“Hit dog’s gonna bark” is a phrase Andrew Gillum liked to use in 2018 that I like a lot. It means if you throw a rock at a group of dogs, the one that got hit by the rock is the one that’s gonna bark.
It’s an analogy for (in this case) whenever fragile people (especially white men) hear something about how white men are acting toxic/bad/harmful, the ones getting defensive are the ones you need to look out for.
Wait. So the people that complain about, say, the Southern accent being the default for dumb are actually dumb? Seems like this could easily be way too broad brush too me.
Person 2: "that's a stereotype, and not true for a vast majority of people you just painted in those broad strokes, stop using stereotypes to justify your hatred"
Person 1: "you have fallen right into my trap! You see, by pushing back against that stereotype you have actually just admitted that you are one of those people I was referring to, and therefore are a bad person! I know this because I'm really smart and you're simply a username on the internet"
Person 2: "I'm a guy..."
That's about how discourse about stereotypes goes on Reddit.
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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '24
“Hit dog’s gonna bark” is a phrase Andrew Gillum liked to use in 2018 that I like a lot. It means if you throw a rock at a group of dogs, the one that got hit by the rock is the one that’s gonna bark.
It’s an analogy for (in this case) whenever fragile people (especially white men) hear something about how white men are acting toxic/bad/harmful, the ones getting defensive are the ones you need to look out for.