Wingnuts are go!

[gordonzola]

OK folks, it’s definition time. Who would like to posit a definition for "wingnut" as it applies to a certain type of politico?

Here’s mine:

Wingnut: A person who has their mental health issues so intertwined with their "politics" that to them there is no difference. Paranoia, conspiracy theory, and poor social skills are necessary traits. In addition, ineffectiveness and failure are usually treated as signs that the Revolution is somehow coming closer to happening. The term originated in People’s Park, Berkeley, California and is usually used by slightly embarrassed anarchists and anti-authoritarians to distance themselves from "wingnut’ politics and activists who may also identify with those terms.

Sample sentence: Did you see the wingnuts protesting the "execution" of Rosebud Denovo when the cops shot her for breaking into the chancellor’s home with a machete?

Please feel free to add your own definitions or ask if someone you know fits the definition.

Comments

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

well, I don't wanna speak for anyone else, but his post 9/11 piece about how the people in the WTC weren't innocent civilians because they worked in an office qualifies him. I like his cointelpro books too, for the record. The whole Pacifism as Pathology thing was amusing but such a strawman it even got on my nerves.

[crosley-bendix.livejournal.com]

So for you being a wingnut doesn't necessarily preclude said nut from providing good information?

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

well, there's a timeline here. at some point it seems like he snapped.