Moonbat Explained

"Moonbat" is a pejorative political epithet used in United States politics, referring to liberals, progressives, or leftists (especially the far-left).

Etymology

Descriptions of bat-like people on the Moon were part of the 1835 Great Moon hoax.

A long poem, The Proving of Gennad: A Mythological Romance by Landred Lewis (1890), uses the term "moonbat" to refer to unsound ideas, but not specifically political ones.[1]

The term was used by science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein in the 1947 short story "Space Jockey" as the name of a rocket spacecraft used for the third step of a journey from the Earth to the Moon.[2]

Examples of usage

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Proving of Gennad: A Mythological Romance. 1890. Elliot Stock.
  2. News: Safire. William. On Language: Moon Bats & Wing Nuts . The New York Times Magazine. 2006-09-03. 2008-04-02 .
  3. News: Carr . Howie . Howie Carr . Kerry's continued mincing just proves he's not so Swift . 10 . . 2007-01-31 .
  4. News: Carr . Howie . Draped in controversy, is it curtains for Deval? . 9 . Boston Herald . 2007-02-25 .
  5. News: Carr . Howie . Hillary circling as Obama looks for parking spot . 4 . Boston Herald . 2007-03-08 .
  6. News: Carr . Howie . Good luck, Lefty - it's going to be a long haul . 4 . Boston Herald . 2007-03-14 .
  7. News: Carr . Howie . Pols paying higher taxes, show yourselves . 16 . Boston Herald . 2007-03-23 .
  8. News: Carr . Howie . Aging moonbats tapped to 'advise' governor . 10 . Boston Herald . 2007-04-22 .
  9. News: Carr . Howie . Marzilli-loving Moonbats have their blinders on . Boston Herald . 2008-07-03 . 2008-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217010440/http://hawk.heraldinteractive.com/news/opinion/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1104776 . 2012-02-17.
  10. News: Carr . Howie . Test: How to tell if you're a moonbat . Boston Herald . 2008-08-03 . 2008-08-22 .
  11. http://www.menotomymoonbats.com Menotomy Moonbats volunteer web site
  12. News: Chabot . Hillary . Moonbats unite! Show pride in hotbed suburb . Boston Herald . 2008-08-02 . 2008-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613093230/http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view.bg?articleid=1110565 . 2011-06-13.
  13. News: Metzger . Andy . Political tees . Arlington Advocate Newspaper . 2008-07-31 . 2008-08-22 .
  14. [Jonah Goldberg]
  15. News: Eagan. Margery. Margery Eagan . Moonbats swarming in Mass. Boston Herald. 2006-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930231802/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/1132463221.html?dids=1132463221:1132463221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+21,+2006&author=MARGERY+EAGAN&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=8&desc=Moonbats+swarming+in+Mass.. dead. September 30, 2007. 2007-03-18 .
  16. News: Eagan. Margery. Battle For Governor: Sunday Smackdown. Boston Herald. 2006-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20071001061503/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/1134512671.html?dids=1134512671:1134512671&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+24,+2006&author=MARGERY+EAGAN&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=9&desc=BATTLE+FOR+GOVERNOR+. dead. October 1, 2007. 2007-03-18 .
  17. News: Eagan . Margery . Moonbats enter their blue phase . Boston Herald . 2007-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070310173711/http://news.bostonherald.com/columnists/view.bg?articleid=187135 . dead . 2007-03-10 . 2007-03-17 .
  18. News: Kurtz . Howard . Post.com Blogger Quits Amid Furor . . 2006-03-25 . C01 . 2007-07-03 .
  19. http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2012/12/george-monbiot-joins-the-bourgeoisie/ George Monbiot joins the bourgeoisie
  20. Web site: Tomorrow. Tom. Conservative Jones, Citizen Journalist. This Modern World. Daily Kos. 19 June 2013. 30 April 2012.