I often play that same “Dogwhistles not received or reciprocated” game where I am, in Marin County, Ca.
I try getting to know the talker before I answer with any honesty, if I ever do. When I find someone with a good sense of humor or irony, I may judge them as not too fragile, and ready to hear a different point of view.
“I may judge them as not too fragile”
You nailed the issue. Most leftists are emotionally fragile.
Anything can set them off in a rage.
You’re surrounded! But, you’ve “got the enemy just where you want them” (LOL)!
Honestly, you can’t escape them they’re everywhere.
Have you ever watched the movie “The Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (the 50’s version not the one with Donald Sutherland)?