内容来源：https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/944984/shelbyville-indiana-mayor-shitty-houses-data-center

内容总结：

美国印第安纳州谢尔比维尔市一项价值20亿美元的数据中心项目引发政治争议，市长斯科特·弗格森近日因不当言论被推上风口浪尖。当地电视台镜头捕捉到，弗格森在看到反对该项目的“拒绝数据中心”标语时，竟称这些标语“只出现在破房子里”，并补充说“大多是出租房”。视频中，一名女性当即反驳称他们是“工薪阶层”，旁人更直言“无论是否出租，他们都是人”。居民亚历克萨·威廉姆斯向NBC地方台表示，市长言论“相当不尊重”“令人受伤”。目前弗格森拒绝进一步回应，其办公室发声明称“市长为措辞不当可能造成的冒犯表示遗憾”。

中文翻译：

一项耗资20亿美元的数据中心提案，已成为印第安纳州谢尔比维尔这座小城的政治引爆点。而争议在市长斯科特·弗格森被镜头拍到指着竖起的“反对数据中心”标牌说“我在镇上到处都看到这些牌子，但只在破烂房子里看到过”后愈演愈烈，他还补充道“这些房子大多是出租房”。

印第安纳州谢尔比维尔市长表示，只有住在“破烂房子”里的人才反对数据中心。该市居民称斯科特·弗格森此言缺乏尊重。

视频中与他对谈的女士立刻反驳，称他们是“劳动阶级”，另有人插话提醒这位市长一个本无需告知他的事实：“无论房子是否出租，他们都是活生生的人。”

谢尔比维尔居民对弗格森轻蔑对待选民的言辞感到震惊，这完全可以理解。亚历克萨·威廉姆斯在接受当地全国广播公司附属台WTHR采访时表示，市长的话“有点不尊重人”且“有些伤人”。

市长拒绝进一步置评，但市长办公室发言人发表声明称：“市长对自己措辞不当可能造成冒犯表示遗憾。”

英文来源：

A proposed $2 billion data center has become a political flashpoint in the small city of Shelbyville, Indiana. And the controversy has only grown more intense after the mayor, Scott Furgeson, was caught on camera saying of the “No Data Center” signs going up that, “I’ve seen a lot of these all over town, but I only see them in shitty houses,” before adding, “most of them are rentals.”
The mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, says only people who live in ‘shitty houses’ oppose data center
Residents of the city say Scott Furgeson was disrespectful.
Residents of the city say Scott Furgeson was disrespectful.
The woman speaking to him in the clip quickly pushes back, saying that they’re “working class,” and someone chimes in to add something that a mayor shouldn’t have to be told about their constituents: “it doesn’t matter whether they’re rentals, they’re still human beings.”
Residents of Shelbyville are understandably taken aback by Furgeson’s dismissive language used towards his constituents. Alexas Williams called the mayor’s words “kind of disrespectful” and “kind of hurtful” when speaking to local NBC affiliate WTHR.
The mayor has declined to comment further, though a spokesperson for the mayor’s office released a statement saying that, “The mayor regrets that his choice of words may have caused offense.”