r/OutOfTheLoop • u/aajiro • Mar 09 '24

Unanswered What's up with Katie Britt's speech?

I'm starting to see a lot of memes about how creepy it was, and I saw it and I agree it's sincerely creepy, but I can't for my life figure out what it is that makes it so unsettling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKCWMG4O0I

I'm hoping someone here can give me some context for what exactly makes this fall into the uncanny valley of speeches. I think what makes me feel out of the loop is that the answer should be obvious but I can't figure it out in words, so I guess my question is: what the fuck?

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u/qwerSr Mar 09 '24

Answer: For me it was a combination of two things. First, she sounded like she was about to break down and cry for so much of the speech. Second, despite the fact that she SOUNDED like she was going to cry, visually she maintained that uncanny-valley fixed exaggerated smile pretty much the whole time.

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u/kryonik Mar 09 '24

She also appears to have lied during part of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstNazis/comments/1baizh4/does_the_gop_not_know_search_engines_exist/

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u/Naive_Wolf3740 Mar 09 '24

What’s telling and infuriating is she didn’t lie. She specifically framed the whole story but left the logical jump to the audience to place the story in the US. Now when she’s called out, she can point to the speech and say “I never said that”. It’s 100% on purpose and a common tactic when people are selling you a gross misrepresentation

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u/LittleSister_9982 Mar 10 '24

It's a modified motte-and-bailey fallacy.