The five years I was stuck in Shreveport, I might've used "shithole" if I was feeling charitable that day. Usually, it was something far worse.
That's where the double standard comes into play. The essence of the open-borders/pro-amnesty argument is that the countries being fled are shitholes, and accepting these immigrants is the only humane thing to do. Seems like a missed opportunity for the easy layup. Meanwhile, I tuned to CNN and heard "shithole" 3 times in the first minute alone. They're acting like a child who knows they can get away with a dirty word this one time because it's contextually acceptable, and they're going to get as much mileage of it as they can.
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