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IMO it makes no sense to add various examples when someone blurbed "useful idiot". IMO per WP:TRIVIA the examples must be either detailed discussion or have lasting consequence/discussion. --Altenmann >talk 18:06, 31 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please explain your objection. I think that a view expressed by the Prime Minister of Israel about the anti-Israel protesters in the U.S. is not trivial. I added this example because it is fully aligned with the definition as written in the article, and is an important observation about the etiology of the current protests in the U.S. I am interested in your view and how to incorporate the example in the article. BlueAcres (talk) 17:35, 2 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

My objection was explained. Please explain what was unclear. It may be important in the article Benjamin Netanyahu as part of his political profile, but not here. Imagine how large the articles "Fascist" or "dictator" would grow if we put all cases of these insults used. If this case were cited in a scholarly article about the term, then we could have added it here a well. Otherwise it is just WP:TRIVIA. --Altenmann >talk 19:04, 2 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

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