Hear that dog whistle?

March 1, 2009 – 10:41 pm | by Trey

Okay, here’s the thing: I fucking hate dog whistles.

Hang on, let me be more specific.  I fucking hate political dog whistles.

I’m reading this screed this morning by a woman I went to high school with.  She was goofy then and apparently she’s goofy now.  It’s all about how Texas has the legal right to secede from the union and form its own nation, blah blah blah.  It’s the standard, “Wouldn’t all us Texans be so much better with them ol’ Yankees?” routine that Texans so love.  It’s a fun academic exercise, but not really anything more than that.  I’ve been known to play it, too….

…when I’m drunk.

But she peppers her entire thing with, rather than humor that would make it fun, constant stabs at President Obama.  Okay, I get it, there are people who can’t stand him, people who think he has ruined the country (pretty amazing feat since he’s only been in office a few damned weeks!), people who think ain’t no way no darkie oughta be the Prez’nit.

If that’s what you think, stand up and say it.  Have the balls to freaking say it!  Say what you believe, rather than couching it in political dog whistles.

See, the ultra right wing has coded language they use whenever they want to communicate with the tribes.  It’s a politcal dog whistle, only the right wing can hear it.

B. Hussein Obama.  That’s what she kept calling him.

Okay, first of all, the only right-wing whacko calling him that is Ann Coulter so this high school chum of mine (as opposed to shark chum) is listening to Mr. Ann Coulter for her information.  Secondly, B. Hussein Obama is Mr. Coulter’s way of letting all the paranoids out there know that President Obama is, in fact, an Arab terrorist.

So here’s the thing: if you think he’s a terrorist, fucking say it.  Don’t hide it behind coded language.  Have the goddamned balls to stand up and say, “I think Barack Obama is a terrorist!”

Much like I’ll say, “W. is an intellectual creampuff.”

So there.

(now here’s the after-blog-rant question: is saying Mr. Coulter a political dog whistle, too, or just my way of saying, ‘Wow, look at her Adam’s Apple?’)

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  1. 7 Responses to “Hear that dog whistle?”

  2. By Stace Johnson on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    Okay, yeah, I’d say that the Mr. Coulter thing is like a dog whistle, but it doesn’t bother me.

    Today, I saw a sign on a car in Colorado Springs. Okay … first, I should point out that the car was covered in home-made right wing signs, but the one that really got me said (paraphrasing), “Obama is not eligible for the Presidency. He’s not a naturalized citizen.”

    Um … yeah. That’s because he was born in Hawaii, dumbshit. He’s a natural born citizen.

  3. By Trey on Mar 2, 2009 | Reply

    Not a naturalized citizen. Wow, that’s someone with a decidedly strong grasp of how all that works, isn’t it? Here’s what’s funny: W claims to be a Texan, but you know where he was born, right? Friggin’ Connecticut. Of course, I claim to be from Midland and I was really born in Odessa so I guess we all got our bears to cross.

  4. By Stace Johnson on Mar 2, 2009 | Reply

    Yeah, I was really born in Truth or Consequences, NM (which is basically west Texas, judging by my Dad’s accent), but I claim to be from Durango, CO.

  5. By chad on Mar 3, 2009 | Reply

    I was born in a hospital…does that make me a doctor?

  6. By Curly Top Texan on Mar 3, 2009 | Reply

    I was born in Kansas…does that make me a Republican?

  7. By Trey on Mar 3, 2009 | Reply

    So a doctor and a Republican walk into a bar….

  8. By Bryan on Mar 4, 2009 | Reply

    Obama is an Arab terrorist? And I thought he just had big ears…

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