Talk:dog-whistle politics

Wikipedia
I'm surprised there is not a Wikipedia link. Anyone care to chase it down? :-)

Also, anyone know if there is a name for the related pattern(s) (especially in public speeches, most of all during national elections) of repeatedly saying the exact opposite of what is intended...and/or listening only to every-other word? There is a whole series of these...another one where you ignore the one word (e.g. "not") that is repeated the most by a given speaker.

Lastly, why was this hyphenated? --Connel MacKenzie 23:58, 1 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Replying 14 years later: (i) there is now a Wikipedia article; (ii) no idea; (iii) it's normal to hyphenate a phrase when it modifies another, e.g. "ice cream" but "ice-cream sandwich". Equinox ◑ 22:53, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

narrowing of sense
almost all examples on the wikipedia article are about race. originally i had thought that the term started out generic and evolved towards this narrow meaning over the past 20 years, but it seems that even back in the 1980s the term was mostly used to talk about racial issues. on the other hand, things written about the 1980s were not necessarily written in the 1980s, so perhaps the broader sense listed on this page is true after all. i will try to get to this when i have more time. — Soap — 14:52, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

BP discussion
Whether the term is derogatory or acceptable for use in wikivoice, and what it means, has been discussed at Wiktionary:Beer parlour/2022/December. - -sche (discuss) 19:26, 11 January 2023 (UTC)