• joe@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He’s popular as a speaker because he “tells it like it is”, which roughly translates to “he says the quiet racist parts out loud”. I agree that this probably isn’t a dog whistle. Or, it probably wasn’t. It definitely is now, and I fully anticipate seeing someone wearing a shirt that colorfully uses the word “rigger”.

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      1 year ago

      This is where I’m at. He makes up stupid fucking words all the time. But those that follow him will absolutely run with it to “own the libs.” I’m not even sure they would’ve picked up on it if it were a dog whistle. Maybe in the context of the rest of the trial it reads that way, but I haven’t been following the shit coming out of his mouth. But strictly because there’s been a big deal made of it, it’s now ripe for those dimwits utilizing it “as a joke,” and then it’ll just turn into another in a long list of things that IS a dog whistle with some modicum of deniability