The Libertarian Party compared slavery to affordable health care in an attack on former Ohio state Senator Nina Turner.

  • DogMuffins
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    1 year ago

    This is called “dog whistling”.

    Conservative says something offensive.

    Conservative Base has a chuckle.

    Progressives (rightly) try to hold them accountable.

    Conservative base thinks its hilarious that progressives are so upset.

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
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      Mate, thats not dog whistling.

      Dog Whistling is when you say something that has a hidden meaning to a group that they recognise.

      This is simply overt racism.

    • fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      As another poster mentioned, this isn’t dog whistling. I think it’s close to the card says moops

      Also there is the famous quote by Sartre:

      Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.