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[–] Sir_Fridge@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm very, very confused by that sentence. Please help

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

The idea that politicians will say terrible things and get away with it by pretending they didn’t mean it, unless it gets positive reception from people who also think that terrible things, in which case they totally weren’t pretending about it.