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Trump prosecutor Fani Willis faces racist abuse after indicting ex-US president (www.theguardian.com)
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Georgia prosecutor subjected to flurry of threats after Trump makes thinly veiled reference to N-word after latest charges

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[–] RedditRefugeeTom 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm anti-trump, but I'm also anti-bad news. I don't see how his post was near referencing the N-word.

“They never went after those that Rigged the Election,” Trump wrote. “They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!”

I don't see how trumps use of the word riggers is aimed at Fani Wilson or other members of the African American community? Seems like The Guardian is trying to push a false narrative.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's possible Trump did not intend it to be used in that fashion, but in reading the article, it seems his supporters certainly intend to.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

that's literally the point of a dogwhistle phrase though - per Merriam-Webster, a dogwhistle is a coded message understood by a targeted group of people but not by others.
Good for you if you didn't make a racist connection, but the MAGAssholes sure did. Did you read the article?

Trump’s allusion to the racial slur was immediately picked up by his supporters on far-right platforms including Gab and Patriots.win. The sites hosted hundreds of posts featuring “riggers” in their headlines in a disparaging context.

The word has also been attached to numerous social media posts to Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss. The two Black poll workers from Atlanta were falsely accused by some of the 19 defendants in the Fulton county case of committing election fraud during the 2020 vote count, and the indictment accuses Trump allies of harassing them.

Calls to violence have proliferated across far-right sites since the charges were made public on Monday night. Several Gab posts reproduced images of nooses and gallows and called for Willis and grand jurors who delivered the charges to be hanged. And posts on Patriots.win combined the wordplay with direct calls to violence.