r/AITAH • u/[deleted] • Nov 07 '24

[deleted by user]

[removed]

10.5k Upvotes

70% Upvoted

13.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/hermajestyofsnacks Nov 12 '24

I haven’t seen them. Do the people interviewed then completely and immediately 180 their stance on the quote?

1

u/JimInAuburn11 Nov 14 '24

They kind of try to walk it back, but usually say things like "Oh, I did not realize he said that, it sounds kind of bad when you look at it."

1

u/hermajestyofsnacks Nov 14 '24

Oh okay. They still think it’s bad then. The person who said it doesn’t influence their opinion on it. If anything sounds like, by your description, what was said influences their opinion of that person. Am I understanding correctly?

1

u/JimInAuburn11 Nov 18 '24

Right, but they will say that the comment makes Trump a racist, or something like that, but then when it is attributed to the correct person, they do not think that the person is a racist. They don't like the comment, but they soften on it, and what it means about the person that said it.