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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)nds 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.

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


==Feminazi==

The  term coined by conservative radio host [[Rush Limbaugh]] to refer to the [[feminism|feminists]]  Apparantly a [[feminazi]] was orginally a woman to whom the most important thing in life is seeing to it that as many abortions as possible are performed." 

Others now use the term more loosely to describe almost any active and militant feminist
The term is also sometimes used to describe to  the "feminists police"; those who draw attention to and object to the possible sexist nuances in daily life, terms such as "manned spacecraft"
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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 many Muslims find the term insulting, as it suggests a link between Islam and Fascism.

(contracted; show full) Israeli government policy are fascist or similar to behavior thought typical of Nazis. Sometimes the target of the terms is a philosophy that only Jews should have political rights in Israel, or that Israel should be governed by the principles of Jewish law rather than Western democratic principles.  Much more commonly, the terms are used by opponents of Israeli behavior towards the Palestinians.  In most cases, the user of the terms intends them to be offensive for the rhetorical effect this creates.


Also see [[Godwin's law]].
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==Tory and Whig==

Originally a Tory was a supporter of [[James II]] of [[England]], the king who was ousted when he tried to reintroduce Roman Catholicism into England.   The name was given them by their opponents, the Whigs; the supporters of [[William and Mary]].   Tory is derived from thwe Irish word, "toraidhe" meaning an outlaw or rebel, specifically a Roman Catholic who preyed on the Protestant Settlers.   The name stuck to the conservative side of British politics even beyond the formation of the British Conservative Party in [[1830]].
Tory was also used in USA to describe the loyalists during the [[American Revolution]].

The term Whig was originally used to mean a Scottish Presbyterian, particularly a Covenanter in rebellion against the Crown.   The origin of the word is obscure but it may refer to a group of seventeenth century Scottish rebels whose attack on Edinburgh is called the Whiggamore Raid.    Alternatively "whigmaleerie" is an old Scottish word meaning a silly idea.

==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.

See also [[Godwin's Law]]
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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?]