Reddit now bans you if you explain the context for Trump's quote about a "bloodbath" for the automotive industry

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[–]YoMamma 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

No - not Reddit.

He was banned from r/ConservativeTerrorism. (Perhaps a BIASED sub? For example, you'd be banned from a church if you yelled 'Satin rules!'.)

Also, Trump did claim there'd be a bloodbath, and many news agencies quoted him, noting the context, which for them isn't important for the headline.

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

LMAO context "isn't important." Whether it's a business metaphor or actual murder in the streets. 🤡

[–]YoMamma 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Because Trump talks in dog whistles in order to alarm the audience and to divide them from normal people. Hitler did the same.

[–]flugegeheimen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If you hear dog whistles then you are a dog.

The only case when you can have a stand about "dog whistles" is an admission: when you are saying "I use this or that as a dog whistle".

When you are ascribing "dog whistles" to someone else, you are just a liar or paranoid schizophrenic or both.

[–]YoMamma 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Dog whistle is a type of strategy of communication that sends a message that the general population will take a certain meaning from, but a certain group that is "in the know" will take away the secret, intended message. Often involves code words.

For example:

Republicans say they want to make civil rights for gays a state issue, which is really just a dog whistle strategy for saying that they will refuse to grant equal rights on a federal level.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dog%20whistle

[–]flugegeheimen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know what is a "dog whistle" and what you meant by a "dog whistle".

[–]YoMamma 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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