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
there is something here and i hope you don't mind if I expand with some gossip-type history:
in english language, words are classed (and i mean class) by their origin. the more french-type words are elite while the saxon-derived are common.
example: a
pigis an alive animal a farmer deals with day in day out. once it is slaughtered and prepared, it becomesporkwhich is served and consumed.1 animal, but 2 different words depending on your relationship to it. either as park of your work or as a product of someone else.
deplorableis a word that conveys elite, consumption. "weird" is about being in the shit and muck.yeah this is what i meant, more words
piss vs urine, shit vs feces, fuck vs copulate