Is "the American people" a dog whistle term to refer to white conservatives? (user search)
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« on: November 21, 2014, 10:14:01 PM »
It's totally fine.

The probably is when fascists like Sarah Palin contrast "Real America" to any other part of America, as if you're not American if you live in a city, are non-white or non-Christian. 

An extreme example is Gerald LK Smith who referred to the "The baby havin', stump grubbin', sod bustin', go to meetin', God fearin' American people."  That has some seriously ultra nationalist, Nazi-esque connotations.
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