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A 'dog whistle' is a descriptive term, used to explain hidden racist messages, for example: Theresa May's decision as Home Secretary to have vans with 'Go Home' driven around London was a dog-whistle to racist voters.
A 'straw man' is a common form of argument based on refuting something that was not presented in the original discussion, such as grooming gangs are allowed to continue because of liberal PC behaviour, I'm just telling it like it is.
Also thanks to Punkture for the bang-on comment explaining stuff.
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So you can dismiss any view not based on substance but rather because you believe it’s a secret call to hordes of racists?
That doesn’t hold water. It’s deflection and an aside. It’s akin to a strawman and you shouldn’t be taken seriously.
More importantly... it stands in conflict with possible consensus and sorting anything out.
miro_o
There are many discussions that are shut down because they can be misinterpreted as a ‘dog whistle’. This is how grooming gangs have managed to continue, how some unofficial schools have avoided inspections etc.