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Please explain what you mean in detail.

• AndrewKemendo 1y ago
  Without more context we can only really conclude that its a dog whistle.
  • wyre 1y ago
    Implying Ta-Nehisi Coates is a low bar is absolutely a dogwhistle. What context would change that?
    • AndrewKemendo 1y ago
      The OP stating their reasoning explicitly would give that context. Generally people that are dog whistling don’t like to be explicit
  • driverdan 1y ago
    That's why I asked. If they have strong convictions they'll tell us instead of just whistling.
  • mhb 1y ago
    First, let's clear up the terminology. When someone says "Their bar is not uniformly high...", that is not a dog whistle whose meaning is unclear except to a certain group. It is a simple statement that the referent does not meet a high standard. As for the reasoning, criticisms abound, but two (one recent and one older) are: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/the-toxic-world-view-of-ta-nehisi-coates-120512/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/the-toxic-wo... https://colemanhughes.substack.com/p/the-fantasy-world-of-ta-nehisi-coates https://colemanhughes.substack.com/p/the-fantasy-world-of-ta...