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by lasfter 1233 days ago
> But why? If this is really the majority sentiment, why on earth leave any room for plausible deniability?

If you read the comment you're replying to, it answers that question immediately.

> Not really, though. Voting levels are low enough that they could conceivably focus their energies simply on getting more non-voting whites to vote.

They could, but their agenda fits white people better, for reasons that are evident to anyone with critical thinking skills. Hint: think about the dog-whistling some more.
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MockObject 1233 days ago
Culture is not required to take subterfuge in dog whistles. Only counterculture is.

Culture is what's uncontroversially and fearlessly blasted on front pages, and on mainstream TV.

> They could, but their agenda fits white people better, for reasons that are evident to anyone with critical thinking skills.

Evidently the millions of non-white Republicans, and the millions of white Democrats, all lack these critical thinking skills, then.

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lasfter 1233 days ago
> Culture is not required to take subterfuge in dog whistles. Only counterculture is.

> Culture is what's uncontroversially and fearlessly blasted on front pages, and on mainstream TV.

My comments on dog-whistling were specifically targeted toward the one commenter talking about how politicians don't seem to care about white people.

If you want to go back to the broader discussion, on culture, then yes I agree. And what is blasted on front pages and mainstream TV is overwhelmingly white, with tiny pockets dedicated to other groups. To say that "whiteness" is a counterculture is absurd.

As an aside:

> the millions of white Democrats

The Democrat agenda also fits white people better than non-white people, though they make more effort than Republicans to acknowledge minorities.

As for why non-white Republicans vote that way, maybe they miss the dog-whistles, or maybe they think the racism of the party isn't directed at them (e.g., since they're "one of the good ones") or that it's outweighed by other factors (i.e., they hate taxes), or maybe they think the Republicans are the better of two evils. Not really relevant, since they aren't in this discussion. Do you have the critical thinking skills?

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