#and a nazi cant just see someone sporting it and take that as a sign that person is one of them
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butchviking · 1 year ago
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ok i have a question. ive seen a few different ppl on here talk abt the rising meme abt Noticing Patterns and how that has been used a lot in an innocent autistic way lately but parallels nazi/antisemite dogwhistles about noticing that jews rule the world or whatever. here is my question: wouldn't it be a good thing if the phrase became so commonly used as an innocent meme that it started to lose its efficiency as a dogwhistle? not just with this one particular example, but with the concept in general. like if the whole point of a dogwhistle is that it's something subtle enough for most people not to register there's anything harmful in it, but also something that will immediately let other people in your group know that you're one of them and you share their beliefs.. wouldn't it completely lose that effectiveness if suddenly everyone was saying it, and it ceased to give any clues as to any deeper beliefs? wouldn't it eventually just become the harmless phrase it appears to be?
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