Dog-whistle politics is political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup. The phrase is often used as a pejorative because of the inherently deceptive nature of the practice and because the dog-whistle messages are frequently distasteful to the general populace. The analogy is to a
dog whistle, whose high-frequency whistle is heard by dogs but inaudible to humans.
The term can be distinguished from "
code words" used in some specialist professions, in that dog-whistling is specific to the political realm. The messaging referred to as the dog-whistle has an understandable meaning for a general audience, rather than being incomprehensible.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics
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I was using the term because Pulsevape was dog whistling every anti-semetic trope while hypocritically acting triggered over black issues.
Like you said, "I am well read" so I got the messages. Not that I am bothered any or even disagree much with him but I had to call out hypocrisy as defense when I was being attacked on it.