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Conservative editor backtracks after seeming to use n word regarding Haitian migrants (www.advocate.com)

submitted 3 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/news

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My thoughts: this was not an accident. This was testing the waters.

I wonder what the person who absolutely insisted to me yesterday that this wasn't about black people in general would have to say about this...

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'm gonna be honest, this is a stretch. I watched the clip. Whatever he was about to say definitely sounds like it was starting with an M, not an N. His lips are in a closed shape at that moment, which you'd see with an M sound and not an N. With the context of what he's saying, it really sounds like he was trying to say "migrant" and "immigrant" at the same time.

Don't get me wrong, this dude's a dipshit for dozens of other reasons. But there's nothing here this time. This really doesn't seem to be worth any amount of energy.

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[–] abigscaryhobo 4 points 3 months ago

I don't sympathize with this dudes rhetoric at all, just adding that from his mouth movements he does seem to be making an "m" sound not an "n" sound with his mouth.

He's probably still really racist, but I've got racist family and if they ever decide to drop a "hard r" you can see it in their face. I do think it was a case of trying to say "immigrants", flubbing it, then just saying "migrants" because he realizes what it sounds like. Even the forced laughter afterwards has a sort of "oh shit that didn't sound good" vibe to it.

Again, not defending this guy. But we have to remember, all sides of politics can spin stuff to fit their agenda, so we have to be discreet in our decisions and judgements, that's how we stand apart from all the people just sucking down the news as gospel truth.

[–] formergijoe 3 points 3 months ago

"... calling in about Haitian [Full-ass-hard-R-N-words] I mean migrants." No you don't.

[–] Organichedgehog -1 points 3 months ago (17 children)

Gonna invoke the hivemind rage and say that, upon listening w headphones, it does kinda sound like he's saying "migr -" with a short "i" sound.

Now queue the downvotes, calling me racist, dumb, etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Your headphones suck because he definitely lead with the "n" and not the "m". I know the difference in sound between n and m and it was an n. In fact around the 0:35 mark he said, "complaining about Haitian nigge-mngr-migrants". I don't know how to spell him correcting himself.

[–] Organichedgehog 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nah man, you're hearing what you want to hear. Just look at his lips - they come together as they would with an "m" sound. The exact same way they come together shortly thereafter to say "migrants" properly.

Compare his mouth movement to when he says "in", his lips do not move together.

Or keep hearing what you want to hear, I don't care. Nothing I say will change your mind.

[–] Maggoty 3 points 3 months ago (15 children)

No. Just no. You're getting downvoted because it's clear as day.

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[–] ripcord 2 points 3 months ago

No. I assumed it was actually something like thag. Then listened to it a bunch of times. I don't find that plausible at all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I'm not 100% convinced either. It doesn't sound like he used the n-word, nor that he caught himself halfway through saying it. People screw up speaking all the time, and on rare occasions it can sound like something offensive.

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