• celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    Like most right wing people with terrible hair (Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Javier Milei, etc) it's pre-emptive deflection. If you're busy criticizing their haircut, you aren't busy criticizing their message. They can then turn to moderates and say "look at those bullies attacking my appearance, but they don't think my message is bad, only my haircut!" and this humanizes them to onlookers who don't understand political ideologies or follow current events (the vast majority of people).

    • TheVelvetGentleman [he/him]
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      6 hours ago

      I think that this argument gives the wearers of these haircuts too much credit. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity and all that.

      • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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        2 hours ago

        I think there is sort of a natural selection - right-wing politicians with ridiculous appearance manage to appeal to moderates better, so they stay and new right-winger adopt their look.

  • TheDoctor [they/them]
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    11 hours ago

    Saving this photo for when my kid wants to DIY her bangs instead of going to a stylist

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    10 hours ago

    busted up

    volcel-judge This is your brain on busting. Any questions?

    volcel-judge Busting. Not even once.

  • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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    15 hours ago

    the Republic of Indonesia is made up of 10s of thousands of islands hundreds of cultures and languages. the Estonia is made up of beet and onion slop eating hungarians who polished the cocks of german horses for 1000 years before being elevated to sapience by the USSR.

  • vegeta1 [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    14 hours ago

    Man took simple Jack's haircut but took none of his humanity

    Show

  • Stolen_Stolen_Valor [any]
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    17 hours ago

    Why do so many fascist freaks with power have some custom fucked up signature look?

    • Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      17 hours ago

      It's kind of an advantage; all attention is good attention when you don't even have to try to appear to be a decent human, so at worst it's branding and at best your enemies think you look so ridiculous and stupid that they underestimate you

      • TheDoctor [they/them]
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        11 hours ago

        I know a lot of people with brain damage who aren’t weird fascists with bad haircuts

        • Bremmy@lemmy.ml
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          11 hours ago

          True, but I'd guess more brain damage means more likely to be a right winger, but not always