Re:US, for first time in 50 years, experienced negative net ...
by lovich on Thursday January 15, 2026 @04:00PM
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Nah, I called him out for the dog whistles because that’s exactly what he’s doing.
He’s being vague enough that he can trot out some defense of “I didn’t say the exact word ‘immigrant’” even though the context of the conversation is about immigrants and he’s using right wing talking points about immigration. He even included the “actually you’re the one with bad thoughts cause you recognize my dog whistle” reversal.
It’s an amazing strategy because somehow, despite a decade of this kind of communication strategy, there’s still the clueless or the hopeful who want to assume good faith and then will defend these people against anyone calling them out.
He’s being vague enough that he can trot out some defense of “I didn’t say the exact word ‘immigrant’” even though the context of the conversation is about immigrants and he’s using right wing talking points about immigration. He even included the “actually you’re the one with bad thoughts cause you recognize my dog whistle” reversal.
It’s an amazing strategy because somehow, despite a decade of this kind of communication strategy, there’s still the clueless or the hopeful who want to assume good faith and then will defend these people against anyone calling them out.