Political insult
Political insult refers to a statement from a politician about another which contains disdainful purpose or notorious offense. They are not defined in any political protocol.
Notable political insults
[edit]- 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 Hewson, 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, called George Bush (President of United States) "devil" (see 2006 Chávez speech at the United Nations).[5]
- 2010, Mohammad-Javad Larijani, Iranian Secretary of the 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 the Islamic Republic of Iran, to a monkey 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 the 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][further explanation needed]
- 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 the European Union, the United Nations, the Pope, and God in his speeches.[12]
- 2016, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, candidates in the 2016 United States presidential election, 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
[edit]- ^ Debate at Quincy, Illinois, October 13, 1858
- ^ "Insults". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ Marks, Russell, ed. (2014). The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating. Black Inc.
- ^ Alexander Chancellor (6 August 1999). "The Son of 60,000 Whores". Slate. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ Stout, David (20 September 2006). "Chávez Calls Bush 'the Devil' in U.N. Speech". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Questions for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad". The Wall Street Journal. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "John McCain Trashes Iranian President Ahmadinejad's Spaceman Dream With Twitter Joke". Business Insider. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "McCain's twitt". Twitter. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Netanyahu: Iranian president is 'wolf in sheep's clothing'". CNN. October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Obama, Duterte and other notorious political insults". BBC News. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ Jim Gomez (4 October 2016). "Duterte tells Obama 'you can go to hell,' warns of breakup". Associated Press. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "After Obama, UN, EU, and Pope, Duterte takes on God". Coconuts Manila. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton trade insults on CNN". The Guardian. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ Mazengarb, Michael (6 May 2019). "Keating: Morrison "a fossil with a baseball cap"". RenewEconomy. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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