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

[rootlesscosmo.livejournal.com]

Just shpritzing here... Susan Leigh Star does sociology of science and related stuff at UC San Diego. She wrote in a paper some years back that "There is no such thing, or place, as Underneath It All." This seems to me a very wise observation.

Could we then say that a wingnut is someone who stubbornly believes that there is such a place, and moreover that he or she (is it more usually a he?) knows exactly where it can be found?