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[[File:8645.png|right|350px|thumb|Gov. [[Gretchen Whitmer]] sent a dogwhistle urging [[violence]] and the assassination of [[President Donald J. Trump]] to a nationwide audience on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/critics-say-whitmers-8645-sticker-was-call-to-kill-trump/ar-BB1aaOMm</ref>]]
[[File:8645.png|right|350px|thumb|Gov. [[Gretchen Whitmer]] sent a dogwhistle urging [[violence]] and the assassination of [[President Donald J. Trump]] to a nationwide audience on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/critics-say-whitmers-8645-sticker-was-call-to-kill-trump/ar-BB1aaOMm</ref>]]
A '''dog whistle''' or '''code words''' is a communication strategy that sends a message which the general population will take one meaning from, but a certain group "in the know" will take away another secret, intended message, often involving [[racism]]. For example, during the [[2020 Presidential election]], [[Democrat]] nominee [[Joe Biden]] dog whistled [[white privilege]] to the vital "suburban" [[demographic]] vote necessary to win election:
A '''dog whistle''' or '''code words''' is a communication strategy that sends a message which the general population will take one meaning from, but a certain group "in the know" will take away another secret, intended message, often involving [[racism]]. For example, during the [[2020 Presidential election]], [[Democrat]] nominee [[Joe Biden]] dog whistled [[white privilege]] to the vital "suburban" [[demographic]] vote necessary to win election:
{{quotebox|"You know what is actually threatening our suburbs? Wildfires are burning the suburbs of the west. Floods are wiping out suburban neighborhoods in the [[Midwest]]. Hurricanes are imperiling suburban life along our coast. If we have four more years of [[Trump]]'s [[climate denial]], how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires? How many suburban neighborhoods will have been flooded out? How many suburbs will have been blown away in superstorms?"<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4906404/wildfires-integration-threaten-suburbs-joe-biden-warns-climate-change-speech</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|"You know what is actually threatening our suburbs? Wildfires are burning the suburbs of the west. Floods are wiping out suburban neighborhoods in the [[Midwest]]. Hurricanes are imperiling suburban life along our coast. If we have four more years of [[Trump]]'s [[climate denial]], how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires? How many suburban neighborhoods will have been flooded out? How many suburbs will have been blown away in superstorms?"<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4906404/wildfires-integration-threaten-suburbs-joe-biden-warns-climate-change-speech</ref>}}
When de-coded, the message actually reads:
When de-coded, the message actually reads:
{{quotebox|"You know what is actually threatening our white privilege? Wildfires are burning the white neighborhoods of the west. Floods are wiping out white neighborhoods in the [[Midwest]]. Hurricanes are imperiling white privilege along our coast. If we have four more years of Trump's climate denial, how many white neighborhoods will be burned in wildfires? How many white neighborhoods will have been flooded out? How many white neighborhoods will have been blown away in superstorms?"}}
{{quotebox|"You know what is actually threatening our white privilege? Wildfires are burning the white neighborhoods of the west. Floods are wiping out white neighborhoods in the [[Midwest]]. Hurricanes are imperiling white privilege along our coast. If we have four more years of Trump's climate denial, how many white neighborhoods will be burned in wildfires? How many white neighborhoods will have been flooded out? How many white neighborhoods will have been blown away in superstorms?"}}