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October 29, 2007
Moonbats Attempt to Steal the Word "Moonbat"
Posted by Dave Blount at October 29, 2007 10:43 AM
Urban Dictionary is a great resource for defining slang terms that haven't made it into normal dictionaries. Unfortunately, like Wikipedia, it is subject to abuse by dishonest ideologues who exploit its openness. Users can raise or sink a definition of a term by voting thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Apparently the site is infested with progressives, given the top definitions for "moonbat."
The first definition more or less admits what a moonbat really is, but attempts to spin it as a good thing:
"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.
Note the typical moonbat attempt to equate Islamic terrorists with Christians.
The next definition was provided by a moonbat named snooky b:
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.
In total disregard for the truth, some even give the word a definition precisely opposite its actual meaning:
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.
You have to go all the way down to #7 to get an accurate definition:
An extreme leftist, throwing aside logic for political convenience. A caller to the Howie Carr radio show summed it up as "These people wear winter clothes in the summer". Characterized by men in ponytails, sandals with socks, and 1.20.09 Bush's Last Day bumperstickers. Often seen at global warming marches that take place during snowstorms.
The moonbats were out in full force at the anti-war rally.
A few lines from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass are informative:
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master — that's all."
This quintessentially moonbatty attitude is a crime against language. If you don't want moonbats to be the masters, visit Urban Dictionary and make your voice heard.
