I just read two articles that described more dog whistles Trump has used. 1. Wanting to say merry christmas instead of happy holidays 2. Now this one is even better. The term "special interest" in a political ad is anti Semitic. Holy shit the lefties are off their rockers
I would vote any politician regardless of party, that condoned keeping the MERRY XMAS out of the public square or anywhere. But I also don't have a problem with other religions promoting their holidays. What great way to be tolerant!
I'd have to agree this is a dog whistle. Why would anyone even give a shit what holiday greeting is used? The only reason I can see for making an issue out of this is to imply that Christianity is preferred to other religions. Ergo, dog whistle. You'd have to give some context for that, it's not clear what you are referring to. There are plenty of uses that wouldn't be at all anti-Semitic (e.g., the NRA is a special interest). But one could also make an ad that says "Special interest groups are destroying the country. We have to kill all the Jews." Hmm, who is sending bombs in the mail? Is it lefties? barfo
Yes. Trump said kill da jews in an ad. There are plenty of right wing nuts out there. That is a given. Not sure a Filipino Seminole homeless stripper is a good representative of the right. Merry Christmas is a dog whistle? Wow. Maybe they are spraying shit in the atmosphere. Portlanders don't notice because of clouds. Wearing my respirator at work must be giving me time to recover.
I wouldn't even understand why anti semitism would be on the rise if not for social media. The same format that spreads loony "dog whistle" nonsense is equally valuable at spreading the crazy nazi conspiracy theories. There are far too many vulnerable minds out there being exposed to such nonsense.
You know that's not what I said. He's certainly not a good representative of the right. But you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. That's what you said before, and I explained why it is. barfo
I think thats it in a nutshell and its a snowball effect. More vulnurable minds breeds more lunatics trying to coherse them. Bothsides. Not just one lunatic. Many lunatics from both sides.
Both parties need to develop a hard stance of opposition against thier extrmist comstituents and force them to create thier own party. Im a liberal republican. Im not a trump supporter per say, but im also not a Trump hater like some people are. But as long as the vast majority of people are sheeples, it wont happen and more lunatics will rise to try to lead or end the sheeples lives.
Both sides is bullshit. If and when some fanatical follower of a Democratic politician goes on a violent crime spree, we should definitely call that out. But the current case is a fanatical follower of Donald Trump, and it's wrong to dismiss it with 'both sides do it'. Right now, that's simply not true. barfo
What @barfo is saying is when a liberal does something like this the liberal people on here accept yeah it was a left wing nutjob. But, when its a right wing nut who is a fanboy of Trumps, the highly conservative on here won't admit it and say it is so. Instead they use the its both sides excuse.
Thanks, that was indeed what I was saying. You didn't hear any of the both-sides bullshit when Scalise got shot. You also didn't hear any of the false-flag bullshit. Also, one other key difference: Bernie didn't advocate for, or excuse violence himself. And he clearly and unequivocally denounced the shooter immediately after. barfo
Why would a National Holiday that is very traditional to Many Americans be a dog whistle? And those that want to celebrate it either with a religious reason or simply a tradition American XMAS holiday, shouldn’t be concerning to those that don’t! If the left wouldn’t have tried to displace the word XMAS in the first place all would be cool! A little tolerance can be helpful for good. And I’m not blowing a damn dog whistle. Just an individual honest opinion...
It's not the existence of Xmas that is the issue. It's claiming (falsely) that there is some sort of 'war on christmas' and that 'you aren't allowed to say merry christmas anymore'. The left never did that. I've never heard any politician on the left say anything negative about christmas, either the word or the holiday. Have you? All the talk about not being able to say Merry Christmas is on the right, and it's all bullshit. Have you ever had anyone, ever, tell you you aren't allowed to say Merry Christmas? If not, then why do you think it's a real issue? barfo
And we didn't ever go to hate-filled rallies. Btw, does the President of the United State have nothing better to do than fly around the country to rallies EVERY NIGHT? Can you imagine if Obama did this? They were pissed when he just went occasionally golfing.
