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You mention dog whistles. I know the concept but I obviously can't read the subtext. Can you elaborate?

• rbanffy 6y ago
  In the subtitle, "demonizing men". Then the framing as "progressive language" and "paternalistic". And then the argument that a "breathtaking range of disappointing male behavior gets swept under the umbrella of MeToo". This is quickly followed by the "certain progressive spaces" bogeyman, which is followed by the familiar "men, dehumanized by a framework that casts their desires as inherently predatory". It was a lot. We usually see one or two.
  • scandox 6y ago
    Ok so those are common tropes for people who are appealing to a particular group who interpret those phrases as "this person is on my side"? A group that presumably believes men are in some way the victims of unfair critique of their behaviour... The difficulty for me is how can I distinguish between a dog whistle and a statement of authentic opinion. Unless one spends time in constant engagement with this type of rhetoric?
  • Udik 6y ago
    What you call "dog whistles" are just opinions different from yours, expressed in terms you're not used to. Get out of your bubble.