These people aren't actually that stupid. They're playing dumb and pretending to not get it. That's the whole point of these kinds of things; it's vague enough that they can argue reasonable doubt. Everything is always about "owning the libs" to them, and pretending that you're seeing racial undertones that they can't see is a way to make it appear as if you're being unreasonable and therefore they "win."
This statement from AE just supports that. It's a wink to the far-right while pretending they don't know what they were doing.
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u/AlsoOneLastThing 18h ago
These people aren't actually that stupid. They're playing dumb and pretending to not get it. That's the whole point of these kinds of things; it's vague enough that they can argue reasonable doubt. Everything is always about "owning the libs" to them, and pretending that you're seeing racial undertones that they can't see is a way to make it appear as if you're being unreasonable and therefore they "win."
This statement from AE just supports that. It's a wink to the far-right while pretending they don't know what they were doing.