Theories
- Its literally just because Hillary Clinton sucks so hard and people didnt want to hear that shit from her
- Deplorables is too much of a vocabulary word, weird is a word everyone knows. So deplorable just comes off more elitist, from a woman who is already seen that way. To quote a friend I asked “I think deplorable has a negative connotation that speaks to core personhood, in a way that comes off as both mean spirited and elitist”
- The GOP hadnt gotten unhinged enough yet, so America wasnt ready for a campaign that is dismissive of them and still expected bipartisan respect and shit, but are now because the “weird” shit is so out there all the time
- “Weird” is simply a more effective word to describe the situation at hand
- Deplorables would have worked fine with the young people who can vote now but couldnt in 2008.
- Kamala and especially Walz are better representations of “not weird” than Hillary was a representation of “not deplorable”.
- “Weird” hits them harder, insults them worse, and thus makes them spiral more in a way deplorable didnt
- Deplorable would have worked fine if it wasnt just a one off comment but a sustained campaign message (this one im thinking probably not)
- The Vance effect, he’s just that weird.
- People who are tired of Democrats being respectful like weird a lot
Deplorable is a weird word and not just because it’s a big word
How many of you honestly think to yourselves “that’s deplorable” when you hear about something terrible? I don’t know about the rest of you but when I find out a cop murdered another person or about some nazi shit or about some nonce shit or something like that, my first thoughts are “that’s disgusting” not “that’s deplorable”
Deplorable is an attack yes but it’s a weak attack, it’s an old timey word that has been relegated to academia and devoid of any emotion behind it
Someone calling something or someone deplorable just has no bite to it because you can tell that the person using the word doesn’t actually care about the thing they’re talking about
If Hillary actually hated Trump supporters even half as much as I do she’d have called them disgusting hogs because that’s what they are