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Reminder: "dog whistles" don't exist, they're just a conspiracy theory invented by liberals (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/apcxc7/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_february_11/eghiwf9)
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The narloch baconplasmas at midmotte.

Congratulations! „How to make stuff ungoogleable 101“. I would say thats a 4. Im happily surprised to see one. Thanks for participating!

Right. Unique neologisms are SUPER hard to Google.

Also, what you’re describing are SHIBBOLETHS, not dogwhistles, you dumb fucking dweebs.

Here’s one that’s both, and it’s way goddamn simpler and shorter than any of the shit you dorks are coming up with:

HBD

Some people’s fucking children.

>Also, what you're describing are SHIBBOLETHS, not dogwhistles, you dumb fucking dweebs. Hey, to be fair, they likely are in the habit of using dogwhistles as shibboleths. Gotta suss out who else is on the scientific racism down-low.
I only ever here me and my brother use some people's children as an insult, and I'm glad to see we aren't alone.

What are your thoughts on Jordan Peterson? I’ve been reading a book called 12 rules for life.

is how I’d gauge a person’s interest in culture war adjacent material. I’d easily tell if they’ve just heard summaries from people who disagree with him or of they are familiar with his actual words.

I think this would be a wide net and allow more specific discussion if needed

What if they’re familiar and think he’s wrong?

And does what he says on Twitter count?

If they’re familiar and think he’s wrong that means they’re part of this community too, or a strong indicator.

Familiarity is key here, not agreement

Wait, everyone who is familiar with Kermit is a part of their community? Badphil will be surprised to hear that, for one.

They should probably have that conversation in private if they want to actually come up with stuff they can use. But if they’re just having fun, then full steam ahead I guess.

Quick! Send that to Trump so he can twit the truth!

YOU’RE

TIL Lee Atwater was a liberal.

Atwater: As to the whole Southern strategy that Harry S. Dent, Sr. and others put together in 1968, opposition to the Voting Rights Act would have been a central part of keeping the South. Now you don’t have to do that. All that you need to do to keep the South is for Reagan to run in place on the issues that he’s campaigned on since 1964, and that’s fiscal conservatism, balancing the budget, cut taxes, you know, the whole cluster.

Questioner: But the fact is, isn’t it, that Reagan does get to the Wallace voter and to the racist side of the Wallace voter by doing away with legal services, by cutting down on food stamps?

Atwater: Y’all don’t quote me on this. You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nigger, nigger, nigger”. By 1968 you can’t say “nigger”—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff. You’re getting so abstract now [that] you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I’m not saying that. But I’m saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me—because obviously sitting around saying, “We want to cut this”, is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “Nigger, nigger”. So, any way you look at it, race is coming on the backbone.[11][12][13]

They missed the easiest dog whistle. ‘Targets of the SneerClub’

That actually gets tons of relevant google results though. But if they say something like "I hate being sneered at," or "of all people, I hate sneerers the most," I think most people in the sub would recognize the dog whistle but it would be pretty hard for outsiders to trace. ​ The only drawback is that people in sneer club would recognize that dog whistle really easily, and maybe we're the main ones they're trying to avoid.