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A derrogatory term to define someone who is mildly left-wing, socialist or communist. | A derrogatory term to define someone who is mildly left-wing, socialist or communist. | ||
To differentiate from someone who is a left-extremist or radical, which would signify a saturated red in the political (color) spectrum. A ''pinko'' would sit in a pastel-like pink, a washed out red tone. | To differentiate from someone who is a left-extremist or radical, which would signify a saturated red in the political (color) spectrum. A ''pinko'' would sit in a pastel-like pink, a washed out red tone.<blockquote>[Elitist]... is used as frequently, and for the same reasons, as "pinko" was used in the fifties. - THE TYRANNY of STRUCTURELESSNESS, by Jo Freeman</blockquote> | ||
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A derrogatory term to define someone who is mildly left-wing, socialist or communist.
To differentiate from someone who is a left-extremist or radical, which would signify a saturated red in the political (color) spectrum. A pinko would sit in a pastel-like pink, a washed out red tone.
[Elitist]... is used as frequently, and for the same reasons, as "pinko" was used in the fifties. - THE TYRANNY of STRUCTURELESSNESS, by Jo Freeman