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This article is a list of pejorative political slogans. 

==Common features of pejorative political slogans==

Many pejorative political slogans are obtained by joining an otherwise neutral description of a political movement or group with a pejorative term questioning the groups's sanity or motives, or associating the group with hated political movements of the past such as [[Nazi]]s or [[Communism|Communists]].  Arguments about the use of these slogans often follow a pattern in which proponents o(contracted; show full)

Regardless of the intent of the author, the possibility that pejorative political slogans will be construed broadly than expected creates the danger of alienating a large part of 
ones one's audience.  Thus, except in cases where the slogan is being used a [[shibboleth]] to closely identify the author with a particular political movement, a wise writer or speaker will generally adopt more neutral terminology.
Conversely, in classical [[rhetoric]], the [[principle of charity]] demands that when making an argument one assumes the most generous interpretation of one's opponent's statements, so that one's own argument is not derailed by simply claiming that the opponent's statements were misconstrued.  This principle suggests that the most principled response to another's use of pejorative slogans is to ignore them, accepting at face value the user's claim to a narrow interpretation while again adopting more neutral terminology in one's own arguments.
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==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.

(contracted; show full)==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.


== External links ==

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