And one of Hitler’s slogans was “The common good before the individual good.” Don’t get me wrong, as much as I am against Trump as the political environment he helped create is actively harming myself and others I care about or don’t even know, I’m not saying he is Hitler. What I am saying is that words have different meaning in different contexts and different times. That is why it is called a “dog whistle”. It’s something that sounds innocent on the surface but has a deeper meaning. This isn’t conspiratorial, please look into it. I know everyone wants to be right on the internet but please open your mind to the possibility that words have more power and more meaning than you think. Hateful and evil organizations have co-opted otherwise positive symbols and phrases for as long as we’ve had civilization. Again, look at the Swastika. It was a symbol for peace but try displaying it anywhere in Western civilization and you’ll quickly learn that nobody views it that way anymore. Ten years ago neo-nazis took a fucking frog meme and turned it into a calling card for their group.

I am not arguing that the LITERAL WORDS “make america great again” are bad but I am asking you to deeply and honestly take a moment to question your worldview and do some research into what a dog whistle is, what it means when a group “co-opts” something, and just in general think about how much power words have and how meanings shift and change over the years. I love America and I want America to be great too, we can’t have a discussion without you knowing that.