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Walter L. Newton12/23/2009 9:17:57 am PST

re: #326 The Sanity Inspector

“Dog whistle” is code for “code words”, wherein a statement is alleged to be intended in a much more racist, anti-semitic, etc. way than a literal reading of it would yield. It presumes bad faith on the part of the writer and intended audience.

Thanks… (I think, that seems more complicated than I imagined, I’m really not sure I still understand).