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and passive-aggressive insults, otherwise known as backhanded compliments.
We didn’t adopt this behaviorintentionallyor even consciously.
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It’s just that we have an aversion to aggression in everyday discourse.
(In a football stadium, we have no problem with it whatsoever.)
Hence the proliferation of “bless your heart,” which isn’t always sarcastic or insincere.
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Sometimes we’re conveying genuine empathy/sympathy.
(Translation: “I don’t think my bird dog would eat your casserole.")
Here are the thinly veiled negative observations (read: Southern insults), submitted by our readers.
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