• Aurenkin
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    1 year ago

    I believe it’s using certain language or phrases that sound fine on their face but have hidden signals or meanings to certain groups. Probably a bad example but off the top of my head something like a politician saying “you should have the right to protect your family in your own home” could be a dog whistle to say that they oppose gun restrictions.

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        1 year ago

        It’s not really a good example as most of the time a politician who says that it is not hiding the fact that they oppose gun restrictions.

        It does show though the problem with the term, which is that plenty of perfectly valid and legitimate opinions can be claimed as ‘dog whistles’, and so people will throw the accusation around when it’s completely unwarranted.