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Fun Fact

Did you know that when someone uses the word "dog whistle", they may not be talking about an actual dog whistle?

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Dog whistling lets people "claim that anyone says anything because you can easily hear the alleged dogwhistles that aren't in the actual literal contents of what the person says".

-- Steve Pinker, Reason Magazine, Jul 10, 2020

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@Pat Ah, i see. This is a dogwhistle for the society for putting things on top of other things!

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