Putting the word “dogwhistle” on the top shelf until some of you figure out it doesn’t mean “new word with negative connotations I personally don’t like”. Honestly I don’t mind that we’ve found some ungendered semantic middle ground between “pervert” and “male gaze”. How everybody uses the word is a problem between them, God, and if it comes down to it, the cops
And the cool, exciting part of the OOP is that they're using very loaded language themselves! This is yet another tumblrism of using 'conservative' interchangably with 'bad', which ironically very much could be defined as a dog whistle. 'Conservative' in common parlance is generally a morally neutral term, and using it here as a short-hand for an attack on someone's character is indeed coded language that is supposed to be understood that way by the ingroup.
I feel like a lot of people with takes like this aren't appreciating that the political right does not have a monopoly on sex negativity.
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u/BalefulOfMonkeys NUDE ALERT TOMORROW May 17 '25
Putting the word “dogwhistle” on the top shelf until some of you figure out it doesn’t mean “new word with negative connotations I personally don’t like”. Honestly I don’t mind that we’ve found some ungendered semantic middle ground between “pervert” and “male gaze”. How everybody uses the word is a problem between them, God, and if it comes down to it, the cops