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 Furthermore, a full reading of the article reveals several internal contradictions: some minor, some major. For example, the date when the term came into use is stated as 1890, 1930s, and 1940s. The term could not have originated three different times. The most egregious example of logical contradiction is in the lead, via the opinion of a cited source, we label the term a "slur ... intended to express contempt" while in the body we make the case that the term is used by Ralph Nader, Democrats themselves, and national news organizations, which by definition would mean Democrats are slurring themselves and new organizations are slurring their audiences