• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    9 hours ago

    Maybe you know it as common fact for some reason but also

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)

    It communicates a specific message to a specific group in a way meant to pass unnoticed to the larger public without further context. It’s literally a textbook example.

    Unless you want to argue that anyone talking about cheese pizza in public is obviously a pedo because it’s clearly the dominant and assumed meaning?

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      4 hours ago

      I’m just saying the term has been around for a while and felt more like a euphemism than a dog whistle to me in how people used it.