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[IceForce]

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[Drathnoxis]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

 

[SolidState]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

 

[Abomination]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

 

[Abomination]

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels.

Pass

They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

This is the kind of trolling I can get behind though. The absurdity of dogwhistles deserve all the scorn it can get, even if I don't agree with the political stance of those doing the trolling.

Tighten the noose your opponents have made for themselves.

 

[Trunkage]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

Here's my problem with trolling like this. I totally believe the okay symbol was trolling. Then actual White Supremacist saw what you get away with and co-opted it.

So... The trolls were trolled. But since their trolls, it has to be someone else's fault.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels.

Pass

They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

This is the kind of trolling I can get behind though. The absurdity of dogwhistles deserve all the scorn it can get, even if I don't agree with the political stance of those doing the trolling.

Tighten the noose your opponents have made for themselves.

I'll just give you a heads up then: New dogwhistles for the coming week will be: Lactose, tennis, aglets, and pancakes. Be warned.

 

[Saelune]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

They share your love of Trump you know.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

They share your love of Trump you know.

And? Your point? These people are shitposters first, and will do anything they can think of to get a rise out of people who they don't like.

 

[Saelune]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

They share your love of Trump you know.

And? Your point? These people are shitposters first, and will do anything they can think of to get a rise out of people who they don't like.

My point is you and they agree on who should run this country.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

They share your love of Trump you know.

And? Your point? These people are shitposters first, and will do anything they can think of to get a rise out of people who they don't like.

My point is you and they agree on who should run this country.

And doubtless there are plenty of unsavory people who share your opinion on the topic. I don't think I could generalize and make that a statement against you, however.

 

[Agema]

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

I've no idea about what that's about, but it's long been a thing in the UK to use the same hand gesture holding the circle of forefinger and thumb against one's forehead to signal to someone that they're a dickhead.

 

[Schadrach]

They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult.

If everything is a Nazi dogwhistle, then everyone is a white supremacist.

See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

The OK symbol was interesting, because it was basically handed to them. If you follow the timeline of events, a couple of far right figures used it in selfies in contexts where it obviously meant "OK", and Media Matters declared it was a dogwhistle to much mockery. The Media Matters article inspired Operation OKKK, which was basically 4chan trying to heavily promote the idea that Media Matters was right because the idea that the OK sign means white supremacy was so fundamentally silly to them that they put it up there with previous social media hoaxes they'd concocted like #FreeBleeding and the less successful #EndFathersDay.

They had another one they launched shortly afterward that didn't stick at all that claimed dabbing was a white supremacist sign, purported to represent doing a Roman salute while averting your eyes from the glory of Hitler or some such. But again, that one didn't spread at all. About a year ago, they also tried thumbs up = 14 (1 thumb above 4 fingers) = the 14 words and the peace sign = only 2 genders (two fingers up and the position of the thumb suggesting a G), neither of which stuck very well (though occasionally you can catch someone who believes the thumbs up one).

 

[Saelune]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

They share your love of Trump you know.

And? Your point? These people are shitposters first, and will do anything they can think of to get a rise out of people who they don't like.

My point is you and they agree on who should run this country.

And doubtless there are plenty of unsavory people who share your opinion on the topic. I don't think I could generalize and make that a statement against you, however.

No one who supports Trump's views on immigration can chastise another for 'generalizing'.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

They share your love of Trump you know.

And? Your point? These people are shitposters first, and will do anything they can think of to get a rise out of people who they don't like.

My point is you and they agree on who should run this country.

And doubtless there are plenty of unsavory people who share your opinion on the topic. I don't think I could generalize and make that a statement against you, however.

No one who supports Trump's views on immigration can chastise another for 'generalizing'.

That's completely a non-argument, but thank you.

 

[Saelune]

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I was starting to think they forgot.

Can't say I'm that sad to see 'everything is politics and also you can't say certain words that I think have offensive meanings but also have other legitimate meanings too' leave.

Yeah, I had no idea so many benign words also had additional secret offensive meanings.

We started approaching meta levels, almost to the point where the word dogwhistle became a dogwhistle - a concept I always found absurd that 0.1% of the population could rally behind therefore that word is now banned.

You should hang out in some far-right Discord channels. They've invented a whole new set of dogwhistles with the implied goal to fuck around and make spoken English more difficult. See what they did with the "Okay" symbol and multiply that by a hundred.

They share your love of Trump you know.

And? Your point? These people are shitposters first, and will do anything they can think of to get a rise out of people who they don't like.

My point is you and they agree on who should run this country.

And doubtless there are plenty of unsavory people who share your opinion on the topic. I don't think I could generalize and make that a statement against you, however.

No one who supports Trump's views on immigration can chastise another for 'generalizing'.

That's completely a non-argument, but thank you.

The argument is 'Those in glass houses should not throw stones'.

 

[TopazFusion]

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Also, since the original premise of this thread is now no longer a concern, I'm closing this one.