Just in case you can't watch the video for some reason:
1488 - Arguably the original dog whistle. "14" = The 14 words of some popular racist slogan; "88" = 8th letter of the alphabet is H, so HH, so Heil Hitler. "14" and "88" are also used just on their own sometimes, meaning the same thing.
\\\ (3 backslashes) - Associated with "Diagolon," a white nationalist group in Canada... appears in Twitter bios and stuff.
Canada's Red Ensign flag - Just Canada's old flag... but co-opted by white nationalists in like a "good old days" kind of way.
Totenkopf - Just a skull (crossbones optional). But it was used as a symbol by the Nazi SS, and is sometimes used in that context.
Sunnengrad/Black Sun/Sun Wheel - Apparently just straight up a Nazi symbol, just a more obscure one. Shakira used it by accident once.
Most of these were actually new to me, so TIL. Also picked up the term "irony poisoning" which is a useful way to label a thing that I've observed. Video is worth a watch if you can.
Dog, I know Taylor Swift is just one person. Someone definitely dog whistled on those SS bolts, though. This feels like coping for fans of fake blond, blue-eyed, white girls. Shout me down, swiftie.
I grew up in the south. I really did, but that's dog whistle number one.
I would say, listen for "us vs them". We don't other, "others."
I'd say look out for people who say "I'd" in real life because they can't separate themselves from their own actions.
I tried to focus on the narration but… Damn this woman is gorgeous!
Imagine working your way through university to get a journalism degree and building your career for some internet troglodyte to come along and proudly declare to the world he can't even listen to your researched informative video because his dick's in the way.
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thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 290d
Just in case you can't watch the video for some reason:
\\\(3 backslashes) - Associated with "Diagolon," a white nationalist group in Canada... appears in Twitter bios and stuff.Most of these were actually new to me, so TIL. Also picked up the term "irony poisoning" which is a useful way to label a thing that I've observed. Video is worth a watch if you can.
Xanthrax@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 291d
Dog, I know Taylor Swift is just one person. Someone definitely dog whistled on those SS bolts, though. This feels like coping for fans of fake blond, blue-eyed, white girls. Shout me down, swiftie.
I grew up in the south. I really did, but that's dog whistle number one.
I would say, listen for "us vs them". We don't other, "others."
I'd say look out for people who say "I'd" in real life because they can't separate themselves from their own actions.
Edit: I'm fucking drunk. Don't listen to me.
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 291d
One needs to keep a large laundry list of these stupid terms.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 291d
A regularly updated laundry list.
The bastards seem to co-opt another previously innocent thing every damn week.
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 290d
We shouldn’t let the right claim anything.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 291d
they arnt pretty subtle, its always woke, or makes mysogynistic comments.
datavoid@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 291d
RivverRavven@lemmy.ca · -17 pts · 291d
What the hell's a dogwhistle in this context? Not watching the video
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 20 pts · 291d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 291d
"I don't want to educate myself. You do it for me."
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world · -20 pts · 291d
I tried to focus on the narration but.... Damn this woman is gorgeous!
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 291d
Imagine working your way through university to get a journalism degree and building your career for some internet troglodyte to come along and proudly declare to the world he can't even listen to your researched informative video because his dick's in the way.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 291d
White knighting much? I am appreciating charisma, and I'll do it again :p
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 290d
It reeks of incel in here. Listen to her words, not your junk.