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[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 24 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Dog whistle. Ice is the SA and space force will form the more elite SS. Himmler would be proud. And that they chose space force shows how dumb Trump acts through that all.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Godwin's Law was cancelled in tiny-d donnie's first term.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 6 points 9 hours ago

Sweet summer child, the time of dogwhistling is long gone.

[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 33 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Dog whistle? It's a megaphone... "WE ARE NAZIS COME BE NAZIS WITH US"

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

A dogwhistle is a more or less megaphone only dogs can hear. So you are right and wrong at the same time. A dog whistle is fucking loud, you just don't hear that.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 6 points 9 hours ago

Yeah but we can hear it too.

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The idea of a dog whistle is as you say only dogs hear it. So in the use case of Nazis letting each other know they are Nazis it's usually a subtle thing. A phrase or gesture that's innocent on the face of it, but signals to other Nazis they are Nazis. Like what they tried to do with the OK hand signal.

Putting up your hand and shouting Heil Hitler isn't really a dog whistle, as everyone knows at that point you are a Nazi.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 9 hours ago

Yeah I tend to agree. But a uniform somewhat looking like the SS uniform is not as obvious to everybody. Its at least plausibly deniable.