FortuneCookie posted...
Cotton is stupid, but not in the way that people think.
What people see is Cotton apparently failing to comprehend that Singapore and China are two separate nation. What his racist ilk see is a Chinese communist deflecting the question.
Cotton isn't asking if Chew is a Chinese communist. That question was answered negatory the first time. He is
telling
Chew, "You are a Chinese communist." He is invalidating Chew's identity as an Asian-born man of non-Chinese descent and he is framing him as a communist who repeatedly denies they are a communist.
This isn't ignorant Hank Hill failing to comprehend that Asia is comprised of more than China and Japan. This is more like a minister of propaganda asking if a Jew is a communist. If the answer is no and the question is repeated, it means the only acceptable answers are "yes" or "I'm lying."
This is a good insight, but it makes Cotton stupid in two ways, not just in one single way or another. You have to be the first kind of stupid to be the second kind.