• Lazycog@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    I honestly interpreted this as a socially awkward way of trying to do small talk - for example talking about weather

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      1 month ago

      Me, too. But I definitely know about the dogwhistle when they phrase it as “stop noticing things.” Subtlety makes it an effective dogwhistle. They will steal vocabulary and concepts from anywhere to spread their bigotry and hatred.