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Line 3: − [[Liberals]] exploit and capitalize on the existence of milquetoast personalities in schools, corporations and other institutions in order to push their agenda. − [[Category:Liberals]][[Category:Debate]][[Category:Rhetoric]]+
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The term comes from a character in Harold T. Webster's 1924-1953 ''New York Herald Tribune'' comic strip ''The Timid Soul''. The character's name was Caspar Milquetoast, and Webster described him as “the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick”.<ref>World Wide Words, ''MILQUETOAST'', by Michael Quinion, 1 Jun 2002 [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mil1.htm]</ref> The name comes from the dish "milk toast", toast soaked in milk, which was fed to the sick. <ref>Don Markstein's Toonopedia™, ''THE TIMID SOUL''[http://www.toonopedia.com/milqueto.htm]</ref>
The term comes from a character in Harold T. Webster's 1924-1953 ''New York Herald Tribune'' comic strip ''The Timid Soul''. The character's name was Caspar Milquetoast, and Webster described him as “the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick”.<ref>World Wide Words, ''MILQUETOAST'', by Michael Quinion, 1 Jun 2002 [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mil1.htm]</ref> The name comes from the dish "milk toast", toast soaked in milk, which was fed to the sick. <ref>Don Markstein's Toonopedia™, ''THE TIMID SOUL''[http://www.toonopedia.com/milqueto.htm]</ref>
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