Republican vice-presidential nominee continues to face questions about comment as campaign speeds up

Republican vice-presidential nominee continues to face questions about comment as campaign speeds up

The Republican vice-presidential nominee, JD Vance, claimed that calling leading Democrats “a bunch of childless cat ladies” was merely a “sarcastic remark”, as he attempted to deflect charges of misogyny and redirect fire at Harris’s own running mate, Tim Walz, on Tuesday.

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    4 months ago

    sarcasm noun sar·casm / ˈsär-ˌka-zəm

    1: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain

    2a: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual

    2b: the use or language of sarcasm

    I must be missing how that’s any better. “Oh, I meant to insult them in a satirical way.”

    Regardless, it still sounds like something a couchfucker would say.

    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
      16·
      4 months ago

      Right, so with this it’s no longer just Actual Childless Cat Ladies, but rather anyone single is now a childless cat lady, and they mean it as an insult.

    • cloud_herder@lemmy.world
      4·
      4 months ago

      Haha same - clarifying that an asshole sarcastic comment is sarcastic doesn’t make it not an asshole comment.

      Many people (hopefully most) knew it was sarcasm.