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[–]shveya 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Whenever they don't like something and can't explain why, they call it a "dog whistle" 🙄 I've even been told by AGPs that defining lesbian as "same sex attracted female" is a feminist dog whistle. Silly kids.

[–]Fusrodamus 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Or even if they can explain why, but they don't want to say the quiet part loud.

"Transphobic dog whistle" just means "you haven't actually said anything transphobic, but I'm going to pretend that you did so I can silence you."

[–]shveya 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, that does seem to be their #1 method of trying to shut people up.