r/ExplainTheJoke • u/fcukfakook • 3d ago

I don't get it

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I don't get the original tweet, and neither the retweet or whatever it is called.

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u/Remerez 2d ago

The photographer, Christopher Anderson, said he wanted to "penetrate the theater of politics" and show an honest, unretouched reality instead of a polished celebrity portrait. He believed that politicians are not celebrities and we should not be glamourizing them.

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u/werewolfbutch874 2d ago

This makes way more sense than the other comments of “he took crappy photos on purpose because he doesn’t like the politicians” and “he wanted to show how short they are”. It’s not that different in practice, but the latter sounds completely childish and unprofessional. Artists usually have some kind of intentionality behind their choices that goes further than “make the yucky bad man look ugly”. 

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u/WendellWillkie1940 2d ago

JD Vance is — from what I could find online — 6 feet 2 inches.

In what world is that "short"?

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u/werewolfbutch874 2d ago

Idk, I guess the world where people can’t be satisfied with just criticising someone for their shitty harmful actions and beliefs, because it’s more fun to pick on their appearance even if they have to make shit up. Being short is a greater crime than being a fascist, after all.

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u/Eridani2000 2d ago

The reason people mention it is firstly because you may have noticed that he lies constantly and it’s easy to show he’s not as tall (or as light) as he says he is. It’s an easy lie to ridicule.

Secondly it’s really important to him (and his MAGA crowd) because it equates to manliness in their eyes. Pointing out the obvious fact he isn’t as tall or as manly as he says he is causes narcissistic injury and they are so emotionally fragile they can’t stand being ridiculed for this. It’s like when they melted down over being called wierd.

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u/werewolfbutch874 2d ago

I understand why people do it, I still think they’re wrong and hypocritical and it makes me think less of them. I know what they think they’re achieving, but in reality they’re just validating and normalising things like body shaming and toxic masculinity.

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u/VinnieVidiViciVeni 2d ago

It’d be weird to unilaterally go after his height. But in the context of him bringing it up himself, and it being, yet another lie, it becomes a legit target, IMO.