Virtually all arbitrarily autocratic rulers were male until 2010, when a number of female U.S. politicians proved that demagoguery could cross gender lines, and the concept of "femagogue" was born.
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Some asshole shot somebody at a park today and anti-gun demagoguery is already pouring in from liberal politicians.
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A leader who uses a number of underhanded political techniques in order to gain power, including: warmongering, fear, censorship, propaganda, nationalism, xenophobia, hateful rhetoric, false logic, and blatant lies. Uses the blind, patriotic support of the people to institute a corrupt and oppressive government.
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A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.
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A leader of the common people in ancient times.
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A rabble-rouser.
Note that in modern usage the word is derogatory (negative).
A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.
2.
A leader of the common people in ancient times.
3.
A rabble-rouser.
Note that in modern usage the word is derogatory (negative).
Bill Clinton - The ultimate demagogue. Scandals of the Clinton Administration - sex, murder, illegal campaign funds, white water.
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(2) A person who usually is a fundamentalist Christian or Religiously/ Ethnically Jewish person who will justify anything that Israelis will do whether it's right or not as just because they are descendants of Holocaust victims or they believe that God wanted the Jewish people to have their own state i.e. state of Israel
(2) A person who usually is a fundamentalist Christian or Religiously/ Ethnically Jewish person who will justify anything that Israelis will do whether it's right or not as just because they are descendants of Holocaust victims or they believe that God wanted the Jewish people to have their own state i.e. state of Israel
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