sheeple

[Mullins, Bill]

Not in the OED.

Sheeple [see below for definition] seems to have come from the libertarian, anti-govt, pro-firearm movement.

'PATRIOTS' PUSH FOR TAX REVOLT
Miami Herald, The (FL)
February 21, 1983
Author: MICHAEL BROWNING Herald Staff Writer
Page: 1D
"To understand the American Patriots Association, you have to speak the language. Taxpayers are "sheeple," short for sheeplike people."

"Freedom is All for 'Patriot'" by Gloria Wright
New York | Syracuse | The Post Standard | 1981-07-18 p. C1 col 1.

"The worst tax of all is 'inflation,' the word that is used to try and pacify the 'sheeple.' "