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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 03:32 PM
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Hey Moonbats!!
I mean, what's up with that term? Do Freepers believe it's a painful strike at a liberal's identity? Does it signify a creature with poor eyesight, one who flies when the moon is full, or perhaps one who lives on the moon?

Somebody 'splain this "moonbats" to me.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 03:32 PM
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1. it's from Mr. Monbiot's name: it means "not Nazist"
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 03:35 PM
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4. Thanks. I learn something new every day here.
:toast:
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 03:34 PM
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2. I like being called that.
Edited on Thu Aug-18-05 03:34 PM by bunkerbuster1
if it's a fellow moonbat, cool

If it's a Freeper, eh. They call anyone to the left John McCain a "moonbat." Means nothin' really.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 03:35 PM
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3. Oo-o-o-oh.. I thought it was "MOONIE-bat"
whatdya know...
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 06:39 PM
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11. Then it would have to be something they apply to themselves!
with Rev Sun Yun Moon in Bush's corner!

I wonder if moonbat has any relation to the term "batsh*t crazy" that many apply to themselves...
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Amy6627 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 03:35 PM
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5. I thought it meant being a liberal is as productive as batting at the moon
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 03:37 PM
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6. Try searching it on Urban Dictionary & Snopes:
Edited on Thu Aug-18-05 03:41 PM by CottonBear
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Moonbat
http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp

edit: Nothing found on Snopes but here's a bunch of UD entries:
(Definition #6 is the best, IMHO)

1. moonbat link send redefine 135 up, 51 down

Someone on the extreme edge of the political left who has long abandoned fact & logic in the pursuit of spewing their scocialist crapaganda. (ie Al Franken, Michael Moore, and Janeane Garafalo, to name but a few.) Ann Coulter is the absolute antithesis of a moonbat.Al Gore is a raving moonbat in a suit.
Source: BDA, Aug 9, 2004

2. moonbat link send redefine 43 up, 16 down

Moonbat (1) (n) Irrational and Mentally unstable persons of a decidedly liberal political affiliation;
(2) (n) Someone on the extreme edge of whatever their -ism happens to be.Human Shields are Moonbats!
Source: Dashing Dasher, Oct 16, 2004

3. moonbat link send redefine 52 up, 57 down

A term for the uber right wing and religious wingnuts who think that their freedom is being oppresed because they can't run America as a theocracy.Hey, Republicans, if you want a theocracy move your herpes infected asses to Iran!

Prime examples: George W. Bush, Sheriff Mac Holcomb, Dick cheney, Karl Rove, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Agape Press, James C. Dobson, etc
Source: The Drizzle, Jan 25, 2005

4. moonbat link send redefine 5 up, 13 down

"Bat", of course, refers to members of the order chiroptera (with some contending that the "megachiroptera" of South America should be classified as primates), strange and wonderful animals which are beneficial to humanity. Intelligent, well-educated liberals recognize bats as an asset, and seek to encourage them through environmental protection, including the building of bathouses on the outsides of their homes. The ignorant and superstitious hate and fear bats, and can think of no worse insult than to compare people they also hate and fear (out of ignorance) to bats.

"Moon" refers to Earth's primary natural sattelite, which humans visited for a brief period thanks to a massive liberal spending program. The scientific and technological benefits of the Apollo Project were immense, and would have been far greater if the program had not been killed by a right-wing administration that wanted to spend that money on a futile foreign war. Thus, the Moon is, like bats, symbolic of liberalism and all the benefits it brings to a culture, and naturally will be an object of hatred and fear to the Right.

Combine the two and you get "Moonbat"; environmental good sense, scientific curiosity, prosperity for all and the triumph of knowledge over traditional superstition. In short, all the things that enemies of civilization like Osama bin Laden and Pat Robertson hate most.I support as continued ban on DDT because I am a moonbat.
Source: John M. Burt, Apr 17, 2005

5. moonbat link send redefine 12 up, 20 down

term used by those on the extreme political right wing (known as "wingnuts") to describe anyone who disagrees with their bizarre, fascistic world view. Used, despite the fact that it makes absolutely no sense, because they could not come up with a word or phrase as appropriately descriptive as "wingnut.""What a bunch of moonbats!" cried the hooded Klansman, as the anti-Klan protesters marched down the street.
Source: snooky b, Apr 12, 2005

6. moonbat link send redefine 12 up, 25 down

Evocative of the lunatic fringe, the phrase began existence as a disparaging slur against the "Far Left;" however, due increasing polarization within United States, and an ever-shifting culture war, the term has come to denote virtually anyone with a "liberal agenda," or an aversion to McCarthyism. It is also used within a condescending framework in reference to young, perhaps inexperienced, political dissenters.

While no doubt extremists do exist, the casual disregard for alternative viewpoints, and the implied disdain for Constitutional dissent which simmers beneath its surface, is far more disturbing to the average political theorist than any Leftist dogma, extremist or otherwise, yet to surface."Don't call him a 'Commie pinko,' Dad--call him a 'moonbat.' Awww...look--he's cryin'! Maybe he'll go hug a tree."
Source: Rev. Christian Martyn, Feb 4, 2005

7. moonbat link send redefine 42 up, 118 down

Mentally unstable persons of a decidedly conservative political affiliation.Ann Coulter is a scarey-eyed, salivating, barking moonbat. She often frightens small children, dogs and occassionally even the cattle.
Source: J. S. Owens, Dec 21, 2003
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 03:45 PM
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7. I don't give a shit what they call me
I call them "fucking assholes" and I would rather be called moonbat.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 03:49 PM
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8. Bats fly at night
by their own sonar systems. They have poor eyesight. So, if they get to fly by moonlight, that's just a bonus.

They are wonderful little creatures.

So, it's not even remotely insulting to me to be called a "moonbat." Sorry, freeps.
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The Night Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 05:16 PM
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9. Right wingers think insults are devastating if repeated ad nauseam.
Edited on Thu Aug-18-05 05:38 PM by The Night Owl
I've noticed that a lot of right wingers I've encountered in real life and on the web are generally insecure people. What are they insecure about? Their ability to reason and debate.


PS - Hi, lurking right wingers who are afraid to debate me!

:hi:
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 06:21 PM
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10. P4Cer?
what's this...am I some sort of urinary prognosticator?
FREEPTARDS
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