We might have made a contribution to society today. After seeing this I said "ring wing" to a friend who has a lot of followers and now on BBC.com..
Edit... Sadly no. It was too much to hope
"William F. Buckley Jr. coined the term "ring wing" of the Republican party meaning far right extremists in the 1950s. Buckley was the founder and editor of the conservative magazine
National Review, and he used the term to describe a faction of the Republican Party that he believed was too extreme and too willing to compromise with communism.
The term "ring wing" was originally used more broadly to describe any far-right group, but it eventually became specifically associated with the Republican Party. In the 1960s and 1970s, the term was used to describe supporters of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan, who were both seen as being on the far-right of the Republican Party.
Today, the term "ring wing" is used to describe the most conservative and extreme elements of the Republican Party. These individuals often hold views that are outside of the mainstream of American politics, and they may be opposed to immigration, abortion, and gun control.
Here is an example of Buckley using the term "ring wing" in a 1964 article in
National Review:
"The ring wing of the Republican Party, which has been so influential in the Goldwater movement, has nothing to offer the American people but a return to the isolationism, the McCarthyism, and the protectionism of the past."
Buckley's use of the term "ring wing" was controversial at the time, but it has since become widely accepted. Today, the term is used by both conservatives and liberals to describe the most extreme elements of the Republican Party.
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