the line from authoritarians is often predictably to proclaim their opponents "terrorists" and the like

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/weakness-strongmen-step...

saalweachter 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Twenty-some years back, I attended a talk by a classicist who was talking about how the Romans, Caesar specifically I think, basically used "pirate" the same way.

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nmora 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I saw an exhibition on cannibalism that mentioned a similar thing such that being called a "cannibal" was used in a similar fashion.

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0cf8612b2e1e 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Are there any famous examples? Like did John Adams ever call an opponent a cannibal?

	▲	verdverm an hour ago \| parent [-]
		https://daily.jstor.org/first-ugly-election-america-1800/

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