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Perhaps it is not about proof Roland00 Send a noteboard - 29/10/2018 05:22:36 PM

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I truly despise it. I have a dog whistle right here. Go ahead, blow on it. I assure you no one will hear.

Something that is hard to defend against and intended solely to shut down the speech of other people with whom the (leftist) utterer of the phrase disagrees. Speak out about some policy you wish to advance? Ha! That's a dogwhistle to racists/misogynists/homophobes and you can't prove otherwise!


Perhaps dog whistles is about a special language that two groups understand but the middle that does not.

Group A) The group that created the language in the first place.
Group B) The group that has experience that was negative due to "special languages" such as they got hurt, and thus they are hypervigilant looking for all special languages even if this creates false positives all the forking time.

And project exists higher in both Group A and Group B compared to the middle who does not understand nor care what is happening with the dog whistles.

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Oh trying to educate people about dog whistles without an "experience" component that grounds a person is often ineffective and sometimes even counter productive for it just enlarges the amount of people who know the special language in the first place.


View original postSpeak out about some policy you wish to advance? Ha! That's a dogwhistle to racists/misogynists/homophobes and you can't prove otherwise!

So I repeat "Perhaps it is not about proof ", it is hypervigilance gone awry hoping to prevent the scariest things you can imagine for some things can't be repaired when broken. "Proof" is not helpful in such a situation for proof is after the fact (after the thing is broken.)

Yet a hypervigilance mindset creates its own form of problems.

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I loathe the expression, “dog whistle” damookster - 29/10/2018 05:05:40 AM 790 Views
Literatedog might hear it. The Shrike - 29/10/2018 12:01:56 PM 528 Views
good point *NM* damookster - 29/10/2018 02:04:49 PM 249 Views
Dude, you're cruel. LiterateDog - 29/10/2018 04:59:28 PM 499 Views
perhaps this? *NM* damookster - 29/10/2018 05:02:50 PM 244 Views
Wait Mookie is silent as the grave when you blow his whistle? Roland00 - 29/10/2018 04:50:19 PM 494 Views
the whistle makes no audible sound damookster - 29/10/2018 05:21:34 PM 514 Views
Mookie you are just an "old fogey" Roland00 - 29/10/2018 05:24:05 PM 494 Views
Bom chicka wow wow! LiterateDog - 29/10/2018 05:07:27 PM 482 Views
how about another *NM* damookster - 29/10/2018 05:22:16 PM 231 Views
Umm fionwe1987 - 29/10/2018 04:34:11 PM 517 Views
They don't seem very effective, then. LiterateDog - 29/10/2018 04:58:51 PM 532 Views
thank you for nailing the point damookster - 29/10/2018 05:25:49 PM 530 Views
Or... fionwe1987 - 29/10/2018 07:43:13 PM 476 Views
Because no conservative used the term until liberals came up with it Cannoli - 30/10/2018 10:10:06 AM 525 Views
I follow both conservatives and liberals on Twitter and have only seen liberals use it. *NM* damookster - 30/10/2018 11:51:48 AM 235 Views
I know what it means. *NM* damookster - 29/10/2018 04:59:41 PM 240 Views
Well, your post exhibited otherwise. *NM* fionwe1987 - 29/10/2018 07:43:45 PM 239 Views
only to you *NM* damookster - 29/10/2018 08:25:31 PM 268 Views
How about, the super loud sound of the ice maker in the fridge? Roland00 - 29/10/2018 04:42:33 PM 531 Views
good one! AgentApple - 29/10/2018 06:06:16 PM 499 Views
It is akin to just flat out calling someone a racist. LiterateDog - 29/10/2018 05:05:29 PM 496 Views
Perhaps it is not about proof Roland00 - 29/10/2018 05:22:36 PM 515 Views
or perhaps group B just created it so they can call anyone who disagrees with them a racist random thoughts - 30/10/2018 12:53:39 PM 523 Views
LAUGHS *NM* Roland00 - 30/10/2018 05:13:16 PM 243 Views
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men damookster - 30/10/2018 11:07:09 PM 489 Views
It's a useful expression, that may be overused or misused at times. *NM* Legolas - 29/10/2018 06:12:38 PM 257 Views
It's a useless expression, that is continually overused or misused. *NM* damookster - 29/10/2018 11:33:03 PM 250 Views
It is politics, by that standard it has lots of company *NM* Roland00 - 30/10/2018 02:29:18 AM 246 Views
It's far from useless. Legolas - 31/10/2018 07:37:10 PM 511 Views
they are handing if your trying to call race baiters random thoughts - 29/10/2018 07:42:03 PM 519 Views
Im not really active on much social media Hieshyn - 31/10/2018 06:44:24 PM 628 Views
Sure damookster - 31/10/2018 06:51:17 PM 506 Views
Oh, ok. Thank you for the clarification *NM* Hieshyn - 02/11/2018 11:18:52 PM 388 Views
watch about ten min of CNN and you should sent it used *NM* random thoughts - 01/11/2018 07:46:14 PM 252 Views
For Mookie Roland00 - 01/11/2018 08:48:02 PM 628 Views
this drives me nuts damookster - 01/11/2018 08:56:30 PM 501 Views
He is currently and running for re-election for the guy who does clerical duties such as various Roland00 - 01/11/2018 11:42:15 PM 486 Views
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