Out of the blue this political season has had one phrase pop up constantly by commentators, political reporters, candidates, supporters of candidates.
Dog Whistle.
I woke up this morning realizing that I've seen and heard Dog Whistle constantly lately and haven't spent any time giving it any thought. What does it mean in our political world? First off you have to realize that the term is most used by liberals and liberal media people to describe GOP or conservative political people.
Dog Whistle is a type of political campaigning or speechmaking which employs coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has a different or more specific meaning for a targeted subgroup of the audience. Dog-whistle politics” is a derogatory term, often employed to describe what liberals consider to be coded, subliminal racist messages “pitched” too high for the general public to recognize.
Watch for it.
When are liberals/democrats going to stop trying to use the race card, gender card, and general bigot card?
They and their liberal friends continue to try and make and issue out of an isolated incident.
It's time for them to move on. The vast majority of the people have.
Posted by: Ron | January 27, 2012 at 07:53 AM
Diane, you are on to something here. A speaker/writer who uses these campaign buzz words wants to influence his audience to react in a certain way without going through the tedious process of actually coming up with some sensible argument. Let the reader beware.
Posted by: Norman Teigen | January 27, 2012 at 11:05 AM