Pixelated Semantics

A schizotypical inventory

Understand this if you should

Those who doubt the entrenching of 'dog-whistle' techniques in Australian political language might wish to consider this statement from Man of Steel's speech for his 10th anniversary 'celebrations':

'You ought to choose [candidates] on the basis of the contribution they can make and their capacity to win the seats, not on the basis of their past affiliations with any section or group of the Liberal Party at the present. It's a great opportunity and I hope the message I convey by that is understood by all of those who should understand it.'

There in the last line is a precise embodiment of the principle: speaking to those who 'should' understand the message, and not speaking to those who wouldn't. This is the communications style of dictators and not democrats, should you choose to understand the difference.

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