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Bircher

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Birch·er  (bûrchr) also Birch·ist (-chst) or Birch·ite (-cht)
n.
A member or supporter of the John Birch Society, an anti-Communist organization founded in 1958.

[After John Birch (1918-1945), Indian-born American missionary and intelligence officer.]

Birchism n.
Birchist, Birchite adj.

Bircher [ˈbɜːtʃə], Birchist, Birchite
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member or supporter of the John Birch Society
Birchism  n


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The sentiments of the Texas GOP delegates on the immigration issue were also manifested in their reaction to the John Birch Society booth at the convention, where the Birchers collected over 850 signatures on their petition to Congress against a guest-worker/amnesty bill and for border security.
Christian Reconstructionism evolved, so to speak, from a radical variation of Calvinism, AKA Puritanism, and the Bircher politics of such men as the late Marietta, Ga.
By the 1960s, which is when Hart joined the magazine, National Review had shed some of its less palatable dogmas, letting "the magnolias go" and denouncing the Birchers as a malignant force.
 
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