I'll contribute. I refer to my wife as my "partner".

People on the left just continue conversation no problem. People on the right pause and you can see the wheels turning.

I'm a white not very masculine male.

ITT people talking about Nazi dog whistles

I was voting and one of the people I looked up for judge had “EMPATHY” as a big point for her, considering a lot on the right have said empathy is bad/a weakness/the problem and judges are supposed to be nonpartisan I considered it to be a dog whistle. She also had a lot of good stuff in her background but having EMPATHY in big bold letters seemed purposeful

The voters pamphlet was full of them. "Common sense family values" means they hate trans/gays. "Law and order" means they support ICE. "Activist judges have gone too far" means they want to be an activist judge but for the other side of the issue.

Are those dog whistles? I think of dog whistles as conveying a specific message to those in the know.

The examples you gave seem more like shibboleths - something that can be used to identify or rule out being part of an identity group.

Calling taiwan "taiwan" instead of china marks the speaker as not from the PRC, but it doesn't send a specific message the way that republicans would say "welfare cheats" when they meant "black people", trusting their base understands.

ITT: whole lotta Nazi dog whistles ...

My favorite example is how francophone leftists or those who dislike america will call americans "USians". (Américain -> États-Unien)

"people like that"

"If you know what I mean 😉" is probably the most common one.

No, Frank, exactly what is it that you feel uncomfortable saying but forces you to make everyone else think it?

"I'm not saying [group of people] shouldn't be allowed to exist! I support [group of people]! I'm just concerned about…"

There’s no point in non-nazis using dog whistles when the right has made a cottage industry of convincing themselves that every innocuous phrase is a left-wing dog whistle anyway (e.g., “happy holidays”).

Took me a minute to realise what "dog whistle" meant and it made me think about how on Ted Lasso, Roy just yells "whistle" as opposed to blowing one.

"Family values" can mean anything from hating gays, hating women who aren't rushing to squeeze out kids, basically anything that goes against the productive/nuclear family, to them — to the rest of us it's just that people should have a choice.

I don't see a lot of Americans talking up their Second Amendment anymore? I guess because they all sat back and let fascists take over, they can't really say their guns are defending them against tyranny. Funny how that played out.

“The right kind of people”. You mean just white people? I hate that.

I have always said its more about my city than my country but im not a seperatist.

those little metal ones from the pet shop. they indicate your position indirectly in that whoever is trying to find you needs to use a dog.

I think the prequel trilogy is better than the original trilogy is just a dog whistle for not listening to someone talk about Star Wars.

“I’m from Northern Virginia”

Sorry - it’s all I can think of after your example…