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Originally Posted by Firebot
Dog whistling is a fair bit of an accusation with a special connotation that goes well beyond political pandering, and ventures into xenophobia and racism elements.
The WEF, digital ID comments aren't ones which would be typically be termed as dog-whistling
The anglo-saxon comment however, is the quite controversial one that has been pointed to (and the one that eventually resulted in the podcast Aarongrey linked).
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poil...cast-1.5910090
Does Poilievre pander? Yes. Does Poilievre practice populism? Undeniable. Dog-whistling is a bigger accusation that should be better quantified (especially if he practices it) |
They're exactly what dog whistling is. He's talking about things that the average voter barely knows or cares about, but that the far-right is fanatical about. It's designed to get the attention of the crazies without causing waves with everyone else. The last 2 elections cycles in the US have been filled with examples of dog whistling to QAnon.