What BlueSky Needs: More Than Rude, Rude to JD Vance
- john raymond
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
I understand why the Rude tag exists. There’s value in giving people a warning label, in letting them know what they’re about to read might not come wrapped in decorum or clothed in euphemism. Sometimes the truth arrives with its sleeves rolled up and no apologies in tow. That’s fair. That’s useful. And most of the time, it’s enough.
But not when it comes to JD Vance.
When it comes to Vance, Rude doesn’t cut it. It doesn’t register. Because what BlueSky needs isn’t just permission to be irreverent in general—it needs a built-in cultural exemption: Rude to JD Vance shouldn’t even count.
Why? Because we are not talking about a man simply deserving of criticism. We are talking about someone who represents one of the most blatant collapses of public integrity in modern American politics. A man who labeled Trump “America’s Hitler,” then turned around and joined him on the ticket. Not out of fear. Not out of confusion. But out of calculation. This is not ideological drift. It’s not even garden-variety hypocrisy. It’s moral desertion at scale.
To be rude to JD Vance is not to be gratuitous—it’s to be accurate. And it shouldn’t require a warning label any more than calling the sky blue or a wound infected. We shouldn’t need to add Rude when what we’re saying is simply true. In fact, insisting on decorum when addressing Vance is the real distortion. That’s the lie. That’s the polite smothering of a deep rot, and it makes the whole discourse feel dishonest.
So no, this isn’t about being edgy for fun. This is about rhetorical hygiene. JD Vance deserves mockery not because he’s controversial, but because he made himself the punchline of his own moral play. He stood on a hill of supposed principle, waved a flag for dignity and truth, and then ran down the other side straight into Trump’s arms the moment the wind changed.
BlueSky doesn’t need more edge for its own sake. It needs people willing to speak clearly when clarity matters most. And when it comes to JD Vance, clarity looks a lot like ridicule. So yes—keep the Rude tag for the rest of us. But when the jokes are aimed at JD, let them fly clean. Let them fly free. No tag necessary.
He earned it.
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