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| name-calling; slagging off (suburbian) | |||
| demonization; bogeymanization; making into the bogeyman; mudslinging; defamation; demonization rhetoric | |||
| character assassination; criticizing; censuring | |||
| bashing ("That's foolish talk. Affordable housing and public transit will only bring the riff-raff and the street urchins, not to mention the unwashed masses to our exclusive West Van." "Uh-oh, looks like West Van bashing time again." (Reddit) ART Vancouver) | |||