Why would this author assume its unintended?
MSNBC’s newest ad features weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry unwittingly—or at least one hopes—referencing the Communist Chinese economic program known as the “Great Leap Forward” which left an estimated 18-45 million Chinese dead. …Sounds like Mr. Meyer is being gracious. Of course, I could have misinterpreted that.
yes. I could give them the benefit if the slogan was commonly used in other contexts, but it is not.