So I was in Texas this past week and I saw this fat old white dude at the airport in Corpus

[jberryhill]

5. It is noteworthy for a fat old white dude to have such an opinion

You do not understand the OP, because you fail to appreciate the context which makes it a noteworthy observation.

Merely seeing someone in a political t shirt is, of course, not unusual.

But here, the "man bites dog" aspect making the observation noteworthy is that it is a t shirt for a Democratic candidate which is being worn by a "fat old white dude".

The missing context you do not grasp is that one does not ordinarily expect a "fat old white dude" to support a Democratic candidate. You see, this person is:

1. Fat

2. Old

3. White, and

4. Male

That's four strikes which, in combination, render this person's opinions to be presumptively odious. Any one of these things alone would normally mean this person's thoughts on just about anything at all are likely to be ill-informed, bigoted, etc.

But here, despite these obvious limitations on the extent of this person's character, he is wearing a Davis for Governor shirt. So, clearly, this is a noteworthy statistical outlier.