Comment by justin66
5 years ago
> Assuming you mean well and all, this specific wording could nevertheless be interpreted as a dog whistle. It triggers some peoples' political immune system.
It never occurred to me that that rayiner might have been using some kind of dog whistle in his reply to me. It would be rather out of character, and yours seems like a needlessly uncharitable interpretation of his comment.
That's why I used the qualifiers and suggested it was unintentional, in order to scrupulously follow HN guidelines. No response seems forthcoming.