Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for...
by komali2 on Friday September 18, 2020 @12:42PM
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> because it gives someone the power to redefine what has been said to mean anything that you would like.
Like you did in this comment, to the word "dog whistle?" Let me guess, SJWs are the enemy of the people?
What shall we call it when a white supremacist waggles his eyebrows and says "those people" then? Willful ignorance is painful to witness.
Maybe if staunch conservatives stop being white nationalists, or stopped catering to white nationalists so overtly, or actually spoke out against their white nationalist base (instead of "both sides"ing them), people wouldn't associate staunch conservatism with white nationalism? Just a thought.
Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for...
by mensetmanusman on Friday September 18, 2020 @01:32PM
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It was tongue in cheek to the fact that words change meaning.
The non-GTP-3 agent above was surprised to learn that the word ‘Thug’ now means something else. It’s like the rug was pulled out from under them.
E.g. on NPR you hear talking heads speak about “staunch conservatives” like Bill Barr. This term is now a dog whistle on the left that means ‘white nationalist’