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Maybe we should consider 'weirdness' as the gateway drug to 'dangerous'. The assertions of a "threat to democracy" wasn't working. People probably consider it typical political rhetoric. If you tell someone to look at that threat, if they don't believe, they will keep going on their way because they're late to meet up with their friends. But if you say look at that weirdo, people will stop and look because we can't resist seeing something weird. After you've got their attention and they agree that it is weird, you can then explain to them that this weirdo is actually dangerous. People accept that the fact that weirdos can be dangerous and will then scurry away in fear.

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