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It's always hard for that lone wolf to know if it's just a dog whistle or a true call to action. But I'm sure that's exactly the way it's intended to allow for plausible deniability. "I never meant for someone to take me seriously. I was just venting. Locker room talk."


Fwiw, the dog whistle _is_ the call to action. It's mildly amusing that the connotation has inverted though.


“Trainers may use the whistle simply to gather a dog's attention, or to inflict pain for the purpose of behaviour modification.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle

Seems to go both ways, but without a doubt it gets the animal’s attention.


My point is that “oh, that's a nazi dog whistle” has been so overused that people have now come to associate the term with “signal that people think signifies something to another group, but which doesn't”.


That's the difference between a good and a bad employee. Or rather, the good employee delivers results, (does not get caught) and the boss asks no questions regarding the details.




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