Political Terms

Political terms can be obscure. They can indicate a level of low cunning, used to deceive honest voters. Here are some. Others are at Political campaigning.

Liberal Democracy is a misnomer, a perversion of the truth.
Representative Democracy is another
Racism is a Marxist construct, a Marxist Propaganda tool used to impose Third World immigration on Western Civilization but not, of course Israel.   
Agitprop - was an outdated Soviet approach to propaganda. Now the Jews run the whole of the Mainstream Media      
Anchor Baby - produce one & become an American citizen as a matter of right - of law anyway    
Champagne Socialist      
dindu nuffin: is what blacks say when they are arrested. Making the point is Racist according to the Wikionary.         
Diversity is another word for Multiculturalism or Cultural Diversity   
Diversity hire means: He got the job even though he is no good because he is black 
Divide and Conquer is a major political technique summarised by Hegel as "thesis, antithesis, synthesis"
Dog Whistle Politics send messages without saying them in so many words.
Drain The Swamp ex Wiki = sort out the corruption       
Enemy Of The People - usually a communist term.
Ethnomasochism ex Metapedia NB compare it with the next one & decide which one is telling the truth. 
Ethnomasochism ex Wiki     
Fifth Column - traitors within the gates 
Hard Right ex Wiki - is just a term of abuse used by propagandists. It does not mean advocating mass murder etc.
Judas Goats lead others of the herd to their doom; they are trained to betray. 
Liberal means Libertarian except in America where it has been changed to Socialist  
LIHOP - let it happen on purpose [ the 9/11 Job ]     
MIHOP - Make It Happen On Purpose [ the 9/11 Job ]    
Magic Dirt Theory
Meme  an idea or a style      
Mud Slinging - an honest term.
Negative Campaigning - an honest term.
Party Line - the point of view imposed by Cultural Marxists & other Tyrants
Progressivism - is a code word for Marxism or, at least Left Wing  
Public School - means not run by a government        
Push Poll is mud slung by phone.
Radicalism - essentially a leftie or Rent A Mob  
Regressive Left ex Wiki 
Social Justice Warrior  - the Wiki displays its bias  
SOP is short for Standard Operating Procedure  
TPTB = The Powers That Be  ex  Tyndale Bible, the 1526 translation of the New Testament, as: "The powers that be, are ordained of God"
Thought collectives - a simple idea with a Marxist feel to it   
Trope  an idea, a hint, a pointer
Stalking Horse - is sent to test the strength of feeling.           
Virtue Signalling -  the Wiki displays its bias  again
Wedge Issue - divide and conquer.

The Wiki also links to:-

 

9/11 Conspiracy Theory Types ex Wiki
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Types
The most prominent conspiracy theories can be broadly divided into three main forms:

  • LIHOP ("Let it happen on purpose") – suggests that key individuals within the government had at least some foreknowledge of the attacks and deliberately ignored it or actively weakened United States' defenses to ensure the hijacked flights were not intercepted.[4][12][13] Similar allegations were made about Pearl Harbor.
  • MIHOP ("Make/Made it happen on purpose") – that key individuals within the government planned the attacks and collaborated with, or framed, al-Qaeda in carrying them out. There is a range of opinions about how this might have been achieved.[4][12][13]
  • Others – who reject the accepted account of the September 11 attacks are not proposing specific theories, but try to demonstrate that the U.S. government's account of the events is wrong. This, according to them, would lead to a general call for a new official investigation into the events of September 11, 2001. According to Jonathan Kay, managing editor for comment at the Canadian newspaper National Post[63] and author of the Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America's Growing Conspiracist Underground,[64] "They feel their job is to show everybody that the official theory of 9/11 is wrong. And then, when everybody is convinced, then the population will rise up and demand a new investigation with government resources, and that investigation will tell us what actually happened."[65]
[ Believe the Wiki at your peril- is this little piece is  intentionally misleading? I think so - Editor ]
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A sound point is buried here.

 

Diversity Hires
Is a phrase that started life as a Euphemism then rapidly fell out of favour because its meaning was too obvious for Americans. See e.g. Facebook recruiters get 'points' for diverse hires. It never made it on to the euphemism treadmill. It means people hired by outfits that want Blacks, brown or even Asian employees to make them look good in the eyes of the influential. This means taking them on because they are less competent than the rest of us i.e. White Men. It seems that Homosexual White Men Do Not Qualify As Diversity Hires because they are not incompetent. Pointing these things out is Politically Incorrect & also true. An alternative term is Affirmative Action. There is more on this at Words as Propaganda Tools. A direct definition is in the Urban Dictionary at   https://www.urbandictionary.com/author.php?author=Owen%20Jones%20will%20save%20humanity - NB Owen's spelling is not very good.

 

Drain The Swamp ex Wiki  
Washington was a malarial swamp. Draining it, cleaning it up made sense. Now it is a Den of Iniquity.

 

Dog Whistle Politics
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Dog-whistle politics is political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup. The phrase is only ever used as a pejorative, because of the inherently deceptive nature of the practice and because the dog-whistle messages are frequently themselves distasteful, for example by empathising with racist attitudes. It is an analogy to dog whistles, which are built in such a way that their high-frequency whistle is heard by dogs, but is inaudible to humans.

The term can be distinguished from "code words" used by hospital staff or other specialist workers, in that dog-whistling is specific to the political realm, and the messaging referred to as the dog-whistle has an understandable meaning for a general audience, rather than being incomprehensible.
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You just might see political bias in the Wiki's examples.

 

Ethnomasochism ex Metapedia    
Ethnomasochism is the act of taking pleasure in contemplating the humiliation, subordination, or annihilation of one’s own ethnicity or race.[1]

The modern style of ethnomasochism has been argued to almost exclusively be a White phenomenon.[1] It may be related to phenomena such as White guilt, pathological altruism, and political correctness.

The concept of "noble savages" (who are typically claimed to be superior in important aspects to the own civilized people) has sometimes been seen as an early form of ethnomasochism.[1]

One form of ethnomasochism is taking pleasure from the immigration foreigners into the own country, because the own people is not "good enough".

In 2011, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan used the term to describe Obama’s mother Stanley Ann Dunham. John Derbyshire has written that "We read about Ann in her son’s autobiography (p. 47) refusing to accompany her Indonesian husband to dinner parties with visiting American businessmen. These were her own people, Ann’s husband would remind her; at which, the son tells us, “my mother’s voice would rise to almost a shout. They are not my people.”"[2][1]

Political activists such as the Jewish Susan Sontag ("The White race is the cancer of humanity") have sometimes been described as "White" ethnomasochists.[1]
PS It is related to Anti-white movement,  Antideutsche.  National masochism, Pathological altruism,  Political correctness & White guilt

 

Hard Right ex Wiki
Hard right is a political term used for political tendencies to the right of the mainstream right-wing and left of the far-right.

In the U.S. the term Hard right is often used to describe groups such as the Patriot movement and the Tea Party movement.[1][2] Features include Paleoconservatism, Christian theocracy and White nationalism.[3] It is said to be on the rise in response to the Obama presidency.[4] In the U.K. the term Hard right is used to describe hard-line elements within UKIP[5] and elements within mainstream parties that favour a pro-business neoliberal agenda.[6] Elsewhere in Europe a range of populist anti-immigration groups are referred to as Hard right such as the AfD in Germany.[7]

 

Judas Goats ex Wiki
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A Judas goat is a trained goat used in general animal herding. The Judas goat is trained to associate with sheep or cattle, leading them to a specific destination. In stockyards, a Judas goat will lead sheep to slaughter, while its own life is spared. Judas goats are also used to lead other animals to specific pens and onto trucks. They have fallen out of use in recent times, but can still be found in various smaller slaughterhouses in some parts of the world.

The term is a reference to the biblical character Judas Iscariot.[1]
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Treachery is the name of the game with goats as with people. See Judas Goats for more bout the book.

 

Magic Dirt Theory ex Metapedia
Is the idea that when Savages of one sort or another get to civilization, e.g. America they will start acting like real people.
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Magic dirt is a derogatory term for the theory that where a person lives determines the person's psychological characteristics. It is a variant of the "blank slate" theory.

Such views are often applied to migrants, both between countries and within countries, with an assumption being that migrants (or their descendants) from poorly functioning areas/populations will assume the characteristics of well-functioning areas/populations by migrating.

A similar theory is that moving students from poorly functioning schools to well-functioning schools will cause the students to become well-functioning.

Civic nationalists often explicitly or implicitly support the theory.

Criticisms
Supporters of the magic dirt theory and mass immigration often point to earlier immigration of Europeans to the United States, arguing that this was successful, despite sometimes initial opposition to some immigrant groups, and claiming that the same thing will happen in the future. This ignores the very different nature of many current immigrant groups with, for example, the cultural and genetic differences being much larger. Black-White differences and problems are still extensive, despite Blacks having been freed from slavery for many generations. Another difference is that the earlier European immigration occurred when tax-paid welfare systems were much smaller or absent.

In Latin America, despite many hundreds of years of race mixing, race differences are very extensive. See Effects of race mixing: Latin America.

School desegregation and desegregation busing in the United States did not eliminate Black-White achievement differences, as expected by desegregation proponents.

See Islamization and anti-Islamization: Opinion surveys of Muslims on surveys finding unchanged or increasing support for sharia and other not politically correct views by Muslim immigrants and their descendants, rather than decreasing support as often assumed by liberals.

See Race and intelligence: The genetics or not debate: Socioeconomic factors on race, IQ, and socioeconomic factors.

See Race and intelligence: The genetics or not debate: Immigrants on race, IQ, and migration.

Another criticism is that the magic dirt theory is an example of the sociologist's fallacy.
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Sober commentary, fair commentary. NB The Wiki chose not to write it because they don't want to look stupid.

 

Meme ex Wiki 
A meme (/miːm/ MEEM)[1][2][3] is an idea, behavior, or style that becomes a fad and spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.[4] A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures.[5]

Proponents[who?] theorize that memes are a viral phenomenon that may evolve by natural selection in a manner analogous to that of biological evolution.[citation needed] Memes do this through the processes of variation, mutation, competition, and inheritance, each of which influences a meme's reproductive success. Memes spread through the behavior that they generate in their hosts. Memes that propagate less prolifically may become extinct, while others may survive, spread, and (for better or for worse) mutate. Memes that replicate most effectively enjoy more success, and some may replicate effectively even when they prove to be detrimental to the welfare of their hosts.[6]

A field of study called memetics[7] arose in the 1990s to explore the concepts and transmission of memes in terms of an evolutionary model. Criticism from a variety of fronts has challenged the notion that academic study can examine memes empirically. However, developments in neuroimaging may make empirical study possible.[8] Some commentators in the social sciences question the idea that one can meaningfully categorize culture in terms of discrete units, and are especially critical of the biological nature of the theory's underpinnings.[9] Others have argued that this use of the term is the result of a misunderstanding of the original proposal.[10]

The word meme itself is a neologism coined by Richard Dawkins, originating from his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.[11] Dawkins's own position is somewhat ambiguous. He welcomed N. K. Humphrey's suggestion that "memes should be considered as living structures, not just metaphorically"[11] and proposed to regard memes as "physically residing in the brain."[12] Later, he argued that his original intentions, presumably before his approval of Humphrey's opinion, had been simpler.[13]

 

Public School ex Wiki 
This the Wikipedia's  version of truth. American public schools are government operations.
A public school in England and Wales is an older, student-selective, fee-charging, independent secondary school which caters primarily for children aged between 11 or 13 and 18. The term "public" should not be misunderstood to mean that these schools are part of the public sector (that is, funded from public taxes); they are in fact part of the private sector. However in Scotland, where a state-funded education system began roughly 300 years prior to England's, the term "public school" is used in a different sense than in England—in the sense of a school administered by the local government to serve the children of that area...........

Public schools emerged from charity schools established to educate poor scholars, the term "public" being used to indicate that access to them was not restricted on the basis of religion, occupation, or home location, and that they were subject to public management or control,[1] in contrast to private schools which were run for the personal profit of the proprietors [ allegedly ].[2]

The origins of schools in the UK were primarily religious until 1640,[clarification needed] when House of Commons invited Comenius to England to establish and participate in an agency for the promotion of learning. It was intended that by-products of this would be the publication of 'universal' books and the setting up of schools for boys and girls.[3] Soon after the Clarendon Commission reported in 1864, the Public Schools Act 1868 gave the following seven schools independence from direct jurisdiction or responsibility of the Crown, the established church, or the government: Charterhouse, Eton College, Harrow School, Rugby School, Shrewsbury School, Westminster School, and Winchester College. Henceforth each of these schools was to be managed by a board of governors. The following year, the headmaster of Uppingham School invited sixty to seventy of his fellow headmasters to form what became the Headmasters' Conference—later the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). Separate preparatory schools (or "prep schools") developed from the 1830s, which "prepared" younger boys for entry to the senior schools; as a result the latter began limiting entry to boys who had reached 12 or 13 years of age.

Public schools have had a strong association with the ruling classes. Historically, they educated the sons of the English upper and upper-middle classes. The sons of officers and senior administrators of the British Empire were educated in England while their parents were on overseas postings. In 2010, over half of Cabinet Ministers had been educated at public schools; by contrast, most prime ministers since 1964 were educated at state schools. In 2014, annual fees at Canford School and Eton College were more than £33,000 for boarders.[4]

 

Progressivism ex Wiki
Progressivism is a philosophy based on the Idea of Progress, which asserts that advancements in science, technology, economic development, and social organization are vital to the improvement of the human condition. Progressivism became highly significant during the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, out of the belief that Europe was demonstrating that societies could progress in civility from barbaric conditions to civilization through strengthening the basis of empirical knowledge as the foundation of society.[1] Figures of the Enlightenment believed that progress had universal application to all societies and that these ideas would spread across the world from Europe.[1] Sociologist Robert Nisbet defines five "crucial premises" of the Idea of Progress as being: value of the past; nobility of Western civilization; worth of economic/technological growth; scientific/scholarly knowledge obtained through reason over faith; the intrinsic importance and worth of life on Earth.[2] Beyond this, the meanings of progressivism have varied over time and from different perspectives.

The contemporary common political conception of progressivism in the culture of the Western world emerged from the vast social changes brought about by industrialization in the Western world in the late 19th century, particularly out of the view that progress was being stifled by vast economic inequality between the rich and the poor; minimally regulated laissez-faire capitalism with monopolistic corporations; and intense and often violent conflict between workers and capitalists, thus claiming that measures were needed to address these problems.[3]

The term is also now often used as shorthand for a more or less left-wing way of looking at the world.[4]

 

Radicalism ex Wiki
The term political radicalism (or simply, in political science, radicalism) denotes political principles focused on altering social structures through revolutionary means and changing value systems in fundamental ways. Derived from the Latin radix (root), the denotation of radical has changed since its eighteenth-century coinage to comprehend the entire political spectrum—yet retains the "change at the root" connotation fundamental to revolutionary societal change. Historically, radicalism has referred exclusively to the radical left (under the single category of far-left politics) and rarely incorporating far-right politics, though these may have revolutionary elements; the prominent exception is in the United States where some consider radicalism to include both political extremes of the radical left and the radical right. In traditional labels of the spectrum of political thought, the opposite of radical on the "right" of the political spectrum is termed reactionary.

The nineteenth-century Cyclopaedia of Political Science (1881, 1889) reports that "radicalism is characterized less by its principles than by the manner of their application".[1] Conservatives often used the term radical pejoratively, whereas contemporary left radicals used the term conservative derogatorily;[2] thus contemporary denotations of radical, radicalism, and political radicalism comprehend far left (hard left,[3] radical left),[4] and far right (hard right, radical right).[5]..........

 Philosophically, the French political scientist Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78), is the principal theoretician proposing political radicalism as feasible in republican political philosophy, viz the French Revolution (1789–99), and other modern revolutions—the antithesis to the liberalism of John Locke.[6]

 

Regressive Left ex Wiki
The regressive left (also sometimes referred to as regressive liberals) is a political epithet used to negatively characterize a section of left-wing politics which is accused of paradoxically holding reactionary views due to its tolerance of illiberal principles and ideologies (such as extremist Islamism) for the sake of multiculturalism and cultural relativism.

Within the specific context of multiculturalism, British anti-Islamism activist Maajid Nawaz used the term in 2012 in his memoir Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism[note 1] to describe "well-meaning liberals and ideologically driven leftists" in the United Kingdom who naïvely and "ignorantly pandered to" Islamists and helped Islamist ideology to gain acceptance. In a 2015 video presentation on the Internet forum Big Think, Nawaz elaborated on the meaning of the term, saying that it describes "a section of the left" that has, in his opinion, "an inherent hesitation to challenge some of the bigotry that can occur within minority communities ... for the sake of political correctness, for the sake of tolerating what they believe is other cultures and respecting different lifestyles".[2]

Among well-known political and social commentators, political talk-show hosts such as Bill Maher and Dave Rubin, as well as New Atheist writers like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins have discussed the concept numerous times.[3][4]

 

Social Justice Warrior ex Wiki
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"Social justice warrior" (commonly abbreviated SJW) is a pejorative term for an individual promoting socially progressive views;[1] including feminism,[1][2] civil rights,[1] multiculturalism,[citation needed] political correctness,[2] and identity politics.[3] The accusation of being an SJW carries implications of pursuing personal validation rather than any deep-seated conviction,[4] and being engaged in disingenuous social justice arguments or activism to raise personal reputation.[5]

The phrase originated in the late 20th century as a neutral or positive term for people engaged in social justice.[1] During the Gamergate controversy, the negative connotation gained increased use, and was particularly aimed at those espousing views adhering to social liberalism, political correctness, or feminism.[1][2]

The term has entered popular culture, including a parody role-playing video game released in 2014 titled Social Justice Warriors.[6][7] The game was focused around debating an Internet troll, and its creator was motivated to encourage users to engage in critical thinking.[8]
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This is one of the Wikipedia's more tendentious articles. It implies that "social justice" has a lot to do with real justice; that "progress" is for the better. Ditto for Feminism, Identity Politics & other of Marxism's single issue propaganda operations.

 

Stalking Horse ex Wiki
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A stalking horse is a figure that tests a concept with someone or mounts a challenge against someone on behalf of an anonymous third party. If the idea proves viable or popular, the anonymous figure can then declare its interest and advance the concept with little risk of failure. If the concept fails, the anonymous party will not be tainted by association with the failed concept and can either drop the idea completely or bide its time and wait until a better moment for launching an attack.

The term stalking horse originally derived from the practice of hunting, [1] particularly of wildfowl.[2] Hunters noticed that many birds would flee immediately on the approach of humans, but would tolerate the close presence of animals such as horses and cattle.

Hunters would therefore slowly approach their quarry by walking alongside their horses, keeping their upper bodies out of sight until the flock was within firing range. Animals trained for this purpose were called stalking horses. Sometimes mobile hides are used for a similar purpose.........

The expression is generally used in politics and business. In politics, the circumstances are an attempt to bring down a powerful leader, usually by members of their own party. In business, the circumstances are an attempt at testing the market for a potential (hostile) takeover of a business. In each case, there is the clear understanding that the anonymous party, whether a company or an individual, has a valuable reputation that could be damaged by the failure. The stalking horse is an exercise in assessing accurately the degree of risk, thus a full-blooded challenge is only mounted by the main party when there is a real likelihood of success.
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They used one on Maggie Thatcher. 

 

Thought Collective ex Wiki 
Fleck wrote that the development of truth in scientific research was an unattainable ideal as different researchers were locked into thought collectives (or thought-styles). A "truth" was a relative value, expressed in the language or symbolism of the thought collective in which it belonged, and subject to the social and temporal structure of this collective. To state therefore that a specific truth is true or false is impossible. It is true in its own collective, but incomprehensible or unverifiable in most others. He felt that the development of scientific insights was not unidirectional and does not consist of just accumulating new pieces of information, but also in overthrowing the old ones. This overthrowing of old insights is difficult because a collective attains over time a specific way of investigating, bringing with it a blindness to alternative ways of observing and conceptualization. Change was especially possible when members of two thought collectives met and cooperated in observing, formulating hypothesis and ideas. He strongly advocated comparative epistemology. This approach anticipated later developments in social constructionism, and especially the development of critical science and technology studies.
PS The idea comes from Ludwik Fleck, a Jew from Poland.

 

Trope ex Wiki
A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech.[1] The word trope has also come to be used for describing commonly recurring literary and rhetorical devices,[2] motifs or clichés in creative works.[3][4]

The term trope derives from the Greek τρόπος (tropos), "turn, direction, way", derived from the verb τρέπειν (trepein), "to turn, to direct, to alter, to change".[3] Tropes and their classification were an important field in classical rhetoric. The study of tropes has been taken up again in modern criticism, especially in deconstruction.[5] Tropological criticism (not to be confused with tropological reading, a type of biblical exegesis) is the historical study of tropes, which aims to "define the dominant tropes of an epoch" and to "find those tropes in literary and non-literary texts", an interdisciplinary investigation of which Michel Foucault was an "important exemplar".[5]

 

Virtue Signalling ex Wiki 
Virtue signalling is the conspicuous expression of moral values done primarily with the intent of enhancing standing within a social group.[1] The term was first used in signalling theory, to describe any behavior that could be used to signal virtue—especially piety among the religious.[2] In recent years, the term has become more commonly used as a pejorative characterization by commentators to criticize what they regard as empty, or superficial support of certain political views, and also used within groups to criticize their own members for valuing outward appearance over substantive action.[3][4]

 

Wedge Issue ex Wiki
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A wedge issue is a social issue, often of a divisive or controversial nature, which splits apart a population or political group. Wedge issues can be advertised or publicly aired in an attempt to weaken the unity of a population; with the goal of enticing polarized individuals to give support to an opponent. The use of wedge issues gives rise to wedge politics. Wedge issues are also known as hot button or third rail issues.

Political campaigns use wedge issues to exploit tension within a targeted population. A wedge issue may often be a point of internal dissent within an opposing party, which that party attempts to suppress or ignore discussing because it divides "the base." Typically, wedge issues have a cultural or populist theme, relating to matters such as crime, national security, sexuality (e.g. gay marriage), or race. A party may introduce a wedge issue to an opposing population, while aligning itself with the dissenting faction of the opposition. A wedge issue, when introduced, is intended to bring about such things as:

  • A debate, often vitriolic, within the opposing party, giving the public a perception of disarray.
  • The defection of supporters of the opposing party's minority faction to the other party (or independent parties) if they lose the debate.
  • The legitimising of sentiment which, while perhaps popularly held, is usually considered inappropriate or politically incorrect; criticisms from the opposition then make it appear beholden to special interests or fringe ideology.
  • In an extreme case, a wedge issue might contribute to the actual fracture of the opposing party as another party spins off, taking voters with it.

To prevent these three consequences from occurring, the opposing party may attempt to take a "pragmatic" stand and officially endorse the views of its minority faction. However, this can lead to the defection of supporters of the opposing party's majority faction to a third party, should they lose the debate.
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Divide and conquer was what the Romans said. It worked then, it works now.

 

Negative Campaigning ex Wiki aka Mud Slinging
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Negative campaigning, also known more colloquially as "mudslinging", is trying to win an advantage by referring to negative aspects of an opponent or of a policy rather than emphasizing one's own positive attributes or preferred policies. In the broadest sense, the term covers any rhetoric in which one refers to one's opponent in an ad hominem manner.

Negative campaigning can be found in most marketplaces where ideas are contested. In U.S. politics, "mudslinging" has been called "as American as Mississippi mud". Some research suggests negative campaigning is the norm in all political venues, mitigated only by the dynamics of a particular contest.[1]
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Telling people why NOT makes sense. That is why the Tories & the Labour Party sound the same. 

 

Push Poll ex Wiki
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A push poll is an interactive marketing technique, most commonly employed during political campaigning, in which an individual or organization attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll.

In a push poll, large numbers of respondents are contacted, and little or no effort is made to collect and analyze response data. Instead, the push poll is a form of telemarketing-based propaganda and rumor mongering, masquerading as a poll. Push polls may rely on innuendo or knowledge gleaned from opposition research on an opponent. They are generally viewed as a form of negative campaigning.[1] This tactic is commonly considered to undermine the democratic process as false or misleading information is provided about candidates.

The term is also commonly used in a broader sense to refer to legitimate polls that aim to test political messages, some of which may be negative. Future usage of the term will determine whether the strict or broad definition becomes the most favored definition. However, in all such polls, the pollster asks leading questions or suggestive questions that "push" the interviewee towards adopting an unfavourable response towards the political candidate.
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This is mud slinging by phone.