• joe@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    He’s popular as a speaker because he “tells it like it is”, which roughly translates to “he says the quiet racist parts out loud”. I agree that this probably isn’t a dog whistle. Or, it probably wasn’t. It definitely is now, and I fully anticipate seeing someone wearing a shirt that colorfully uses the word “rigger”.

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      11 months ago

      “Telling it like it is” is basically= your racist uncles tirades and memes on Facebook.

      I knew that asshole was gonna win when he started speaking like a Sentient Facebook Feed.