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16. but she didn't say anything like what you projected on her
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:13 PM
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...no wonder you're 'off-put.'

So much effort here to denigrate this Rep., as if she meant to slur Stevie Wonder.

Such nonsense, all of it detracting from the actual advocacy.

Now I'm off-put. Stevie will be fine, but this isn't about Stevie Wonder. All I see, and I'm not some ham sandwich, is people denigrating this black woman with their projections and failing to elevate any of the opposition that she's providing here, as well as in her position as U.S. Representative.

That's the actual harm done here. More stepping all over correct advocacy by Dem legislators with silly projections.

Well, here's some projection from me in return: this seems to always happen with the black pols, with people complaining about how they speak and relate, as if they can't fathom the verbiage of black people.

This complaint about Stevie seems contrived and unnecessary. I'd even go so far as to guess he'd be amenable to the analogy. No one in my household, for instance, thinks this is insulting in any way to Stevie Wonder.

So, what the fuss?

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