Comments on: Dogwhistles

By: This Ain’t Poker, but Sadly, There Is a Trump Card « Off Our Pedestals

Tue, 27 May 2008 20:52:15 +0000

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By: Racism Doesn’t Trump Gender But Self-Righteousness Trumps Reason at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:21:34 +0000

[...] Feministe – Dog Whistles The second option is the one that Barack Obama went with when he said the following while campaigning in Wisconsin: This is, I understand Senator Clinton periodically when she is feeling down launches attacks as a way of trying to boost her appeal. [...]

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54th Carnival of Feminists « In a strange land — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:03:51 +0000

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By: Sexism roundup « Donna Darko

Sexism roundup « Donna Darko — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:19:28 +0000

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By: donna darko

donna darko — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:42:23 +0000

Unintentional racism is as bad as intentional. Especially when whites spend the rest of the day trying to prove they’re good people.

By: Tricia(freya)

Tricia(freya) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:25:01 +0000

Gah, sorry. “…isn’t just a semantic difference…”

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:13:59 +0000

I agree that it isn’t a semantic difference, but I don’t agree that one is better than the other.

Unexamined sexist tendencies are still sexist tendencies, and both scenarios suck.

By: Medicine Man

Medicine Man — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:59:52 +0000

Even if it’s not an intentional dogwhistle, it means he’s insensitive. That’s just as bad.

I’m going to have to disagree with that. An intentional dogwhistle gives a good indication of how he’d govern. Insensitivity shows that he has a blind spot. This distinction is more than semantic.

By: donna darko

donna darko — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:36:17 +0000

Clinton is toast, BTW.

No thanks to sexism from everywhere.