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04/01/2008: ""Right-wing Populist" Label used to Discredit"
The label "right-wing populist" resonates negatively today the same way that "communist" did in the '50s and '60s, "fascist" did in the '70s and '80s and "climate change denier" does today. It saves the speaker from having to engage with the actual content of the argument and makes the bearer of the term solely responsible for the consequences of his or her actions.
[ These terms, used by opposing interests, are meant more as insults than as accurate descriptions. ]
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,544478,00.html