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All cowboys ain't dumb. Some of 'em got smarts real good, like me.
— Bud • Urban Cowboy
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Bud challenges a generalization about cowboys, then offers himself as the immediate counterexample. That personal turn gives the defence a boastful edge: he is arguing for the group while praising his own intelligence. The sentence asserts an exception without providing evidence beyond his self-assessment.
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