> " "political ratfucking" (whatever that means)" That might sound like generic senseless profanity, but it's actually a term with specific meaning: "Ratfucki

> " "political ratfucking" (whatever that means)" That might sound like generic senseless profanity, but it's actually a term with specific meaning: "Ratfucking is an American slang term for political sabotage or dirty tricks." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfucking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfucking Whether or not ratfucking is indeed happening here as ESR asserts is another matter. I mean only to comment on the meaning of the term.