The Republican Party is a bunch of "quislings".

[kentuck]

A quisling is a traitor, especially one who collaborates with an enemy occupying force for personal gain.

The term arose because in World War II, Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian politician, volunteered to help the occupying Nazis rule Norway for Germany. Quisling was tried for treason and executed at the end of the war, and his name became synonymous with traitor and collaborator. The word quisling is not commonly used in the United States, however, probably because the American term for a traitor is "Benedict Arnold," the name of a Revolutionary War turncoat.


https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/quisling

[spanone]

1. I'd go with nazis.

[2naSalit]

4. Easier to spell.

They don't deserve more letters being wasted to identify them.

[spanone]

5. They have all the earmarks.

[2naSalit]

7. They sure do.

[pwb]

2. They would be Like the American loyalists who backed England during the revolutionary war.

Against us.

[Botany]

3. I would go with Christo Fascisti* Quisling

* J-6 thugs were no different from Benito Mussolini's black shirts that marched on
Rome in 1923 and took over the Capitol.

[Ocelot II]

6. It's an apt description of Trump when he was president

in the sense that he was installed and controlled by a foreign enemy.

[randr]

8. Now I get the "Q" thing

[wnylib]

9. Would be interesting to spread the word

that Q stands for Quisling. After the Q cultists look up who Quisling was, would it even matter to them?

[tikka]

12. That would be a good rumor to start about this Q bullshit

[Corkey]

13. Agree

Q-Anon = Quisling

[KS Toronado]

14. Welcome to DU!

[hay rick]

10. Let's just call a traitor a traitor.

Historical references immediately lose 90% of the American population. Speaking nicely or obliquely about these people is just a way to avoid speaking truthfully and effectively.

[plimsoll]

11. I've always liked quisling as a descriptor for GOPers.

Then we can put H7 on bumper stickers and not get assaulted by people with “F*ck Joe Biden” stickers on their jacked up immaculate manivan*

*crew cab pickup with a short bed.

[Wednesdays]

15. A lifted pickup

and don't forget the Confederate battle flag and gun rack.

[plimsoll]

17. I'm taking to calling them manivans

They’re clearly not primarily used to haul stuff. If they’re dirty it’s usually “show dirt. Whoever, bought them to compensate for something. I’d say something rude, but I think it’s more deep seated. Without the truck they’d question their manliness. So they functionally have a minivan, but not as practical.

[Wednesdays]

23. Just imagine when all vehicles become EVs

and they can't do "vroom vroom" anymore.

[Ocelot II]

16. I'm surprised more people don't know the origin of the term "quisling."

Quisling was even worse than Benedict Arnold. After the Nazis occupied Norway, Hitler installed him as the Prime Minister, and he headed the pro-Nazi puppet government jointly with the German civilian administrator, Josef Terboven. He was the worst sort of collaborator, the actual head of the government of the country he gave over to its enemy. Benedict Arnold was a high-ranking military officer who switched sides, mostly for money and because he was bitter because other officers had been promoted ahead of him - he was more the equivalent of Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who spied for the USSR. In the pantheon of villainous traitors, Quisling is probably the worst of the worst.

There's an excellent movie, The King's Choice, about how Quisling and the Nazis took over the government and how King Haakon VII refused to capitulate.

[AllyCat]

18. There used to be a medical clinic in Madison Wisconsin

called the Quisling clinic. Early ‘90s. I always thought that was odd.

[jaxexpat]

19. Good, I was scared for all the baby geese....

for a minute there. But that's goslings....never mind.

[keithbvadu2]

20. Benedict Arnold still a timely reference.

[Skittles]

24. Benedict Donald

indeed

[ffr]

21. Quisling: kwiz-ling

In case anyone wanted the pronunciation.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/quisling

[RussBLib]

22. going to send everyone to their dictionary for this one

Would not surprise me if the QAnon Quislings start to create their own dictionary. They've already created their own alternate reality.