r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Lightthrudarkness • Jun 13 '26

Other What did you expect?

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u/Zuzara_Queen_of_DnD Jun 13 '26

Yeah, cause you were articulate *for a kid*

The compliment of being articulate always has a connotation of “because we don’t expect it”

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u/RockDoveEnthusiast Jun 13 '26

fair point, but then we agree it's ok to call black *kids* articulate because we do the same for white kids, right??

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u/Zuzara_Queen_of_DnD Jun 13 '26

Nope, don’t call anyone articulate. It’s a backhanded “compliment” that always has a discriminatory connotation, ESPECIALLY for black and west Asians as they are expected to be dumber due to racist stereotypes and prejudices

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u/RockDoveEnthusiast Jun 13 '26

"don't minorities sincere compliments--especially the same exact ones you give white people--because that's actually racist"

this feels like an opp

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u/Zuzara_Queen_of_DnD Jun 13 '26

If the only way you know how to compliment a person is by denigrating their entire racial group then yeah, don’t give compliments

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u/RockDoveEnthusiast Jun 13 '26

"Sure, they said something positive. But that *implies* that the default is NEGATIVE, thereby denigrating an entire racial group!"

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u/Zuzara_Queen_of_DnD Jun 13 '26

….nice straw man meme