Libertatis's definitions

Basket of Deplorables

A group of bigoted Far Right wingers that congregated both on and off line in groups to support policies and ideas with bigoted undertones.
A Basket of Deplorables have the strong tendency to support Donald Trump as well as engage in acts of hostility and bigotry towards others online. Often harassing in groups those who call them out for their bigotry on twitter then playing the victim when people retaliate against them.

A Basket of Deplorables descended on a reporter's twitter account with hateful rhetoric after the reporter tweeted an article highlighting the issues surrounding Donald Trump

by Libertatis September 18, 2016

Moderate Bait and Switch

When a candidate for political office, runs a political campaign portraying themselves to the public as being political moderate then where the candidate actually stands on various political issues in an effort to broaden their appeal to a larger group of voters.

Upon winning the political office the candidate ran for, the new elected Politician then reveals themselves to the public to be a partisan hardliner who instead of working with both parties, toes the political party line that they are affiliated with. Often pushing for policies that the party they affiliated with wants regardless of what they pledged on the campaign trail.

Despite portraying himself as not being a partisan hardliner during the General Election campaign, Senator Smith pulled a Moderate Bait and Switch on the voters of the state that elected him and proceeded to vote in favor of policies he said he would not support on the campaign trail

by Libertatis September 18, 2016

pro birth

Someone Who is against people having the ability to have an abortion regardless of the health of the mother or the health of the fetus. A Pro Birther differs from other groups against Abortion in that they don't care what happens to a child brought into the world after a women is forced to give birth nor the complication a mother might have afterwards. Birth defects, stillborn it doesn't matter to a pro-birther as long as the mother to be is forced to adhere to the cultural values of the Pro Birth movement.
Once the child is brought into the world it's no longer their problem nor should the goverment do anything about helping the child using taxpayer money.

"She's not pro-life , but Pro Birth" said David. Otherwise she would have cared the life of the mother to be when she died carrying the still born fetus to term.

by Libertatis June 9, 2016

Politically Correct Card

The act of using the term Politically Correct in an political argument or debate in an effort to cover for not stating one's unpopular opinion. Mostly done out of cowardliness to avoid being criticized for sharing their unpopular opinion for fear of being ridiculed or in an effort to cheaply stifle someone's well explained opinion.

Being confronted with an well argued opinion opposed to Paul's point of view, Paul decided to play the Politically Correct Card instead of giving a proper counter argument.

by Libertatis June 9, 2016

Trump Whoring

To use bigoted, demeaning, slanderous rhetoric to get attention for your political campaign from the media.
A political form of Attention whoring

Ann Coulter was Trump Whoring when she rushed to defend an political candidate for his racist comment towards a Judge

by Libertatis June 8, 2016

NRA Zombie

A Gun advocate that takes arguments made by the National Rifle Association at face value regardless of how absurd they are. Unlike regular Gun Advocates that are willing to have a calm and reasonable discussion with those whom they disagree with, the NRA Zombies have weak critical thinking skill and don't believe in fact checking before accepting what is said by the NRA.
When approached with anything outside the NRA narrative, the NRA Zombie is reacts with...

* Denial accompanied with Confirmation bias

* ad hominem attacks, including and not limited to falsely questioning one's love of country
* Empty References to Freedom
* Or verbal hostility

Paul knew by the vitriol being thrown when he mentioned the word universal background checks, that he was not talking to a regular 2nd amendment advocate. Instead he had encountered an NRA Zombie

by Libertatis October 19, 2015

Dick Cheney Moment

When a politician or some other public servant tells someone else in government who they are having issues with to "Go fuck yourself".

A comment immortalized by then Vice President Dick Cheney in an exchange with Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy on the US Senate floor back in 2004. The comment has since shown up in various political satire about Vice President Cheney.

Judging by the reaction of the tense exchange that had occurred between Congressman Frank and Congressman Stewart, It was apparent that Congressman Frank had just had a Dick Cheney Moment

by Libertatis October 18, 2015