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sl8

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Wed Aug 28, 2024, 06:46 AM Aug 28

Weird. Why the popular campaign insult stings more in Minnesora

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/28/nx-s1-5090823/weird-harris-walz-minnesota-trump-vance

Weird. Why the popular campaign insult stings more in Minnesota

AUGUST 28, 20245:00 AM ET
MPR News
By Dana Ferguson

[...]

And in Minnesota, the term can be … loaded.

So, we took to the Minnesota State Fair to talk to Minnesotans about how the word hits differently here.

[...]

Walz’s supporters say the “weird” label caught on because it carries more weight in the Midwest.

Minnesota weird

“It's very layered language,” says Black, a middle school geography teacher from Minneapolis. “I took it as like, this is his polite, Midwestern way of saying, like, ‘This is bonkers,’ right? Like, this is crazy, without coming right out and saying that.”

[...]

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Weird. Why the popular campaign insult stings more in Minnesora (Original Post) sl8 Aug 28 OP
Oh... like "Bless her heart" in the south. nt Phoenix61 Aug 28 #1
"Well, it's different." eppur_se_muova Aug 28 #2

eppur_se_muova

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2. "Well, it's different."
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 08:56 AM
Aug 28

That's what they say when they tone it done even more.

Everyone understands it's meant as criticism, from someone who's trying to be too polite to offend anyone.

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