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    10 months ago

    This doesn’t even make any sense. Is she saying she didn’t bring up slavery as a cause for the civil war because she has had black friends? They won’t mind. Go ahead and bring it up.

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        10 months ago

        Oh, yeah, I get that. I just don’t get why she’s using the black friend defense it in this context. Her imaginary black friends were not the ones she was trying to placate by failing to list slavery as the cause for the civil war.

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              10 months ago

              You’re looking for reason in her statements, but the fact is that it’s a dogwhistle kind of emotional code, and she’s not speaking to reasonable people, she’s speaking to consumers of propaganda for whom these dogwhistle statements are tailored to incite an emotional response. Squid’s correct in referring you back to the social origins of the phrase, because in that context it has a very strong meaning, yet one devoid of apparent reason.

              Not trying to argue with you, because your question and reasoning are solid. The people you are speaking of, Nikki Haley and her base, are . . . not.