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You are being dishonest because examples of the GOP pandering to white voters are well-documented and easily accessible. Either you never looked, in which case

You are being dishonest because examples of the GOP pandering to white voters are well-documented and easily accessible. Either you never looked, in which case arguing at all is dishonest since you don't know what you're talking about, or you looked and ignored the mountain of evidence denying your view. The "script" part is likely about you shifting the goalposts. Why doesn't dog-whistling count as explicit pandering to white Americans? That isn't to say the GOP are always subtle, either. All in all, it seems pretty clear you're sealioning. For the benefit of other readers though, I'll bite. For instance, former congressman for Iowa Steve King tweeting about slavery [0] is pretty explicit. How about the slightly more abstruse but still pretty glaring white supremacist dog whistle [1] in response to a random Dutch guy complaining about muslims. He was in congress 2003-2021. Of course Great Replacement rhetoric is also pushed pretty openly to rally white voters, with Tucker Carlson saying things like "demographic change is the key to the Democratic Party’s political ambitions", and congresswoman for New York Elise Stefanik running ads saying "[Democrats'] plan to grant amnesty to 11 MILLION illegal immigrants will overthrow our current electorate and create a permanent liberal majority in Washington". Do you accept these examples or do you need the GOP leadership to issue a letter signed by all party members stating they like white people? [0] https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/1612505990305308672?s=20 https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/1612505990305308672?s... [1] https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/1614259933469462528?s=20 https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/1614259933469462528?s...

MockObject 4y ago
> Why doesn't dog-whistling count as explicit pandering to white Americans? Because why do they have to dog whistle about it? Why do they have to resort to subtlety at all? It's forbidden from public discourse to such an extent that can only be found between the lines, hidden in vague allusions, or more likely, asserted as baseless accusations slandering conservative politicians, while the GOP explicitly tries everything it can to promote their non-white figures.
- lasfter 4y ago
  If you read the examples I gave above, they're not vague. Dog-whistles are more for plausible deniability than subtlety, and it's because (shocker) white supremacy is frowned upon. If you think liking white people requires openly advocating white supremacy, and anything else is an implicit statement that you don't like white people, then that really says more about you than anything else. They try to promote their non-white figures because their agenda and campaigning for the most part is so overwhelmingly targeted toward white voters that they have horrible reach into other demographics. This is like the Black Lives Matter vs All Lives Matter debacle. Minorities are brought into the spotlight because there are systems and large groups of people actively working against them. Meanwhile, you don't need to "promote" whiteness, because that's seen as the default in America.
  - MockObject 4y ago
    > Dog-whistles are more for plausible deniability But why? If this is really the majority sentiment, why on earth leave any room for plausible deniability? > their agenda and campaigning for the most part is so overwhelmingly targeted toward white voters that they have horrible reach into other demographics. Not really, though. Voting levels are low enough that they could conceivably focus their energies simply on getting more non-voting whites to vote.
    - lasfter 4y ago
      > But why? If this is really the majority sentiment, why on earth leave any room for plausible deniability? If you read the comment you're replying to, it answers that question immediately. > Not really, though. Voting levels are low enough that they could conceivably focus their energies simply on getting more non-voting whites to vote. They could, but their agenda fits white people better, for reasons that are evident to anyone with critical thinking skills. Hint: think about the dog-whistling some more.
      - MockObject 4y ago
        Culture is not required to take subterfuge in dog whistles. Only counterculture is. Culture is what's uncontroversially and fearlessly blasted on front pages, and on mainstream TV. > They could, but their agenda fits white people better, for reasons that are evident to anyone with critical thinking skills. Evidently the millions of non-white Republicans, and the millions of white Democrats, all lack these critical thinking skills, then.

MockObject 4y ago

> Why doesn't dog-whistling count as explicit pandering to white Americans? Because why do they have to dog whistle about it? Why do they have to resort to subtlety at all? It's forbidden from public discourse to such an extent that can only be found between the lines, hidden in vague allusions, or more likely, asserted as baseless accusations slandering conservative politicians, while the GOP explicitly tries everything it can to promote their non-white figures.

lasfter 4y ago
If you read the examples I gave above, they're not vague. Dog-whistles are more for plausible deniability than subtlety, and it's because (shocker) white supremacy is frowned upon. If you think liking white people requires openly advocating white supremacy, and anything else is an implicit statement that you don't like white people, then that really says more about you than anything else. They try to promote their non-white figures because their agenda and campaigning for the most part is so overwhelmingly targeted toward white voters that they have horrible reach into other demographics. This is like the Black Lives Matter vs All Lives Matter debacle. Minorities are brought into the spotlight because there are systems and large groups of people actively working against them. Meanwhile, you don't need to "promote" whiteness, because that's seen as the default in America.
- MockObject 4y ago
  > Dog-whistles are more for plausible deniability But why? If this is really the majority sentiment, why on earth leave any room for plausible deniability? > their agenda and campaigning for the most part is so overwhelmingly targeted toward white voters that they have horrible reach into other demographics. Not really, though. Voting levels are low enough that they could conceivably focus their energies simply on getting more non-voting whites to vote.
  - lasfter 4y ago
    > But why? If this is really the majority sentiment, why on earth leave any room for plausible deniability? If you read the comment you're replying to, it answers that question immediately. > Not really, though. Voting levels are low enough that they could conceivably focus their energies simply on getting more non-voting whites to vote. They could, but their agenda fits white people better, for reasons that are evident to anyone with critical thinking skills. Hint: think about the dog-whistling some more.
    - MockObject 4y ago
      Culture is not required to take subterfuge in dog whistles. Only counterculture is. Culture is what's uncontroversially and fearlessly blasted on front pages, and on mainstream TV. > They could, but their agenda fits white people better, for reasons that are evident to anyone with critical thinking skills. Evidently the millions of non-white Republicans, and the millions of white Democrats, all lack these critical thinking skills, then.