The White House and Democratic members of Congress called Georgia Republicanā€™s comparison a ā€˜complimentā€™

  • mo_ztt āœ…@lemmy.world
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    The way MTG says ā€œurbanā€ brings to mind John Mulaneyā€™s bit about how the factual word ā€œjewsā€ is the same as the derogatory word ā€œjews,ā€ so it just depends on the inflection.

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      I didnā€™t watch the video but I already know ā€˜urbanā€™ is code for ā€˜black peopleā€™

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        Ayep. I wouldnā€™t have given the word a second thought, if she hadnā€™t inflected it so hard that it pretty much has a hard ā€œRā€ at the end.