BlueAnon

A liberal or Democrat who buys into conspiracy theories, spurious news stories, or sensationalist claims about Donald Trump, the Republican party, or conservatives in general. It also implies a level of hypocrisy, criticizing conservatives for buying into conspiracy theories while believing equally outlandish conspiracy theories themselves.
A portmanteau of "Blue" (the color most frequently associated with the Democratic Party) and "QAnon," a conspiracy theory whose followers are mainly right-wing Trump supporters.

Jacob thinks that the CPAC stage's shape is incontrovertible proof that it's full of crypto-Nazis. He's gone full BlueAnon.

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Demasker

A liberal who's nervous about not wearing a mask day-to-day anymore, despite being in good health and fully vaccinated against COVID.

The reason why a liberal becomes a demasker vary. Some, now accustomed to smugly broadcasting how sanitarily-minded they are and chiding others for improper mask usage, are still riding high and don't want the power trip to end just yet. Others are hesitant to admit just how much of their identity now revolves around liberal virtue signaling, or are worried that other virtue-signaling liberals will mistake them for anti-mask conservatives. Others still have been turned into paranoid hypochondriacs by too much cable news, overestimating the threat COVID poses to vaccinated people and thinking masks are still necessary.

"Why is Dave still wearing a mask everywhere, they said vaccinated people don't need one anymore."
"He's gone full demasker, he's a lost cause at this point

Blue MAGA

An American liberal whose support for Joe Biden, the Democratic Party, or other liberal figures mirrors the emotional fervor of Donald Trump supporters. This typically involves lionizing political figures as larger-than-life and saintly, buying political merchandise, and generally treating politics more akin to a sports team or cultural lifestyle.
A portmanteau of "blue" (the color most frequently associated with Democrats) and "MAGA" (Make America Great Again, Donald Trump's 2016 election slogan).
A more conspiratorially-minded Blue MAGA would be called a BlueAnon (Blue + QAnon).

You bought a Kamala Harris votive candle and a Ruth Bader Ginsburg Halloween costume? You've gone full Blue MAGA!

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motte-and-bailey argument

Also called the motte-and-bailey fallacy. A sort of rhetorical bait-and-switch where one puts forward a controversial point, then claims that they're actually arguing something far less controversial if challenged. This is often done by giving something an agreeable name (e.g., claiming that people who oppose Black Lives Matter the group oppose black lives mattering as a basic concept).

First coined by the philosopher Nicholas Shackel in 2005 and popularized by Star Slate Codex in 2014. Named after a style of medieval castle, where the hillfort (motte) is surrounded by a walled village (bailey). If the bailey was overrun, defenders could fall back to the motte and better weather the attack.

"You don't like MAGA flags, huh? What's wrong with wanting America to be great?"
"Stop it, that's a motte-and-bailey argument and you know it."

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sanewashing

Attempting to downplay a person or idea's radicality to make it more palatable to the general public. This is often done by claiming that the radicals are taken out of context, don't truly represent the movement, or that opponents' arguments about its severity are wrong. Oftentimes, the person doing the sanewashing isn't radical themselves—they may be doing so because they genuinely don't believe the movement to be radical, or are trying to justify to themselves how they can support a radical movement.

A portmanteau of "sane" + "whitewashing" (portraying something as better than it is). Coined on the /r/neoliberal subreddit in late 2020 to describe progressives who misrepresent radical stances.

"/r/antiwork isn't about not wanting to work at all, it's about wanting to reform wage labor to make it less exploitative."
"Stop sanewashing it, I found a video of the head moderator who says 20 hours of dog-walking is too labor-intensive."

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