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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is this really an insult? [View all]
Last edited Thu Aug 16, 2018, 03:39 PM - Edit history (1)
This morning I heard Omarosa say Laura Trump calling her "articulate" was an insult. I'm curious on whether Omarosa's take on it was because she saw a racist calling her "uppity" or just because it was a Caucasian? Or was she just being overly sensitive because the conversation was about, essentially, paying her hush money?
If someone said that to me I'd take it as a compliment, no matter their ethnicity (but I am white).
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Thank to all for clearing it up. I guess we all lived through the coinage of yet another "left-handed compliment" when "articulate" was used to properly describe Pres Obama.
This is a shame, since I still think it's a compliment.
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That's become a thing since some bridled when Obama was described as articulate.
FiveGoodMen
Aug 2018
#1
Every compliment is NOT an insult. Stop making shit up and try and listen for once.
bettyellen
Aug 2018
#7
(white person speaking) i've certainly heard white people use the term "articulate"
unblock
Aug 2018
#2
It's certainly a compliment if (and only if) we remove the implied 'compare and contrast' qualifier.
LanternWaste
Aug 2018
#24
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a
braddy
Aug 2018
#8
I deliberately describe white people (I am white) as "well spoken" now just to annoy RWers
MaryMagdaline
Aug 2018
#28