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I'm pointing it out to you.

"Dog whistling" is the formal term for the style of reporting being published.

Dog whistling refers to coded racist language that tries to appear deniable. I don’t see how this qualifies.

Just because it only means one thing in your bubble, doesn't mean that it only has that meaning. Dog whistle is in fact a general term.

Bubbles are bad, always be on guard about accidentally ending up in one. Because it does happen accidentally. A hallmark of it is only being aware of your bubbles word usage...

We're all in the bubble of our own personal experience though, and there's no escaping that. Even if you go travelling (which you absolutely should!) you're still only going to meet there people that you meet.

That's not too say you shouldn't try and recognize the bubbles that you're in, just that there's no escaping them, so it's hard to judge people and their bubbles when you're just as much in one as they are.

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