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[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Dogwhistling is less about lying and more about coded language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) My point here is there's no coded language - DEI is expressly about promoting minority groups. They are explicitly attacking that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Oh, for sure. I agree with you that this is not dogwhistling; I was just quibbling a little over your description of what dogwhistling is. MAGAs use a wide variety of dishonest rhetorical tactics: there's lying for the purpose of outright deception, dogwhistling to signal intent while maintaining deniability, and then whatever this tactic is called -- euphemizing, maybe? -- to state their idea plainly but spin it as less bad than it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Ah, fair, yeah coded language was what I was getting at rather than lying, but you've put it better. Honestly, I think this is just saying the quiet part out loud, they don't seem to care any more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) My point here is there's no coded language - DEI is expressly about promoting minority groups. They are explicitly attacking that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Oh, for sure. I agree with you that this is not dogwhistling; I was just quibbling a little over your description of what dogwhistling is. MAGAs use a wide variety of dishonest rhetorical tactics: there's lying for the purpose of outright deception, dogwhistling to signal intent while maintaining deniability, and then whatever this tactic is called -- euphemizing, maybe? -- to state their idea plainly but spin it as less bad than it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Ah, fair, yeah coded language was what I was getting at rather than lying, but you've put it better. Honestly, I think this is just saying the quiet part out loud, they don't seem to care any more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Oh, for sure. I agree with you that this is not dogwhistling; I was just quibbling a little over your description of what dogwhistling is. MAGAs use a wide variety of dishonest rhetorical tactics: there's lying for the purpose of outright deception, dogwhistling to signal intent while maintaining deniability, and then whatever this tactic is called -- euphemizing, maybe? -- to state their idea plainly but spin it as less bad than it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Ah, fair, yeah coded language was what I was getting at rather than lying, but you've put it better. Honestly, I think this is just saying the quiet part out loud, they don't seem to care any more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Ah, fair, yeah coded language was what I was getting at rather than lying, but you've put it better. Honestly, I think this is just saying the quiet part out loud, they don't seem to care any more. permalink fedilink source parent
