I’ve been seeing this totally organic discourse popping up in reddit-logo comments. They found a new silver bullet that allows them to ignore anything being said

Democrats clutching pearls instead of fighting fascism is going to get fascism faster, and it will be all the fault of leftists somehow

  • ziggurter [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I like this bypass.

    Long: “the donkey-brand faction of the U.S. mono-party”

    Medium: “donkey-brained liberals”

    Short: “donkeys”

    Associated fan/voter base: “donkey fans”

    Some of the things that are great about it:

    1. You can just substitute “elephant” for “donkey” to emphasize that literally the only difference is branding.
    2. No need to capitalize it even if you’re being grammatically correct, because it’s not a proper noun.
    3. They chose their stupid mascot; now they can live with it.