• Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He also claimed for years that Obama wasn’t a real American because he was born in Kenya.

    Man is racist AF, but knows how to dog whistle.

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      1 year ago

      Those aren’t dog whistles. They’re bull horns. Racists used to dog whistle. They stopped that at least 7 years ago.

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        1 year ago

        Oh, don’t get me wrong: it is to you and me.

        All conservatives need though is the thinnest sheen of plausible deniability. His MO is making that deniability as close to the line as possible (with both his racism and illegal activities).

        The GOP rubes just need an excuse; it doesn’t much matter how transparent it is to outsiders.

        Maybe ‘dog whistle’ is the wrong name for it? Either way, providing excuses for racists to claim they’re not is a particular specialty of his.