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29 Jan 2022, 3:39 pm

It's highly unlikely the Flu Trux Klan are concerned about indigenous issues when they adorn themselves with white supremacist emblems.

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29 Jan 2022, 3:40 pm

All this 'doggy whistle' talk is hurting my brain & ears.

MaxE please explain to LeagueGirl who the dog whistle 'Freedom' is aimed at and why.

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29 Jan 2022, 3:41 pm

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I don't even know what you guys mean by "doggy whistle".

I don't understand idioms.

In democratic societies people have the right to mobility, and the freedom of peaceful assembly regardless of their political point-of-view. That's a basic tenant of freedom.

That's all this is about.

These people are nearly all vaccinated. Certainly more so than Americans.

If they are all vaccinated, I don't understand what they are fighting about then.

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29 Jan 2022, 3:43 pm

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It's highly unlikely the Flu Trux Klan are concerned about indigenous issues when they adorn themselves with white supremacist emblems.

LOL is that for real? Man, I thought where I live was a**-backward.

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29 Jan 2022, 3:47 pm

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If they are all vaccinated, I don't understand what they are fighting about then.

Re-read my long post.

They're fighting about government control and mandates.

We will get vaccines voluntarily. We will distance voluntarily. We're not idiots.

Being fined, separated from dying parents, forced out of school, forced to close your business, or forced to do anything unconstitutional by "mandate" is one step too far.

Do you have mandates there?

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29 Jan 2022, 3:48 pm

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LOL is that for real? Man, I thought where I live was a**-backward.

It's not even shocking to see that s**t around where I live. I'm not sure where exactly the photo was taken though.

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29 Jan 2022, 3:49 pm

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LOL is that for real? Man, I thought where I live was a**-backward.

It's not even shocking to see that s**t around where I live. I'm not sure where exactly the photo was taken though.

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29 Jan 2022, 3:57 pm

I drove through a convoy yesterday but didn't see anything like that. It's completely unacceptable though.

I own a house near Ottawa with my exbf. All he's seen is Canadian flags and a lot of people who appreciate truckers for keeping us alive these last two years.

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29 Jan 2022, 4:00 pm

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LOL is that for real? Man, I thought where I live was a**-backward.

It's not even shocking to see that s**t around where I live. I'm not sure where exactly the photo was taken though.

Same here. I live near a magical place called Pennsyltucky. Lots of confederate flags and billboards for HIV and domestic violence. Must be those damn socialists.

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29 Jan 2022, 4:09 pm

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All this 'doggy whistle' talk is hurting my brain & ears.

MaxE please explain to LeagueGirl who the dog whistle 'Freedom' is aimed at and why.

OK well in my own words, "dog whistle" means a word or phrase that has a benign if not positive meaning to most people but suggests more to a certain group at which it is targeted.

When I was a child in post-WWII America we were told that Americans and those living in countries allied with America (e.g. Canada) were free and those living in the USSR, the Warsaw Pact, and China weren't. Everyone wanted to be free and felt bad for the poor devils in the Soviet Bloc who weren't.

So once the USSR fell roughly 30 years ago, it became popular to suggest that anyone on the Left or perceived as being on the Left as being against freedom just as the vanquished Soviets were against freedom. So the Right acquired a monopoly on freedom and those opposed to their agenda were anointed the enemies of freedom. For example, the Freedom Caucus in Congress is composed of the most extreme Republicans (extreme as in farthest to the right).

So when a politician emphasizes their love of freedom, it can be seen as a basically positive stance by the average citizen but it signals to a right-wing activist that they are a member of the "club" so to speak. So to me a using #freedom as a hashtag is an example of that sort of signaling.

This may have been a bit wordy. If somebody else things they can explain better please don't let me stop you.

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29 Jan 2022, 4:12 pm

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If they are all vaccinated, I don't understand what they are fighting about then.

Yes we do and those who fight against it are anti vaxxers. People in my area who are not anti vaxxers blame the restrictions on those who refuse to be vaccinated. I've come to a point where I am saying just let these people die sooner, I am so sick of these restrictions.

This is where I come from with my opinion. To call it a doggy whistle is insulting and a gaslighting term. More like an accusatory word and I don't like to be accused of things I am not even doing.

And instead of me being given a concrete answer to for what freedom means in a doggy whistle, I am given an abstract answer instead which is not helpful.

I didn't see this term be tossed around until Trump took office. Now I see it in social media now and on Reddit and then here.

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29 Jan 2022, 4:14 pm

Thanks for explaining Max
I'm not sure I follow all of it but are you saying that you thought I was signalling right-wingers?
I think I'm the only person who said #freedom
Just to clarify in case you got the wrong impression, I don't think that way at all and it's not what I meant

I'm not a right-winger. Far from it.
I believe in freedom of people to express their own opinions and freedom to peaceful protest (liberty / liberal)
That's the extent of my political commentary or involvement
Beyond that, I'm scared of having my supply chain cut off for food / products
I'm upset with Trudeau for many reasons unrelated to Covid

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29 Jan 2022, 4:18 pm

League_Girl wrote:

IsabellaLinton wrote:

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If they are all vaccinated, I don't understand what they are fighting about then.

Yes we do and those who fight against it are anti vaxxers.

Not true. I am pro-vax and fully vaccinated. I just don't believe in mandating vaccines.

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29 Jan 2022, 4:24 pm

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Not true. I am pro-vax and fully vaccinated. I just don't believe in mandating vaccines.

Same. There's a huge difference.

In my ideal world everyone would get vaccinated, but we can't tell others what they have to do with their bodies.

Even if everyone was / is vaccinated, the government can't restrict mobility the way they have where I live.

I was fully vaxxed and not allowed to go for a drive, or leave my house without police inspection.

That's not OK.

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29 Jan 2022, 4:28 pm

The movement is called "Freedom Convoy" , this is who MaxE was basing his dog whistle not a poster here. My head hurts

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29 Jan 2022, 4:31 pm

Ah, OK. But really, I think in literal terms. Freedom means The Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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