Generally, I use it to describe something way off the mark. I feel like this article is pretty classist and out of touch. I get being hyper aware of dog whistles these days, but I interpreted the artist differently. I think he was dressing a pro worker sentiment in swallowable form, whereas the article seems to think he was using pro worker language to dress up anti semitism. Frankly, I don’t think people feel the need to hide their bigotry that much anymore. If this song came out in 2004, I probably would be more critical. But today, I think pro worker sentiment needs to be hidden more than fascism.
Generally, I use it to describe something way off the mark. I feel like this article is pretty classist and out of touch. I get being hyper aware of dog whistles these days, but I interpreted the artist differently. I think he was dressing a pro worker sentiment in swallowable form, whereas the article seems to think he was using pro worker language to dress up anti semitism. Frankly, I don’t think people feel the need to hide their bigotry that much anymore. If this song came out in 2004, I probably would be more critical. But today, I think pro worker sentiment needs to be hidden more than fascism.