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Writing for [[Hot Air]], Taylor Millard criticized the word and its history of usage of by white nationalists within the conservative movement. He called it short-sighted, giving his opinion that [[Rand Paul]]'s popularity at leading majority-black universities could make African-Americans more conservative in the future.<ref name="hotair-07-26-2015"/> Matt Lewis, in ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', gave his opinion that the word could become as popular with Republicans as "RINO" ([[Republican In Name Only]]), even if they were oblivious to its often racial connotations. [[Erick Erickson]], of right-wing website [[RedState.com]], called the word an insult to Christian Republicans by white supremacists.<ref name="thedailybeast-07-28-2015"/> [[Milo Yiannopoulos]] of [[Breitbart News]], however, challenged the rhetoric that the term was purely racist, highlighting that "cuck" had long been used on 4chan as a term to attack any individual considered cowardly or lacking in principles.<ref name="breitbart-07-28-2015"/> Writing in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[David Weigel]] described the term as arising from disaffected elements of the right wing.<ref name="washingtonpost-07-29-2015"/>
Writing for [[Hot Air]], Taylor Millard criticized the word and its history of usage of by white nationalists within the conservative movement. He called it short-sighted, giving his opinion that [[Rand Paul]]'s popularity at leading majority-black universities could make African-Americans more conservative in the future.<ref name="hotair-07-26-2015"/> Matt Lewis, in ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', gave his opinion that the word could become as popular with Republicans as "RINO" ([[Republican In Name Only]]), even if they were oblivious to its often racial connotations. [[Erick Erickson]], of right-wing website [[RedState.com]], called the word an insult to Christian Republicans by white supremacists.<ref name="thedailybeast-07-28-2015"/> [[Milo Yiannopoulos]] of [[Breitbart News]], however, challenged the rhetoric that the term was purely racist, highlighting that "cuck" had long been used on 4chan as a term to attack any individual considered cowardly or lacking in principles.<ref name="breitbart-07-28-2015"/> Writing in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[David Weigel]] described the term as arising from disaffected elements of the right wing.<ref name="washingtonpost-07-29-2015"/>


Elizabeth Nolan Brown of ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'' argues that the Democratic party uses constant appeal of identity politics to various minority groups, and that the Republican party is at a crossroads in whether to accept a form of White identity politics.<ref>Brown, Elizabeth. [http://reason.com/blog/2015/08/21/republican-party-white-identity-politics Are Republicans Becoming the Party of White Identity Politics?], [[Reason magazine]], Hit and Run Blog, August 21, 2015</ref><h2>See also</h2><ul><li> [[Republican In Name Only|RINO]]</li>
Elizabeth Nolan Brown of ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'' argues that the Democratic party uses constant appeal of identity politics to various minority groups, and that the Republican party is at a crossroads in whether to accept a form of White identity politics.<ref>Brown, Elizabeth. [http://reason.com/blog/2015/08/21/republican-party-white-identity-politics Are Republicans Becoming the Party of White Identity Politics?], [[Reason magazine]], Hit and Run Blog, August 21, 2015</ref><h2>Notable persons accused of being cuckservatives</h2><ul>* [[Jeb Bush]], former [[Governor of Florida]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = 'Cuckservative': the internet's latest Republican insult hits where it hurts|url = http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/13/cuckservative-republicans-conservatives-jeb-bush|website = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-09-12|first = Alan Yuhas in New|last = York}}</ref>
* [[Erick Erickson]], editor-in-chief of [[RedState.com]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = "Cuckservative" is a Racist Slur and an Attack on Evangelical Christians|url = http://www.redstate.com/2015/07/29/cuckservative-is-a-racist-slur-and-an-attack-on-evangelical-christians/|website = RedState|accessdate = 2015-09-12}}</ref>
* [[Lindsey Graham]], [[United States Senate|US Senator]] from [[South Carolina]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = 'Cuckservative' Is a Gloriously Effective Insult|url = http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/28/cuckservative-is-a-gloriously-effective-insult-that-should-not-be-slurred-demonised-or-ridiculed/|accessdate = 2015-09-12}}</ref>
* [[Mike Huckabee]], former [[Governor of Arkansas]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Trump Fans Target ‘Mike Cuckabee’ for Being a ‘Cuckservative’|url = http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-fans-target-mike-cuckabee-for-being-a-cuckservative/|website = www.mediaite.com|accessdate = 2015-09-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Salon.com|url = http://www.salon.com|accessdate = 2015-09-12}}</ref>
* [[Gary Johnson]], former [[Governor of New Mexico]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Conservatives Are Holding a Conversation About Race|url = http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122372/conservatives-are-holding-conversation-about-race|website = The New Republic|accessdate = 2015-09-12|first = Jeet|last = Heer}}</ref>
* [[Matt Lewis (journalist)|Matt Lewis]], writer with ''[[The Daily Caller]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Daily Cuckservatives: A Response To Matt K. Lewis And Friends|url = http://therightstuff.biz/2015/07/23/the-daily-cuckservatives/|website = The Right Stuff|accessdate = 2015-09-12}}</ref>
* [[John McCain]], [[United States Senate|US Senator]] from [[Arizona]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Behind The Racist Hashtag That Is Blowing Up Twitter|url = http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/behind-the-racist-hashtag-some-donald-trump-fans-love|accessdate = 2015-09-12}}</ref>
* [[Grover Norquist]], founder of [[Americans for Tax Reform]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Behind The Racist Hashtag That Is Blowing Up Twitter|url = http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/behind-the-racist-hashtag-some-donald-trump-fans-love|accessdate = 2015-09-12}}</ref>
* [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], political commentator<ref>{{Cite web|title = Conservatives Are Holding a Conversation About Race|url = http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122372/conservatives-are-holding-conversation-about-race|website = The New Republic|accessdate = 2015-09-12|first = Jeet|last = Heer}}</ref>
* [[Mitt Romney]], former [[Governor of Massachusetts]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Cuckservatives, Trump, and the Future of the West|url = http://therightstuff.biz/2015/07/23/cuckservatives-trump-and-the-future-of-the-west/|website = The Right Stuff|accessdate = 2015-09-12}}</ref>
* [[Karl Rove]], political consultant and co-founder of [[American Crossroads]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = 'Cuckservative': the internet's latest Republican insult hits where it hurts|url = http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/13/cuckservative-republicans-conservatives-jeb-bush|website = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-09-12|first = Alan Yuhas in New|last = York}}</ref>
* [[Marco Rubio]], [[United States Senate|US Senator]] from [[Florida]]<ref>{{Cite news|title = From the Right, a New Slur for G.O.P. Candidates|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/us/from-the-right-a-new-slur-for-gop-candidates.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2015-08-13|access-date = 2015-09-12|issn = 0362-4331|first = Alan|last = Rappeport}}</ref>
* [[George Will]], political commentator<ref>{{Cite web|title = Cuckservative George Will Turns on Trump -|url = http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/cuckservative-george-will-turns-on-trump/|website = www.anonymousconservative.com|accessdate = 2015-09-12}}</ref>
</ul><h2>See also</h2><ul><li> [[Republican In Name Only|RINO]]</li>
<li> [[White guilt]]
<li> [[White guilt]]
</li>
</li>

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"Cuckservative", a neologistic epithet[1] reached the cusp of mainstream political conversation[2] around mid-July 2015,[3] where it soon gained media attention just a few weeks before the start of the first Republican primary debate.

Cuckservative is a portmanteau of the word "cuckold" and the political designation "conservative", an increasingly popular pejorative label used within the conservative movement in the United States.[4] The term has a number of definitions that seem to fall into three camps; within each of those camps the definition is further nuanced. Yet, fundamental to every definition is the relationship between the Cuckoo bird and the Warbler bird.[5]

Those in the self-described conservative media targeted by the cuckservative slur along with various moderate and left leaning news sites decried the term as an anti-Christian,[3] racist slur[6][7] and a rallying cry for white supremacists and "neoreactionaries".[8]

The term is used by conservatives to express "contempt for mainstream conservatives"[9] condemned as sell outs[10] in thrall with liberal values[2] and who buy into the key premises of the left.[6][11][12] They use the term similarly to the phrase Republican In Name Only.[13] Social conservatives who use the term condemn what they see as Republicans running on socially conservative values to appeal to their base during an election cycle, only to use vote trading to compromise on those values while in office.[9] Critics of the identity politics used by the Democratic party say that such Republicans capitulate on social issues because of political correctness in the media and the fear of being called "racist," "sexist" or "homophobic"[11] – and in doing so have surrendered their moral authority to the left.[14] The term "cuckold" has a long history as an insult impugning that men are weak and emasculated, and feel pleasure at their own humiliation because of sexual masochism. The term "cuckservative" similarly impugns that male Republicans are humiliated though their actions,[15] while feeling thrilled and excited from their own degradation[16] because of the abandonment of their own moral standards.[17][16]

Far right anti-immigrant groups have used the term to condemn White politicians who they say unknowingly promote "the interests of Jews and non-whites".[18] They attack a cuckservative as "an extreme universalist [who] seems often to suffer from ethnomasochism & pathological altruism. In short, a cuckservative is a white (non-Jewish) conservative who isn't racially aware."[19] The Anti-Defamation League says that the term is used by White nationalists as a synonym of the pre-existing phrase "Race traitors."[18]

A conservative news site in Spain translated 'cuckservative' to 'cornuservador', and defined the term as "...Republicans are nothing but the 'controlled opposition' completely in the hands of the political left, whose only aspiration is for those rare occasions when those hands pat them on the head, and the media rewards them with the coveted adjective 'moderate': these are the cornuservadores."[20]

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the term originated on fringe websites such as 4chan's /pol/ imageboard, the far-right message board My Posting Career, and the white nationalist site The Right Stuff.[17]

Use

Jeet Heer of The New Republic wrote that the word is a "fine example of how the sound of a word can reinforce its meaning: abrasive on the ears, cuckservative appropriately enough has an ugly origin and meaning".[15] The word was most popularly adopted in mid-2015 by some web users disapproving of the attempts by John McCain, Jeb Bush and other Republicans to establish more politically liberal positions, dubbing those who did "cuckservatives". Over a matter of weeks, the term then proceeded to attain usage additionally on social media and the wider internet.[15]

Writing for Hot Air, Taylor Millard criticized the word and its history of usage of by white nationalists within the conservative movement. He called it short-sighted, giving his opinion that Rand Paul's popularity at leading majority-black universities could make African-Americans more conservative in the future.[10] Matt Lewis, in The Daily Beast, gave his opinion that the word could become as popular with Republicans as "RINO" (Republican In Name Only), even if they were oblivious to its often racial connotations. Erick Erickson, of right-wing website RedState.com, called the word an insult to Christian Republicans by white supremacists.[8] Milo Yiannopoulos of Breitbart News, however, challenged the rhetoric that the term was purely racist, highlighting that "cuck" had long been used on 4chan as a term to attack any individual considered cowardly or lacking in principles.[14] Writing in The Washington Post, David Weigel described the term as arising from disaffected elements of the right wing.[1]

Elizabeth Nolan Brown of Reason argues that the Democratic party uses constant appeal of identity politics to various minority groups, and that the Republican party is at a crossroads in whether to accept a form of White identity politics.[21]

Notable persons accused of being cuckservatives

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Weigel, David (2015-07-29). "'Cuckservative' — the conservative insult of the month, explained". Washington Post. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  2. ^ a b Bernstein, Joseph (2015-07-28). "Behind The Racist Hashtag That Is Blowing Up Twitter". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  3. ^ a b Petersen, Austin (2015-08-04). "Is "Cuckservative" the New, Hip Racial Slur For White Nationalists?". The Libertarian Republic. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  4. ^ Rozsa, Matthew (2015-08-13). "Conservatives' crippling masculinity crisis: Cuckservatives, men's rights activism and the privilege the right refuses to acknowledge". Salon. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  5. ^ Hart, Alexander. "Cuckservatism: The Cuckoo In The Conservative Movement's Nest". vdare.com. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  6. ^ a b Erick Erickson (2015-07-29). ""Cuckservative" is a Racist Slur and an Attack on Evangelical Christians". Red State. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  7. ^ Christopher, Tommy (2015-07-29). "Trump Fans Target 'Mike Cuckabee' for Being a 'Cuckservative'". Mediaite. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  8. ^ a b Lewis, Matt (2015-07-28). "Twitter's Right-Wing Civil War". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  9. ^ a b Rappeport, Alan (2015-08-13). "From the Right, a New Slur for G.O.P. Candidates". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  10. ^ a b Millard, Taylor (2015-07-26). "Don't believe the #cuckservative lie". Hot Air. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  11. ^ a b Forney, Matt (2015-07-27). "10 Signs You Might Be A Cuckservative". Return of Kings. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  12. ^ Dougherty, Michael Brendan (2015-08-13). "Donald Trump and the myth of the free man in politics". The Week. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  13. ^ Yuhas, Alan (2015-08-13). "'Cuckservative': the internet's latest Republican insult hits where it hurts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  14. ^ a b Yiannopoulos, Milo (2015-07-28). "'Cuckservative' Is A Gloriously Effective Insult That Should Not Be Slurred, Demonised, Or Ridiculed". Breitbart News. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  15. ^ a b c Heer, Jeet (2015-07-26). "Conservatives Are Holding a Conversation About Race". New Republic. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  16. ^ a b Hood, Gregory (2015-07-24). "What is a Cuckservative?". American Renaissance. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  17. ^ a b "Getting Cucky: A Brief Primer On The Radical Right's Newest 'Cuckservative' Meme". Southern Poverty Law Center. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  18. ^ a b Greenblatt, Jonathan (2015-08-11). "White Supremacists Relish "Cuckservative" Controversy". ADL. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  19. ^ Clark, Alfred (2015-07-16). ""Cuckservative," a Definition". Radix Journal. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  20. ^ Esteban, Carlos (2015-08-08). "'Cornuservador': el término que saca de quicio al Partido Republicano" ['Cuckservative': the term that annoys the Republican Party]. Gaceta (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  21. ^ Brown, Elizabeth. Are Republicans Becoming the Party of White Identity Politics?, Reason magazine, Hit and Run Blog, August 21, 2015
  22. ^ York, Alan Yuhas in New. "'Cuckservative': the internet's latest Republican insult hits where it hurts". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  23. ^ ""Cuckservative" is a Racist Slur and an Attack on Evangelical Christians". RedState. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  24. ^ "'Cuckservative' Is a Gloriously Effective Insult". Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  25. ^ "Trump Fans Target 'Mike Cuckabee' for Being a 'Cuckservative'". www.mediaite.com. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  26. ^ "Salon.com". Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  27. ^ Heer, Jeet. "Conservatives Are Holding a Conversation About Race". The New Republic. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  28. ^ "The Daily Cuckservatives: A Response To Matt K. Lewis And Friends". The Right Stuff. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  29. ^ "Behind The Racist Hashtag That Is Blowing Up Twitter". Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  30. ^ "Behind The Racist Hashtag That Is Blowing Up Twitter". Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  31. ^ Heer, Jeet. "Conservatives Are Holding a Conversation About Race". The New Republic. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  32. ^ "Cuckservatives, Trump, and the Future of the West". The Right Stuff. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  33. ^ York, Alan Yuhas in New. "'Cuckservative': the internet's latest Republican insult hits where it hurts". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  34. ^ Rappeport, Alan (2015-08-13). "From the Right, a New Slur for G.O.P. Candidates". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  35. ^ "Cuckservative George Will Turns on Trump -". www.anonymousconservative.com. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
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