Rep. Rashida Tlaib is getting backlash from fellow Democratic Party members who have asked her to remove a social media post justifying the phrase, "from the river to the sea."
  • devz0r@kbin.social
    23·
    11 months ago

    Hey, how about we not use phrases that can also be in support of genocide in some contexts? It kind of sounds like, what’s that phrase y’all like so much? Oh yeah, a DOG WHISTLE.

    • PizzaMan@lemmy.world
      32·
      11 months ago

      Any word can be used as a dog whistle. Are you suggesting nobody ever say anything?

      • devz0r@kbin.social
        22·
        11 months ago

        Does that go the other way? The things you declare to be dog whistles can be dismissed?

        • PizzaMan@lemmy.world
          3·
          11 months ago

          Well of course we can dismiss everything out of hand. We wouldn’t want to think now would we?