Social:Political insult

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Political insult refers to a statement from a politician about another one which contains disdainful purpose or notorious offense. They are not defined in any political protocol.

Notable political insults

  • 1858, Abraham Lincoln, on Stephen Douglas: "His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death."[1]
  • 1922, Georges Clemenceau, French statesman on David Lloyd George, British politician: "Oh, if I could piss the way he speaks!"[2]
  • 1989, Paul Keating, Australian Prime Minister on John Howard, Australian politician: “He’s just a shiver looking for a spine to run up.”[3]
  • 1999, Mustafa Tlass, Syrian minister of Defense called Yaser Arafat "son of 60,000 whores".[4]
  • 2006, Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela named George Bush (President of United States) "devil".[5] (See 2006 Chávez speech at the United Nations)
  • 2010, Mohammad-Javad Larijani, Iranian Secretary of High Council for Human rights, called Barack Obama, President of the United States "Kaka Siah", a Persian term akin to "nigger."[6]
  • 2013, John McCain, U.S. Senator, compared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Islamic republic of Iran with the monkeys by tweeting:"So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space – wasn't he just there last week? "Iran launches monkey into space"".[7][8][non-primary source needed]
  • 2013, Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel called Hasan Rouhani, President of Islamic republic of Iran, "a wolf in sheep's clothing".[9]
  • 2014, Tony Abbott, prime minister of Australia offended Vladimir Putin, president of Russia by saying "shirtfront".[10]
  • 2016, Rodrigo Duterte, president of Philippine used the words "Son of a whore" and "Go to the hell" for Barack Obama, President of the United States.[11] Duterte has also said some offenses about European Union, United Nations, Pope and God in his official speeches.[12]
  • 2016, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, United States presidential election of 2016 nominees have insulted each other in presidential debates.[13] Trump has a long history of using unflattering monikers and slurs against various political opponents.
  • 2019, Paul Keating on Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia: "He's a fossil with a baseball cap".[14]

References

  1. ↑ Debate at Quincy, Illinois, October 13, 1858
  2. ↑ "Insults". http://www.insults.net/html/historical/political_insults_4.html. 
  3. ↑ Marks, Russell, ed (2014). The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating. Black Inc.. 
  4. ↑ Alexander Chancellor (6 August 1999). "The Son of 60,000 Whores". Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/international_papers/1999/08/the_son_of_60000_whores.html. 
  5. ↑ Stout, David (20 September 2006). "Chávez Calls Bush 'the Devil' in U.N. Speech". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/20/world/americas/20cnd-chavez.html. 
  6. ↑ "Questions for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad". The Wall Street Journal. 22 September 2010. http://carnegieendowment.org/2010/09/22/questions-for-mahmoud-ahmadinejad. 
  7. ↑ "John McCain Trashes Iranian President Ahmadinejad's Spaceman Dream With Twitter Joke". Business Insider. 4 February 2013. http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mccain-insults-ahmadinejad-2013-2?IR=T. 
  8. ↑ "McCain's twitt". Twitter. 4 February 2013. https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/298456316538662912. 
  9. ↑ "Netanyahu: Iranian president is 'wolf in sheep's clothing'". CNN. October 2013. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/01/world/meast/israel-netanyahu-iran/. 
  10. ↑ "Obama, Duterte and other notorious political insults". BBC News. 6 September 2016. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-37286600. 
  11. ↑ Jim Gomez (4 October 2016). "Duterte tells Obama 'you can go to hell,' warns of breakup". Associated Press. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/719a579d1e394e3ba5e8499667e60a3b/us-philippine-drills-open-uncertainty-are-they-last. 
  12. ↑ "After Obama, UN, EU, and Pope, Duterte takes on God". Coconuts Manila. 26 September 2016. http://manila.coconuts.co/2016/09/27/after-obama-un-eu-and-pope-duterte-takes-god. 
  13. ↑ "Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton trade insults on CNN". The Guardian. 22 March 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/21/clinton-trump-cnn-final-five-forum-town-hall. 
  14. ↑ Mazengarb, Michael (2019-05-06). "Keating: Morrison "a fossil with a baseball cap"" (in en-AU). https://reneweconomy.com.au/keating-morrison-a-fossil-with-a-baseball-cap-21927/. 




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