By Hal Brown
These guys were freaks:
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| The Mothers of Invention touring Europe in 1968. Back row: Roy Estrada, Frank Zappa, Don Preston. Front row: Jimmy Carl Black, Bunk Gardner. - Nationaal Archief CC0 |
Neither is her former BFF:
Of course her new BFF is Kevin McCarthy.
This morning Joe Scarborough repeated at least two times that the GOP is being run by freaks, weirdos, and insurrectionists.
GOP will 'suffer' because it's led by 'freaks' like Marjorie Taylor Greene'.
I take exception to his describing people like Marjorie Taylor Greene as a freak. He is not only being too kind but is using a term which could be, if not complementary, at least not derogatory.
In my younger days when I was a student at Michigan State (see photos) in the 1960 through the early 70's the word described people who were unabashedly and proudly nonconformists.
The freak scene was originally a component of the bohemian subculture which began in California in the mid-1960s, associated with (or part of) the hippie movement. The term is also used to refer to the post-hippie and pre-punk period of the early to mid-1970s. It can be viewed as encompassing a range of disparate groups including hippies, pacifists, politicized radicals, as well as psychedelic and progressive rock fans. Those connected with the subculture often attended rock festivals, free festivals, happenings, and alternative society gatherings of various kinds. (Wikipedia)
As for calling these people weirdos, the weirdos of the world ought to be offended. Children sometimes call other kids who march to the beat of their own drummers weirdos. They may bully them just because they are different or eccentric. There's even an anti-bullying web series called Weirdos.
Children today who the conforming kids may call weirdos include lots of youngsters who will grow up to be more successful than those who were the popular kids.
History is replete with examples of celebrities, innovators, and world leaders who were unpopular when they were children. Here's a list of celebrities who were bullied as children. "Bill Clinton As a junior high schooler was picked on relentlessly for being a 'fat band boy' with bad taste in clothes. Their taunting culminated in an incident at a junior high dance: one older student teased Clinton about his carpenter’s jeans, and even hit Clinton in the jaw." (Reference) Love him or hate him, Elon Muck was bullied as a child.
What then would I call the current leadership of the GOP? This is a cop-out, but don't get me started. I'll just leave it with what Joe Scarborough called them and quit the nitpicking. In current parlance we might as well call them freaks, weirdos, and insurrectionists.
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