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- noun pejorative, Internet Used by the
right-wing blogosphere to refer to their ideological opponents.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sci-Fi writer Robert A. Heinlein first used the term moonbat in his short story Space Jockey.
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I agree with westsideguy, moonbat is appropriately named if he/she thinks bringing in someone inexperienced to be the CFO of a bank is a good idea.
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According to de Havilland (who popularized the term), a moonbat is “someone on the extreme edge of whatever their - ism happens to be”.
Think Progress » Paper Retracts Report that Murtha Called U.S. the Greatest Threat to World Peace 2006
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June 28th, 2006 at 10: 54 pm doG God says: moonbat is a “bottom” fur sure
Think Progress » ‘American Values Agenda’ off to a rocky start. 2006
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Of course, in moonbat-occupied coastal Washington, those are mainstream values.
Sound Politics: Darcy Burner mailer misappropriates Michael Yon's photo 2006
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You could always toss in moonbat for effect though.
Think Progress » Bush Administration Repeatedly Peddled False Information About Iraqi Bio Labs 2006
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A Conservative's Garden of False Narratives: Who are you calling a moonbat, anyway? yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'A Conservative\'s Garden of False Narratives: Who are you calling a moonbat, anyway? '
A Conservative's Garden of False Narratives: Who are you calling a moonbat, anyway? 2007
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Now I actually have a chance of finding out what really factually happened rather than some opinion based upon fabricated lies by a tin foil hat wearing, kool-aid siping, moonbat from the fever swamp suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS).
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OpEdNews - Article: A Conservative's Garden of False Narratives: Who are you calling a moonbat, anyway?
A Conservative's Garden of False Narratives: Who are you calling a moonbat, anyway? 2007
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Present a reasoned argument to a conservative -- and, all at once, completely ignoring the tenet, tone and thrust of the point, they begin hallucinating a creature, only known to exist in the rightwing bestiary, known as a "moonbat" -- a mythological beast that, ironically, seems to appear when a conservative is confronted with reality.
A Conservative's Garden of False Narratives: Who are you calling a moonbat, anyway? 2007
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