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Lunatic, perhaps, but "fringe" actually does imply numeric inferiority.
by inimino 10y ago
Lunatic, perhaps, but "fringe" actually does imply numeric inferiority.
- lostboys67 10y agono in politics it means on the extreme end of a spectrum eg the KKK or the equivalent on the left who where calling for the workers of the world to help our Baathist sisters and bothers crush the uprising.
- inimino 10y agoIt's both. It's a visual metaphor for the edge of something, such as the fringe of a curtain or scarf. Something should be both extreme ideologically, and a relatively small minority to be "fringe".
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoOh God, tankies. Can we just not talk about fucking tankies? They're disgusting.
- lostboys67 10y agoI know :-) for those not who don't know what a "tankie" is its those small number Communist party members who supported the party line on Hungary.