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White House honors Harambe 10 years after his death, hailing him as a “true patriot" (thelibertyline.com)
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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It already was a right-wing dog whistle, it was popular among all groups but it was spread by white supremacist trolls.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Since when? Lot's of people talked about Harambe. What is this nonsense about it being a right-wing dogwhistle?

    Once people decide something is a dogwhistle, then they start calling anyone who says it names like white supremacist or whatever. You're pulling weight for the fascists by insinuating that anyone who talks about Harambe is a white supremacist. That's clearly what their intention is, don't enable their conquest of language and culture by giving credence to that.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    It's not a dog whistle so much as it was especially popular among racist 4chan type posters, that was the primary demographic who originally spread it and who the post is shouting out to. It became popular among all sorts of groups, I'm not saying anyone who references it was a nazi or something, a lot of memes used by the right are similar in this way. They will be something innocuous or co-opted from the left or other cultures like the swastika being an Eastern religious symbol. They use art and culture as a tool for their ends like this.

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