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Dog Whistles (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Full post here: https://www.tumblr.com/brightlotusmoon/727204642739617792

Posting this to make up for accidentally posting a dog whistle earlier. Oops

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem with that problem is you can say any kind of accusation of racist behavior is non-falsifiable in the same way ("You can't prove I was shitty to them because they were black, maybe I was shitty to them because they're just a jerk"), but everyone knows racist behavior and dog whistles still exist

if people buy the claim

This is a good demonstration of why the concept of dog whistles isn't really a problem, because when it's a totally absurd accusation people aren't going to buy it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

because when it's a totally absurd accusation people aren't going to buy it.

👌 would like a word

I don't know where you're getting your people from, but around where I'm at, people will believe any and all sorts of absurd bullshit constantly, that's kind of been one of the major problems surrounding our upcoming election.