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(75,778 posts)Thank you. That gives me a term that I can use in public that no maga cultist will understand. It's been a few years since I've heard or seen it!
Ocelot II
(121,473 posts)Quisling served as the puppet leader of his country under Nazi rule. In Europe his name is synonymous with "traitor" as Benedict Arnold is here.
MineralMan
(147,987 posts)I advise considerable caution...
Walleye
(36,395 posts)Especially the women who supported Trump. Quislings, perfect.
haele
(13,648 posts)Putin's Quislings rolls off the tongue better than *rumpistas.
Haele
debm55
(38,425 posts)elleng
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(58,022 posts)Coventina
(28,013 posts)beaglelover
(4,111 posts)Gore1FL
(21,990 posts)FreepFryer
(7,086 posts)I recommend folks look into the history of the polite Scandinavian resistance to Nazism (which was a fascinating local blend of effective Nordic disdain for Nazi race obsession, coordinated nonviolent civil disobedience and more active forms of resistance). For example, see Quisling and the Teachers Action. https://medium.com/memory-action/why-did-norwegian-teachers-wear-paper-clips-during-world-war-ii-5a9aa379e293
Ocelot II
(121,473 posts)and the one I have clipped to my sweater.
House of Roberts
(5,747 posts)'Norquisling' for years. Pretty much works with any so-called conservative, IMO.