You know, given the alternative, I think I will now wear the moniker

[Midlodemocrat]

moonbat with pride.

I am proud of the fact that this is the worst the right can call me.

In my neighborhood, we have a Friday Cheers thing every Friday. I was wearing one of my DU shirts, as per normal, and people, all RWers, mind you, were all talking about what a disgusting failure he is and how ashamed of them they all are.

It was a very good night for me.

[yvr girl]

1. Are you a Moonbat now

:woohoo:

You've arrived!

[Splatter Phoenix]

2. O.o?

What IS a moonbat?

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. I don't get it

what the hell is a moonbat? and why is it supposed to be insulting?

[Midlodemocrat]

4. It's what the freepers call us.

[Splatter Phoenix]

5. Wikipedia:

Moonbat is a political epithet coined in 2002 by Perry de Havilland of "The Libertarian Samizdata," a libertarian weblog. It was originally a play on the last name of George Monbiot, a columnist for The Guardian, but now the term enjoys great currency in the libertarian blogosphere as an all-purpose insult for modern liberals, peace protestors, and other ideological opponents. It is similar to the epithets Feminazi or Idiotarian.

According to de Haviland, a moonbat is "someone on the extreme edge of whatever their -ism happens to be." Adriana Cronin defines the term as "someone who sacrifices sanity for the sake of consistency." This term has long been used to describe protesters on the political Left, and is sometimes used to describe protesters on the political Right.

...O_o doesn't seem like a very good insult. "You're...a MOONBAT."

"Zealot" rolls off the tongue more nicely, but I suppose that's got religious undertones.

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. so basically they call us something

that nobody but them would know what it means and it is supposed to be this great insult? wow...

[Splatter Phoenix]

7. XD

Now why would you say that...unless you were some kind of...shnipozzle. >__>

[billyskank]

9. LOL!

You fnargloomer! :rofl:

[Splatter Phoenix]

11. O_O!

Okay, now it's serious. v_V I'm calling the government on you.

[billyskank]

8. I think it's really funny that they think we're extreme

They have no idea what a REAL lefty is...!

[Splatter Phoenix]

10. Well..

I am pretty extreme.

Interestingly enough, "Contrast: see wingnut" was listed at the bottom of Wiki's page. XD

[Reverend_Smitty]

12. when anyone calls me a liberal...and means it in a bad way...

I'm always reminded of this quote...

If by a “liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a “liberal,” then I’m proud to say I’m a “liberal.”
– President John F. Kennedy

which judging by the source of the quote, I'm sure it gets their goat even more

[Splatter Phoenix]

14. Great quote.

Absolutely great. Kerry should've quoted that when they were screaming "LIBRUL" at him...

[Gormy Cuss]

23. Oh, now that I know the origin,

The next time I'm called a moonbat I'll tack one of two tacks:

1) "That's Monbiot, idiot. Get it right!"

2)"I'm no moonbat. Most of the moonbats I know are on the right."

I've thought it was silly because to most of us it means nothing at all, unlike 'wingnut' which clearly is related to the terms right wing and left wing, and with a little context it's pretty clear which wing is implied.

[Hugin]

13. MOONBATS UP!

Writing this very post is a certified Moonbat!

MOONBATS UP!

[Splatter Phoenix]

15. :D!

I am the terror that flaps in the night.
I am the beast that displays the evil of this administration and charges no admission!
I am...MOONBAT.

[Hugin]

17. Great!

A moonbat vision already!

I am the terror that flaps in the night.
I am the beast that displays the evil of this administration and charges no admission!
I am...MOONBAT.

Very cool!

[Splatter Phoenix]

18. I agree..:D

Slight modification of Darkwing Duck's entrance line. XD

[Hugin]

20. "I am MOONBAT hear me ECHO LOCATE!"

Ah, well... We'll work on that!

:D

[supernova]

16. I love being a moonbat!

:D

I think it's a funny word and kina cute actually. Not to mention bats are very resoureful. Bats do their best work by moonlight. :D

[bridgit]

19. hell yeah, i'd take "moonbat" over "bat-shit" any day...

:thumbsup: :patriot:

[Splatter Phoenix]

21. That was clever!

I like it.

[Midlodemocrat]

22. MOONBATS UP!!!!!

Fuck that Eagles Up shit. This should be our new rallying cry.


Where's Zuni?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. Sometime when you are moderating and are bored

you should search the DU archives for the term "Moonbat" and see which two posters who are no longer with us used that term on a reagular basis.