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In politics, a dog whistle is the use of coded or suggestive language in political messaging to garner support from a particular group without provoking opposition. The concept is named after ultrasonic dog whistles , which are audible to dogs but not humans.
During the heyday of the civil rights movement, defenders of racial segregation [48] [c] used the term "states' rights" as a code word in what is now referred to as dog-whistle politics: political messaging that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different, or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup.
The term derives from a physical "dog whistle"—an instrument that produces a sound undetectable to humans but bothersome to dogs. Likewise, what makes a dog whistle covert is that it does not expressly state a racist idea but a coded racial message that maintains a sense of plausible deniability. [27]
Critics of Donald Trump believe he may be using racist dog whistles while discussing Black litigators and political opponents in the wake of his latest indictment.. Mr Trump was indicted yet again ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made sure he wasn’t out-dog-whistled, invoking George Soros | Opinion
The former president’s ‘dog-whistle’ statements add to decades of racially driven attacks, Alex Woodward reports Trump’s barely veiled ‘riggers’ dog whistle underlines former president ...
Dog whistle – Political messaging using coded language; Doublespeak – Language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words; Exaggeration – Statement that represents something in an excessive manner; Fake news – False or misleading information presented as real
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