Re: Tea Party Racism

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:58 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> Don't overlook what is called "dog whistle" political statements. This
> names comes from the well-known phenomenon that a highly-pitched whistle
> will be heard by dogs, but not by people. And in polictics there is a
> similar phenomenon whereby you can say something that cannot explicitly be
> criticized when you you say it, but the people who are supposed to hear it
> will understand what you really mean.
>

In other words, passive aggressive.

Nick