• @CheeseNoodle
      link
      134 months ago

      iirc its some kind of dog whistle but I forget what it means.

      • @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        264 months ago

        Downvoted but technically correct. “Dogwhistle” doesn’t mean “only republicans can use this” or it’d be a “republican whistle.” Being that it just means a symbol to quietly signal allegiance, this would technically be a dogwhistle for Palestinian support, coming from a legit dogwhistle invented when Israel banned the Palestinian flag.

        • @CheeseNoodle
          link
          84 months ago

          “Dogwhistle” doesn’t mean “only republicans can use this”

          But I never said it was that?

          • @Notyou@sopuli.xyz
            link
            fedilink
            204 months ago

            I believe ArcaneSlime was trying to explain to people down voting that you were correct with the term you used. Some people might have only heard it referring to racism instead of any coded message.

            They mentioned downvotes but you’re up now, so I’m just guessing.

            • @HonoraryMancunian
              link
              English
              54 months ago

              Tbf to the downvoters, the term has had its negative connotations so strongly for so long that it’s functionally changed its definition