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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]]''.]]

[[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.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/18/whitmer-asks-trump-cool-it-says-hes-inciting-domestic-terrorism/3702262001/</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-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>}}

{{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>}}