• devz0r@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Hey, how about we not use phrases that can also be in support of genocide in some contexts? It kind of sounds like, what’s that phrase y’all like so much? Oh yeah, a DOG WHISTLE.

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      1 year ago

      Any word can be used as a dog whistle. Are you suggesting nobody ever say anything?

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        1 year ago

        Does that go the other way? The things you declare to be dog whistles can be dismissed?

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          1 year ago

          Well of course we can dismiss everything out of hand. We wouldn’t want to think now would we?