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Comment author: Jiro 05 February 2015 09:06:20PM 0 points [-]

Surely the very theory of dog-whistles should predict that Democrats wouldn't recognise that these are racist claims.

That shows that they wouldn't recognize a well done dog-whistle, but they may still recognize a poorly done one where the Republicans attempt to make it something only racists understand, but do not succeed at doing so.