Ironically, I think your statement, while again inflammatory, really encapsulates my point: You are seeing (or hearing) dog whistles in your head, but they're

Ironically, I think your statement, while again inflammatory, really encapsulates my point: You are seeing (or hearing) dog whistles in your head, but they're not in mine or my words. What if someone wasn't interested in ideology (or actually disliked it) and just wanted to talk about the issue intelligently? What if the hajib is not an ideological statement but just an article of clothing? All that extra baggage and meaning many attach to the hajib, and that you attach to my words, is in the eye of the beholder. It's the same thing, I think, that leads to abuse of makes innocent people (not that you are doing that, but I think one leads to another); they aren't people, they are ideological symbols of Islam, Judaism, Black, immigration, etc. We forget: They are just people, trying to go through their days. EDIT: Edited out response to edited comment in parent. Thanks for your consideration.