• intensely_human
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      2 months ago

      Asserting the existence of code, they decouple what people say from what statements get attributed to people.

      When normal, plain english speech is assumed to be full of otherwise-undetectable code, you can just tell people “X” is a dog whistle for “Y” and then you can say “They keep saying Y!”

      It makes sense because it’s fun because it lets all the most exciting stories liberals tell about conservatives come true.