Dogwhistle

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.

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:

"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?"

When de-coded, the message actually reads:

"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?"

Sometimes a dog whistle can be delivered with a gesture. For example, during the 2008 Democrat primaries between a black man, Barack Obama, and a white woman, Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton campaigning for his wife said "John McCain is a fine man" holding a thumbs up, implying to the audience of Democrats to favor the white candidate in the primary or general election, should his wife lose the nomination to Barack Obama.

List of common dogwhistles

• poverty = minority
• urban = Black
• minorities = Blacks/Hispanics
• suburban = white
• women's health = abortion
• abortion care = infanticide
• non-binary = gay
• cis gender = normal person
• marginalized communities = Democrat precincts where ballot box stuffing is rampant
• tax the rich = communism
• rich = Jews and/or white people
• we are the 99% = communism
• defund the police = Marxist insurrection and anarachy
• reimagine the police = defund the police
• reimagine national security = critical race theory
• voter suppression (post 1965) = opposition to election integrity and Voter ID laws
• "voter ID laws suppress minorities" = "non-whites are incapable of obtaining driver's licenses or buying alcohol"
• harm reduction = censorship
• covid misinformation = scientific data
• COVID passport = global population control
• Black Lives Matter = Defund the Police, Marxism
• peaceful protest = violent Marxist insurrection
• all means necessary = violence
• cracker = derisive term of white people
• gun safety = gun bans/confiscations
• democratic breakthrough = color revolution
• infrastructure = Green New Deal/Great Reset
• conspiracy theory = generally, a government cover up
• Russian disinformation (post Cold War) = generally, factual news
• 8645 = assassinate President Trump
• trickle down = Marxist attack on Supply-side economics
• Neanderthal = non-woke white person
• oreo = black conservative
• coconut = Hispanic conservative
• against human nature = support for transgenderism, gay marriage, etc.
• bio safety lab = biological weapons lab
• NATO = US agreements to operate on foreign nation's territory while the US taxpayer picks up the cost of a foreign nation's defense
• Slava Ukraini = Heil Hitler
• safari (Ukrainian: CAФAPI) = euphemism used by U.S. & NATO-backed neo-Nazis to hunt down and kill Russians and political opponents