Comment on Are there any good, apolitical right-leaning podcasts out there?
otp@sh.itjust.works 7 months agoNot explicitly. The whole point of dog whistles is that they’re not supposed to sound political so someone can hide their intentions from people who don’t know and signal their beliefs to the in-group.
yarr@feddit.nl 7 months ago
What’s an example of an apolitical dog whistle that cannot be identified as right or left wing?
otp@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Dog whistles are political, but they don’t sound political. They could be used in apolitical podcasts to signal the host’s political affiliation without explicitly stating it.
yarr@feddit.nl 7 months ago
OK, what’s an example of one?
otp@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Using “diversity” or “inclusive” as a bad word.
Using 88 without reason (or 1488).
There’s also people using the term “Monday” to refer to black people. (So they can say “I hate Mondays” and stuff without it being immediately obvious).
“Those [kinds of] people” is another pretty transparent one.
In Canada, there was “traditional Anglo-Saxon words”, lol