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Origin of the term.
'''Milquetoast''' refers to an unassertive and spineless person who can be easily intimidated or dominated.
'''Milquetoast''' refers to an unassertive and spineless person who can be easily intimidated or dominated.
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>
[[Liberals]] exploit and capitalize on the existence of milquetoast personalities in schools, corporations and other institutions in order to push their agenda.
[[Liberals]] exploit and capitalize on the existence of milquetoast personalities in schools, corporations and other institutions in order to push their agenda.
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