bogyman

“But maybe the public advocate should find a better bogyman for his silly conspiracy.”

That’s because a good number of them speak in foreign accents, and some embody President Trump’s bogyman of the moment, the radical Muslim terrorist.

“When Newsom wants to set up the NRA as the bogyman, what he’s really saying is all these law enforcement groups are stupid,” responded Chuck Michel, a spokesman for the opposition Coalition for Civil Liberties that includes the NRA.

Summoned by typing an inane phrase into an Internet chat room, this particular bogyman — a meathead with sewn-shut eyes and grin — will happily slash the phrase’s recipient.

Baathism here is a symbol that Maliki uses as a bogyman.