> If someone is hearing dogwhistles, maybe they're the dog.
This is as profound-sounding as it is nonsensical in meaning. Let's say I see someone online make a comment that in its phrasing and word choice is an obvious allusion to the Fourteen Words. If I manage to pick up on it, does that make me a neo-Nazi supporter who agrees with that phrase? Are you saying that only the target audience can pick up on subtexts made for them? This is absurd.
I think it's not crazy to say they both hold opinions that a Nazi might hold, but that's also usually just an excuse to insult somebody, rather than engage (I'm thinking more of DHH - I don't follow Musk aside from his Nazi salutes, so maybe he's closer to a holistic Nazi). The point is not that one can not equate any right-leaning opinion to a Nazi's opinion - obviously they both share some opinions. The point is that the umbrella insult "Nazi" is used to mean "you're wrong and evil, so I don't even have to engage", when often that's going too far. It's an escape hatch.
That was rambly, but I'm saying I 75% agree with you.
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This is as profound-sounding as it is nonsensical in meaning. Let's say I see someone online make a comment that in its phrasing and word choice is an obvious allusion to the Fourteen Words. If I manage to pick up on it, does that make me a neo-Nazi supporter who agrees with that phrase? Are you saying that only the target audience can pick up on subtexts made for them? This is absurd.
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That was rambly, but I'm saying I 75% agree with you.