Wingnuts are go!
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gordonzolaOK 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.
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.
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Re: See, but this was my exact question...
Date: 2004-09-16 02:21 pm (UTC)Some of them even fit Gzola's definition above, or at least the first bit of it. The self-identification is intentionally ironic, even if true, based on the perception of how most of the world views their politics. But even they recognize this whole class of other 'real wingnuts' who have gone so far as to be socially non-functional.