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Reclaim the fuckin runes! They look cool, are easy to carve in different materials and are a part of my historical heritage

I like the idea of not yielding semantic authority to fascists. Like here in Germany, I've seen (minor) shitstorms over the phrase "to each their own" ("Jedem das Seine") because the Nazis put that on the gate of Buchenwald concentration camp. But the principle of "suum cuique" goes way back to ancient times and is a central tenet of our legal system. So why should we let Nazis dictate what the words we use mean?

That said, they coined a whole bunch of expressions that are rightfully frowned upon to this day and I have no issue with that kind of criticism. I've never felt the need to label anyone's relationship as "racial shame," for instance.

Just my two cents.

I've got so much respect for people who fight the good fight and continue posting Pepe in 2024.

Society keeps on ceding cultural ground to assholes and the rest of us have to tiptoe through every piece of communication in fear of being associated with them.

FUCKING PREACH

I reject the idea that recognizing patterns is now a racist dogwhistle. Fuck that absurd noise and never darken my door with such a ridiculous suggestion ever again.

I don't give a fuck what six racist sister-fuckers on Telegram say. No one should. They're irrelevant. Let them have their little secret meanings, no one who matters should give a fuck.

But, the whole point is to have the waters muddied. That's why it's called a dog whistle, because only the dogs (the intended audience) will hear the whistle (recognize the true intent behind the phrase).

Great points. Here is the original post:

Hmmm. Looks like you're noticing a pattern on how people behave when it comes to racism...

The "OK" signal was a classic one. I can see why 4chan dwellers love coming up with bullshit like that, it's astonishing how gullible our society can be.

Qanon, jet fuel can't melt steel beams, the OK signal, no doubt many others. It's amazing the bullshit you can convince the general public of.

Christ, the carrot thing was something the British came up with in ww2 to help cover up the invention of radar, and people still believe it to this day. We're really bad at analysing the source of information.

The problem with that problem is you can say any kind of accusation of racist behavior is non-falsifiable in the same way ("You can't prove I was shitty to them because they were black, maybe I was shitty to them because they're just a jerk"), but everyone knows racist behavior and dog whistles still exist

if people buy the claim

This is a good demonstration of why the concept of dog whistles isn't really a problem, because when it's a totally absurd accusation people aren't going to buy it.

Look at the full post, it is about the alt-right conspiracy of Jews running the world. Also has other racist stuff too.

All is dog whistle. Especially patterns.

Patterns are a government psyop.

That actually might be exactly what we should do, just try to reinterpret this before it gets off the ground and make all their attempts to dogwhistle to their fellow shitheads come off like they're just calling themselves paranoid schizophrenics

And, like, for what it's worth, "Is bigotry a mental illness?" is a question that's gotten some academic debate. The professional consensus is still "no," but it honestly makes a lot of sense to me to think of bigotry as a form of delusional and compulsive thinking (although I don't want to minimize the evil of racism or demonize mentally ill people, so like I'm still thinking over that one).