• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Meh. Sounds like he caught himself saying “meegrants” instead of “mygrants”

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.eeOP
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      2 months ago

      It definitely sounds like an ‘n’ sound.

      And his mouth doesn’t close when he says it, so it certainly looks like an ‘n’ sound.

      But I’ll humor you on the suggestion that he just pronounced “mig” funny: Why did he pronounce “rents” as “iggers”?

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        No, you see, he’s been studying ventriloquism and just fell into the habit of replacing m with n. And also pronounces migrants weird, like he’s only ever read it and not heard it pronounced, since Republicans are all such avid readers and how often does immigration really come up in their conversations?

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          2 months ago

          Exactly! And of all people an editor-in-chief pretty much rarely encounters the written word. That position and the entire industry around it aren’t exposed to words that often so it’s totally excusable.

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      2 months ago

      I was hoping he misspoke migrants and wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but I hear a clearly pronounced n word.

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      2 months ago

      Sounds like you’re lying. Because the clip is in the article and he clearly gets the entire word off before correcting himself.

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      2 months ago

      Racists like this do not deserve the benefit of the doubt.

      Don’t be an apologist.

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        2 months ago

        So, just double-down on something that could be false because you like the idea of it?

        Sounds like a certain group of people we know.

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          2 months ago

          Racists love to sneak in racism while people try to defend it as a misunderstanding. Congrats on being an apologist for a racist.

    • Bananigans@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Watched the clip before hitting the comments and this is 100% accurate. Not to kink shame, but rejecting the evidence of your eyes and ears isn’t one of mine.