he's absolutely seething with rage and contempt and has no idea who he actually is. it's what makes him dangerous and also so offputting, specifically the contempt. you can spot it a mile away. and unlike Trump he's uncomfortable in his own skin and moves/talks like it.
Nah, I disagree. He's that weird guy at college/the pub/a convention that gloms onto your group and when you say "OK, we're going to get food..." he says: "Awesome, where are we going?" and you're like NOT YOU. 🙄 Except most people grow out of that. He's become EVEN WEIRDER.
This rings true but I submit that the rage and contempt are palpable which is often why no one wants to go with That Guy, not because he doesn't use the right fork he's a married incel
You're both right. The try-hard guy grows up into the kind of seething contempt Vance shows, and it's worse because he's still that hanger-on with a huge platform for the contempt. Taking out every rejection on the world.
it also explains how in college he at least *seemed* to demonstrate more signs of being a human being. Also gotta say that he reminds me a *lot* of this guy I knew in grad school. Deeply closeted, eventually married (female) childhood sweetheart. Who he did not like.
After meeting her, a friend: "Oh, she's beautiful!" This guy: "No, she's not." He was an Indian-Canadian who unironically had a picture of the Queen Mum in his lonely, stark dorm room, if that gives you a picture. Also shirts buttoned to the very top & endlessly obsequious
idk what Vance's deal is, although I will note there is a weird exchange in his book where he tells his meemaw he thinks he might be gay, she says, "Do you want to suck cock?" he says No! appalled and that was apparently that. but he clearly dgaf about his family
and all his insistence that all the womens especially should be married and procreate, I feel like it's a bit personal in a familiar way from many religious right types who get caught in a wide stance later: I'M miserable so you better be too
although also his rage at women is clearly based in Mommy issues I guess it's a change from every other fucking Republican in this admin's Daddy issues
but really we all know he's mostly about the sofas
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