo;weird&rsquo; as a bit of verbal jujitsu so delightfully petty it might just work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years the MAGA movement has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gop-establishment-wants-to-take-congress-this-fall-without-telling-voters-why-they-should\/\" title=\"The GOP Establishment Wants To Take Congress This Fall Without Telling Voters Why They Should\">approached politics<\/a> the way a bully would approach a schoolyard,&rdquo; Bennett wrote, adding &ldquo;Snowflakes,&rdquo; &ldquo;Groomers,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Cucks,&rdquo; are the labels Democrats responded to &ldquo;for years&rdquo; by &ldquo;trying to be the adults in the room&rdquo; with &ldquo;facts,&rdquo; &ldquo;context,&rdquo; and &ldquo;earnest explanations that nobody remembers.&rdquo; (Guess Hillary Clinton calling half the country &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/04\/washington-post-contributor-calling-trump-supporters-deplorable-was-too-nice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deplorable<\/a>&rdquo; in 2016 was a very grown-up thing to do).<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;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 &ldquo;ist&rdquo; 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 &ldquo;weird.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As any sixth grader who&rsquo;s been called weird,&rdquo; she wrote, &ldquo;good luck trying to argue your way out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Much like &lsquo;creepy&rsquo; &mdash; which packs a particular punch when delivered by a woman to a man,&rdquo; Bennett added, &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t really defend against weird. It&rsquo;s specific enough to be damning, but without a clear path to a comeback.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a similar attack to those Democrats have deployed with previous name-calling campaigns wherein the defense against such labels is treated as an admission of guilt. No one can <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/182763\/trump-i-have-black-friends-not-racist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reference<\/a> his relationships with minorities, lest he be chastised as even more racist than the charges initially suggest. Republicans ought not dare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/shortcuts\/2012\/oct\/17\/binders-full-of-women-romneys-four-words\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reference <\/a>a &ldquo;binder full of women&rdquo; to prove their commitment to sex parity in the workplace, lest they be blinded by accusations of sexism. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Weirdness&rdquo; is apparently another indefensible charge that Republicans can&rsquo;t run against, even if the label provides a classic example of projection from a party eager to dole out special benefits based on sex and race while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/jill-biden-lauds-olympics-opening-ceremony-that-mocked-christians.html#:~:text=First%20lady%20Jill%20Biden%20praised,paying%20homage%20to%20pagan%20gods.%5C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">celebrating<\/a> blasphemous scenes of religious mockery.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Fox News late-night host Greg Gutfeld <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/greg-gutfeld-groomer-rights-answer-racist\">explained<\/a> conservatives&rsquo; newfound fondness for name-calling emerged in the form of &ldquo;groomer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every lefty is a &lsquo;groomer&rsquo; because it&rsquo;s a mirror of what the Dems did with &lsquo;racist,&#8217;&rdquo; Gutfeld said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Every rich person racist. Every white person racist. Every Trump rally racist. Everything on Fox racist. Every dead president. Every monument. Every name of every school. Every podcaster. Every comedian. Racist, racist, racist.<\/p>\n<p>So fine. Then every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-the-truth-behind-the-cheney-story\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: The Truth Behind The Cheney Story\">left-wing teacher<\/a> is a groomer. Every left-wing Disney employee who wants gender studies taught to toddlers is a groomer. Everyone who defends the medicalization of confused kids. You&rsquo;re a groomer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Democrats&rsquo; embrace of the word &ldquo;weird&rdquo; to characterize their opposition has propelled a new term into our political jargon. It&rsquo;s courtesy of another election built on identity politics due to a female candidate at the top of a major ticket. As Helen Andrews pointed out on X, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-natsec-official-evidence-for-theory-that-pandemic-came-from-lab-far-outweighs-natural-outbreak\/\" title=\"Ex-NatSec Official: Evidence For Theory That Pandemic Came From Lab \u2018Far Outweighs\u2019 Natural Outbreak\">calling people<\/a> &lsquo;weird&rsquo; is such feminine behavior.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Calling people &#8220;weird&#8221; is such feminine behavior. Textbook sex difference: Men engage in open conflict; women police conformity. It&#8217;s honestly disorienting to hear male politicians use the line.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Helen Andrews (@herandrews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/herandrews\/status\/1817979762570375597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It makes sense then, with a woman to lead the charge, the Democrats would pursue a name-calling campaign that polices conformity. Of course, leftists likely would clalim that&rsquo;s something a sexist might say.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A writer for The New York Times expresses excitement over the Democrats resorting to &#8220;name-calling&#8221; in the presidential campaign, seemingly unaware of the immature tactics that have characterized identity politics within the party for years. On Thursday, Jessica Bennett, a contributing editor at The New York Times, wrote a column praising the Democrats for their unusual use of the term &#8220;weird,&#8221; which she describes as a clever yet petty strategy that might actually be effective. She notes that for years, the MAGA movement has approached politics like a schoolyard bully and points out that terms like &#8220;Snowflakes,&#8221; &#8220;Groomers,&#8221; and &#8220;Cucks&#8221; have been used against them while Democrats attempted to maintain decorum by relying on facts and earnest explanations\u2014an approach she implies has often been ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett seems to overlook how Republicans have long been labeled as racist, sexist, fascist, and other derogatory terms by Democrats in an effort to silence dissent. She argues that once someone is called \u201cweird,\u201d it\u2019s difficult to defend oneself against such an accusation. Bennett compares this tactic to previous name-calling strategies where any attempt at defense is seen as an admission of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cweird\u201d has now entered political discourse thanks to another election focused on identity politics with a female candidate leading. Helen Andrews noted on social media that calling people \u201cweird\u201d reflects feminine behavior\u2014where men engage in direct conflict while women tend to enforce conformity. This suggests that with a woman spearheading this campaign, it makes sense for Democrats to adopt such name-calling tactics aimed at policing behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Justice is identified as the western correspondent for The Federalist and author of Social Justice Redux\u2014a conservative newsletter focusing on culture and wellness\u2014and he encourages readers to follow him or reach out via email<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2317561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/48233853667_b8a52223b0_k-e1722530962698.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,15823,32171,32715],"class_list":["post-2317560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-nyt","tag-political-commentary","tag-smear-campaign"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/48233853667_b8a52223b0_k-e1722530962698.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2317561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}