‘The question is’, said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ – Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass For decades, politicians alike have done what Alice discussed above: making words mean different things to different people. In other words, utilizing dogwhistling to attract specific voters while keeping others confused rather than angry. In politics, dogwhistling refers to the use of suggestive, subtle messaging to convey an often-controversial message to a particular audience. Politicians do this all while appearing innocuous to the masses, maintaining plausible deniability if called out. The figurative definition of dog-whistling has its roots…