‘Moonbat’ is the ultimate designator. Even the liberals admit it’s peerless. The closest they have is ‘wingnut’, but it doesn’t pack the same wallop. Once you’ve called a leftist a moonbat, you’ve pretty much covered all the bases. I even caught a DU thread once where they were trying to come up with a word for us that carried the same pejorative impact, but they just couldn’t do it. Kind of nice to know, isn’t it?
I even caught a DU thread once where they were trying to come up with a word for us that carried the same pejorative impact, but they just couldn’t do it.
LOL. And here I thought that liberalism was the home of creativity, artistry, and the clever turn of phrase. Guess not, huh?
I think you're right about the term, 'Moonbat'. It's without equal in the lexicon of political warfare. The reason it stuck in the first place, is that a certain degree of observed truth underlies the term. Libs have more wackos per capita, by FAR, than the right does, and they know it.
On the other hand, most of the pejoratives that liberals hurl against the right are about half right, so their impact is weak.
In fact, some of their creations are so ill-conceived, that conservatives have proudly adopted them as their own. The terms, 'Right-Wing Extremist' and 'Bitter Clinger' come to mind. And let's not forget the perennial favorites, 'Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthal' and 'Flag Waving Patriot'.
Liberals invented all of those terms to hurt us, but their intentions back-fired.