Trump's First 100 Days

[Dill]

(02-20-2017, 05:40 PM)michaelsean Wrote: But everyone knows what you are saying, apparently, so it seems quite ineffectual.  Btw...who are liberals referring to when they say urban poor?

Everyone is supposed to know what rightists "mean" while knowing that they didn't actually say it.
It is effectual for the right because it means they can propose race-targeted policies without actually mentioning race.
They can then "gaslight" anyone who claims otherwise, claim they are seeing what isn't there.

And that has been the point since 1870.

Why ever would say this technique is ineffectual when Trump out dog-whistled his Republican opponents in the primary?

Usually liberals reference "urban poverty." When they refer to urban poor, they mean people living in urban environments configured in such a way that they make earning a decent living difficult (e.g., lack of transit, housing, educational and job opportunities), not lazy African-Americans living off taxes of honest, hardworking white folks.