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harmonicon

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48. Yeah, sort of.

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #42)

Sat May 5, 2012, 03:08 PM

May 2012

I thought to look it up after I wrote that post, and from spending a bit of time, it's not completely clear. The term actually dates back hundreds of years and has had different uses. However, it is the case that it was popularized by the right wing for the purposes of being a derogatory term for the left.

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