• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I wouldn’t overthink this one… Trump’s “dog whistles” are usually more of an air-raid-siren. Any shred of nuance or subtlety is most likely accidental.

    In this case, I strongly doubt there’s some deep meaning behind it - he’s just being an asshole by deliberately mispronouncing her name.

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      2 months ago

      Exactly. If he had real trouble with the name, the misspelling would vary. It’s just standard racism.

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      2 months ago

      My assumption was always the “afterthought” of this article: he’s trying to force the word “black” into her name.

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      2 months ago

      My thoughts were he’s combing with the star wars senator amadalla or whoever it is I’m thinking of

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        2 months ago

        Or the tiktok sound where they’re like ‘senator blah, chief commisioner blah, vice president blah!’ but I can’t remember enough about it to find it.