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Weird would be a step up in my assessment of them. Also "weird" needn't be a bad thing. I like weird. I"d vote for a weird party if given the option.
They aren't talking about Bob Mortimer weird.
They are Jimmy Saville weird.
I'm stealing that line, thankyou.
If care to argue that you're normal, you're not the good kind of weird.
Exactly. Good weird people embrace being weird. Bad weird people think they're normal and everyone else is insane, they will get very annoyed by being called weird. That's why it's a good litmus test.
Most of them seem closer to being wrong'uns than weird.
It is only working in the US context as it isn't an insult per se, yet really gets under the skin of their conservatives due to their obsession with conformity, and enables everyone to mock their ludicrous ideas without expending energy explaining why each of them are so awful.
We live in a weird world nowadays. I would accept a leader who embraces the weirdness to navigate the current situation.
But I would never vote for right wing populists.
,"Sickos" would be a better word.