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Roadkill-eating weirdo says that you shouldn't vote for Harris, you should vote for Harris. (lemmy.world)
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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 68 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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"

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] anytimesoon 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Obama was the most articulate president we've had in 50+ years. Chris Rock even did a comedy bit criticizing people who commented "he speaks so well" about Obama.

Edit: whoops! Chris Rock's bit was about Colin Powell. Pretty much the same point though.