Propaganda Techniques

dog whistle - ambiguous messaging used to stoke racial fear and anxiety and/or to covertly signal allegiance to certain subgroups of an audience.

An effective racial dog whistle always grants the dog whistler plausible deniability to not only deny the real intent behind the messaging, but to also accuse anyone suggesting a racist double-meaning as being racist for pointing it out.


48:10: dog whistlesee definition - ambiguous messaging used to stoke racial fear and anxiety and/or to covertly signal allegiance to certain subgroups of an audience.
: Opposing "critical race theory" could be signaling support for perpetuating systemic racism by portraying any institutional recognition of racial inequity in the country as racist or unAmerican.[12]

45:52: dog whistlesee definition - ambiguous messaging used to stoke racial fear and anxiety and/or to covertly signal allegiance to certain subgroups of an audience.
: Summoning "law and order" could be a way to stoke racial anxiety about crime in low-income communities and to signal support for cracking down on civil disobedience by people of color.[8]

21:14: dog whistlesee definition - ambiguous messaging used to stoke racial fear and anxiety and/or to covertly signal allegiance to certain subgroups of an audience.
: Commemorating "wonder-working power" could be signaling support for or allegiance to evangelical Christians.[1]

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