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Dog Whistles(lemmy.world)

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Full post here: https://www.tumblr.com/brightlotusmoon/727204642739617792

Posting this to make up for accidentally posting a dog whistle earlier. Oops

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tomalley8342@lemmy.world
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But, the whole point is to have the waters muddied. That’s why it’s called a dog whistle, because only the dogs (the intended audience) will hear the whistle (recognize the true intent behind the phrase).

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paultimate14@lemmy.world
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So fight mud with mud and make it harder to recognize the true intent.

Or better yet, make it so that the symbols are just way more commonly associated with non-asshole meanings.

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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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It’s like the ok sign. It’s only a dog whistle when combined with other things. Mudding the water doesn’t work when there’s layers unless you muddy the layers. But then they just add a layer

Better to let them use it and out themselves

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