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posted 2 years ago by KingLion7 2 years ago by KingLion7 +24 / -0

16 Common Phrases In The News And What They Actually Mean

As everyone knows, the news media knows what's best for us and they always tell the truth. The only problem is that they use really big and complicated words that we simple folk just don't understand. How will you ever keep up? Well, don't...

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– when_we_win_remember 4 points 2 years ago +4 / -0

"Racist dog whistle" = a super-secret whistle that only racists can hear and only we heard it

Lol so much this

Actually it's "we don't like this person, so we're going to put words in their mouth and then get upset about those words and blame the person for the things we imagine that they said"

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– fake_namington 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

Like a woman

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– when_we_win_remember 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

For sure

The Bee's construction is funnier than mine. I don't like to engage in Democrats are the Real Racists (DR3). They are -- everyone is racist -- but I don't like to dignify the common meaning of racism with an analysis of who is and isn't. Because being antiracist isn't a virtue to be proud of, and being racist isn't a vice.

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