The term dog whistle seems very commonly misused. According to the core meaning of the term, most people can’t recognize the dog whistles of groups to which they belong.
Wearing a MEGA hat isn’t a dog whistle, wearing Thor Steinar might be. If I meet someone wearing Thor Steinar I likely won’t notice and as a result there wouldn’t be mind killing effects.
The idea that you should treat certain statements as dog whistles because they are frequently made by people with certain political views and those statements should be treated as if the person is arguing for someone else, is an idea that’s mind-killing.
The term dog whistle seems very commonly misused. According to the core meaning of the term, most people can’t recognize the dog whistles of groups to which they belong.
Wearing a MEGA hat isn’t a dog whistle, wearing Thor Steinar might be. If I meet someone wearing Thor Steinar I likely won’t notice and as a result there wouldn’t be mind killing effects.
The idea that you should treat certain statements as dog whistles because they are frequently made by people with certain political views and those statements should be treated as if the person is arguing for someone else, is an idea that’s mind-killing.