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What is wrong with Joe Biden's imitation of a call center?

Asked by saint (3975points) January 26th, 2012
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/joe-biden-accent_n_1234452.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing10%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D130549?
Truth is, in a high percentage of my own experiences, he got it pretty much right. What is the problem?

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I don’t see anything wrong with imitating an accent—any accent—as long as it isn’t to mock the person’s speech or ethnicity. Are we supposed to pretend that everyone speaks alike?

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saint's avatar

@Jeruba Then why is he taking a bit of shit for it?

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Jeruba's avatar

Evidently he’s taking it from people who have an opinion that’s different from mine.

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