Dog Whistle Politics

What is Dog Whistle Politics?


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The use of code words in political campaigning or speechmaking. Coded language appears to mean one thing to the general population but has a different or more specific meaning for a targeted subgroup of the audience.

“We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty, sincerity, and dignity," Sarah Palin.

Dog Whistle Politics translation to racists: White people are safe and those elitists who have Muslim names and work in cities, aka Obama, are dangerous.

See politics, coded, sarah palin, obama


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