Two jokes ?
The woman is doing what she’s accusing the man on the soapbox of doing (he’s waving a cigarette, not a dog-whistle).
The man in the purple shirt pretends he is not a bigot by claiming he is not hearing the code words of the man on the soapbox but reacts to the woman’s (who is probably doing this to spite him).
Not smoking, he’s just twirling the whistle.
I agree it looks like a cigarette. But if it were, especially
creating smoke, no one would ask what it was.
It looks kinda like a dog whistle. The joke is rather forced, but part of the problem lies with the artist. He drew a spurl and should have used a swalloop.
For the set-up, it’s a little weird that Pink Shirt even asks “why?” Whether or not soapbox-man is a bigot, who enjoys listening to the ravings of a man standing on a corner shouting his beliefs to passerbys?
“who enjoys listening to the ravings of a man standing on a corner shouting his beliefs to passerbys?”
People tend to like having other people repeat their own beliefs. It’s the foundational principle of AM Talk Radio.
JP: Yes, but the man shouting at the street corner is likely a lunatic who doesn’t share my beliefs. The radio station that I choose to tune into may have a lunatic on it, but probably one who does share my beliefs.
“the man shouting at the street corner is likely a lunatic who doesn’t share my beliefs.”
Or, and this is offered as a discussion point only, possibly, the street lunatic who shares your beliefs doesn’t register to you as “lunatic”, but rather as some variant of “spirited speaker of truths that need to be heard”.
I don’t seek out AM talk radio, but sometimes I flip past them as I search for a news report, or the station that had a news report last time I was in the car has an outraged bloviator on now. I don’t seek out religious programming, but they occupy a substantial number of channels on the Dish lineup my sister pays for, and so at her house I have to scroll through a substantial number of them to find a program I’d prefer.
Someone who grew up around bigots may not be one their self, but would still most likely still recognize the dog whistles when hearing them.
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After looking up the figurative meaning of dog whistle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics), yup, that’s it.
He’s also standing on… a soapbox.
It looks like whatever he’s holding is smoking.
Two jokes ?
The woman is doing what she’s accusing the man on the soapbox of doing (he’s waving a cigarette, not a dog-whistle).
The man in the purple shirt pretends he is not a bigot by claiming he is not hearing the code words of the man on the soapbox but reacts to the woman’s (who is probably doing this to spite him).
Not smoking, he’s just twirling the whistle.
I agree it looks like a cigarette. But if it were, especially
creating smoke, no one would ask what it was.
It looks kinda like a dog whistle. The joke is rather forced, but part of the problem lies with the artist. He drew a spurl and should have used a swalloop.
For the set-up, it’s a little weird that Pink Shirt even asks “why?” Whether or not soapbox-man is a bigot, who enjoys listening to the ravings of a man standing on a corner shouting his beliefs to passerbys?
“who enjoys listening to the ravings of a man standing on a corner shouting his beliefs to passerbys?”
People tend to like having other people repeat their own beliefs. It’s the foundational principle of AM Talk Radio.
JP: Yes, but the man shouting at the street corner is likely a lunatic who doesn’t share my beliefs. The radio station that I choose to tune into may have a lunatic on it, but probably one who does share my beliefs.
“the man shouting at the street corner is likely a lunatic who doesn’t share my beliefs.”
Or, and this is offered as a discussion point only, possibly, the street lunatic who shares your beliefs doesn’t register to you as “lunatic”, but rather as some variant of “spirited speaker of truths that need to be heard”.
I don’t seek out AM talk radio, but sometimes I flip past them as I search for a news report, or the station that had a news report last time I was in the car has an outraged bloviator on now. I don’t seek out religious programming, but they occupy a substantial number of channels on the Dish lineup my sister pays for, and so at her house I have to scroll through a substantial number of them to find a program I’d prefer.
Someone who grew up around bigots may not be one their self, but would still most likely still recognize the dog whistles when hearing them.