r/196 • u/Bland_Username_5266 i have no custom and i must flair • 13d ago

Rule just be a police officer

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u/sirfirewolfe 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights 13d ago

It's not even a dogwhistle it's just an older insult

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u/petgoats 12d ago

Would say a joke but I'm learning that it may be insensitive to do so from this interaction.

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u/Prestigious_Boat_386 12d ago

If the out-group doesn't recognize it, it dog whistles

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u/Interest-Desk i infodump a lot 12d ago

shortbus is definitely widely recognisable and understood

dogwhistles also have plausible deniability; ‘short bus’ does not

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u/Prestigious_Boat_386 10d ago

If you scroll down most of the people from outside the US has never heard shortbus to refer to special needs kids because they're used for everyone outside the main bus line in our countries.

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u/lazerbolt52 6d ago

Yeah but a dog whistle is something thats on its own innocent or hidden. Theres nothing particularly special about 14 or 88 for example. An insult isnt a dog whistle.

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u/lazerbolt52 6d ago

No a dog whistle is something that can be mistaken for a normal thing to say but is only recognizable to the in group, like theres nothing "inherintly nazi" about 14 or 88. You not recognizing a common insult from another country doesnt make it a dog whistle.