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This article is a list of pejorative political slogans. 

==Environmentalist wacko==
"''Environmentalist wacko''" is a phrase that right-wing talk show host [[Rush Limbaugh]] uses to describe what he considers to be extremely [[radical environmentalism|radical environmentalists]]; he does not use it to describe people who ''merely'' care about the environment.

According to Limbaugh, some "environmentalist wackos" reject all forms of higher technology (electrical, mechanical, medicine, etc) and want the [[United States]] to abolish the automobile, stop using oil and gas, and revert to an agrarian society.  Members of [[Earth First]] or the [[Earth Liberation Front]] would be an example of those he might characterize "environmentalist wackos", since they participate in what many define as [[terrorist]] acts against corporations they perceive as unfriendly to the earth. 

However, he extends the use of the term to describe a much broader segment of the environmentalist movment; thus, other environmentalist policies and principles he attributes to "environmentalist wackos" include: ignoring economic consequences of environmental laws; ignoring or avoiding any cost/benefit analysis regarding environmental policies; placing an equal or higher value on animal life than on human life; suggestions that animals are "just as intelligent" as humans; relying on lawsuits and laws to solve environmental problems, rather than relying on the marketplace.  Thus, by many definitions, he would characterize the vast majority of environmentalists as "wackos".  He also often accuses "environmentalist wackos" of using environmentalism as an excuse for the government to gain more property and more control over our lives.

Limbaugh presents news stories with opinions which are unfavorable to theories and beliefs that those he characterizes as "environmentalist wackos" presumably hold.
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== Islamofascism ==

Some people think that the term "Islamofascism" is used as a one-word slogan implying that Islam or Islamic culture has much in common with Fascism. But this is not correct. The term ''Islamofascists'' refers solely to those who claim to be Muslims but are considered by their opponents as [[fascism|fascists]] with Islamic background. Nevertheless several Muslims find the term insulting, as it suggests a link between Islam and Fascism.

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==Wowser==

A New Zealand term, almost obsolete.  Originally it meant an Abolitionist, alcohol not slavery.  It also came to mean a killjoy, someone whose opposition to alcohol extended to all social jollity.



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== External links ==

* [http://www.dki.antifa.net/inipa/islamofascism.html An Antifascist dissident in Berlin discusses: Is there such a thing as Islamofascism?]