• @Nuke_the_whales
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    672 months ago

    What a lazy critique. “Look how dumb she sounds”, meanwhile Harris sounds like an educated normal woman. Like what even is this?

    • The Quuuuuill
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      682 months ago

      Dog whistling. Its not about actually wanting the candidate who elocutes the most effectively, its about telling their core audience “yeah we don’t think black people are capable of intelligence either, just like you”

      • @[email protected]
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        232 months ago

        Like people saying they wished Obama was “more articulate” 15 years ago. It’s nothing but racist sog whistles

        • @[email protected]
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          82 months ago

          Mostly people called Obama very articulate. That wasn’t so much a dogwhistle as the bigotry of lowered expectations.

          • anytimesoon
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            82 months ago

            But he was/is very articulate?

            Don’t forget his presidency came off the back of W. We were all sick of hearing gibberish from the president of the united states. Everyone was happy to have an articulate man in charge

            • Flying SquidOP
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              72 months ago

              And honestly, he is incredibly good at giving speeches. I wish he was half as good as president as he was at inspiring people with his speeches.

            • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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              22 months ago

              And then 8 years later they elected someone who made Bushisms seem like linguistic mastery.

    • FauxPseudo
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      182 months ago

      Which is why he is backing … Donald Trump?