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词条 Moonbat
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  1. Etymology

  2. Examples of usage

  3. See also

  4. Notes

  5. External links

"Moonbat" is a pejorative political epithet used in United States politics, referring to liberals, progressives, or leftists (especially the far-left), a possible parallel to the pejorative "Wingnut" attributed to American conservatives, and right wing politics.{{cn|date=May 2018}}

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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

The term was used by science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein in a 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.[1]

Examples of usage

  • Howie Carr has used the term a number of times in his column in the Boston Herald.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The earliest known use by Carr was in a Rocky Mountain News article on August 8, 1996.[8] At the time, the Japanese clothing brand "MoonBat" was the sponsor of an annual 64‑day California – New Jersey ultramarathon foot race, called the "MoonBat Transcontinental Footrace".[9] In 2008, Carr wrote about the number of "Moonbats" inhabiting the town of Arlington, Massachusetts. In response, a group of Arlington residents founded the Menotomy Moonbats to raise money for their local public schools: Menotomy was the historical name for Arlington during the American Revolutionary War.[10][11][12][13][14]
  • On March 14, 2000 Jonah Goldberg's National Review Online column "Our, ahem, FAQ Welcome New Readers" contained the following: "Alas, because Goldberg watches Baywatch everyday and can name the main characters in almost every Marvel comic book from 1976 to 1986, he occasionally makes errors. Far more often, he simply writes things that make readers say, 'Is this guy higher than a moonbat?'"[15]
  • Margery Eagan, another Herald columnist, used the term several times in 2006 and 2007 to characterize some supporters of former Massachusetts Democratic governor Deval Patrick.[16][17][18]
  • Columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin was quoted in March 2006 by Howard Kurtz as writing, "But now the determined moonbat hordes have exposed multiple instances of what clearly appear to me to be blatant lifting of entire, unique passages by [blogger] Ben Domenech from other writers,"[19] in reference to Domenech's resignation from the Washington Post after evidence of his plagiarism came to light.
  • The term is also often used in the UK to refer to George Monbiot, owing to its similarity with his surname, and referring to his left-wing views.[20]
  • Science fiction author Tom Kratman, in his Desert Called Peace series, portrays masses of genetically engineered, cowardly, bat-winged reptiles, with septic mouths, which feast on the eyes and brains of the young, the weak, the sick, and the feeble minded, and which have a nocturnal cry: "mnnnbt...mnnnbt...mnnnbt." The reptiles are called, "antaniae," because the planet has a moon named, "Hecate," and Antania was the manfestation of Hecate as "Enemy of Mankind." Taken together with the bat-like wings, they are, again, "Moonbats," for that planet.
  • "Moonbat" is the name of Conservative Jones' sidekick, a recurring character in the political cartoon This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow.[21]
  • Australian right-wing commentator Tim Blair refers to left-wing women as 'frightbats', adapted from the term moonbat.
  • Conservative talk-radio host Jim Quinn regularly uses "moonbat" as a pejorative term to denote a fringe-left liberal.
  • Republican candidate for the Maine legislature, Leslie Gibson, infamously ruined his legislature chances when referring to Parkland school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez in the following manner: “There is nothing about this skinhead lesbian that impresses me and there is nothing that she has to say unless you’re frothing at the mouth moonbat”. Following this statement, Gibson decided to withdraw himself from the political race.

See also

  • Loony left
  • McDonnell XP-67 "Bat", also called the Moonbat
  • Nanny state
  • Neocon
  • Neoliberalism
  • Sheeple
  • Wingnut

Notes

1. ^{{cite news| last =Safire| first =William| title =On Language: Moon Bats & Wing Nuts | work=The New York Times Magazine| date =2006-09-03| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/magazine/03wwln_safire.html| accessdate = 2008-04-02 }}
2. ^{{cite news | last =Carr | first =Howie | authorlink = Howie Carr | title =Kerry's continued mincing just proves he's not so Swift | pages =10 | work =Boston Herald | date =2007-01-31 | url = | accessdate = }}
3. ^{{cite news | last =Carr | first =Howie | title =Draped in controversy, is it curtains for Deval? | pages =9 | work =Boston Herald | date =2007-02-25 | url = | accessdate = }}
4. ^{{cite news | last =Carr | first =Howie | title =Hillary circling as Obama looks for parking spot | pages =4 | work =Boston Herald | date =2007-03-08 | url = | accessdate = }}
5. ^{{cite news | last =Carr | first =Howie | title =Good luck, Lefty - it's going to be a long haul | pages =4 | work =Boston Herald | date =2007-03-14 | url = | accessdate = }}
6. ^{{cite news | last =Carr | first =Howie | title =Pols paying higher taxes, show yourselves | pages =16 | work =Boston Herald | date =2007-03-23 | url = | accessdate = }}
7. ^{{cite news | last =Carr | first =Howie | title =Aging moonbats tapped to `advise' governor | pages =10 | work =Boston Herald | date =2007-04-22 | url = | accessdate = }}
8. ^{{cite news | last =Carr | first =Howie | coauthors = | title =Rep Collins Loses Dem Primary | pages = | language = | work =Rocky Mountain News | date =1996-08-08 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67790148.html?refid=gnews_1108| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130125111707/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67790148.html?refid=gnews_1108| dead-url = yes| archive-date = 2013-01-25}} (via Highbeam Research archive)
9. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/21/sports/ultramarathon-2926-miles-in-517-hours-wins-race.html | work=The New York Times | title=Ultramarathon; 2,926 Miles In 517 Hours Wins Race | date=August 21, 1994}}
10. ^{{cite news |last = Carr |first = Howie |coauthors = |title = Marzilli-loving Moonbats have their blinders on |work = Boston Herald |date = 2008-07-03 |url = http://hawk.heraldinteractive.com/news/opinion/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1104776 |accessdate = 2008-08-22 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120217010440/http://hawk.heraldinteractive.com/news/opinion/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1104776 |archivedate = 2012-02-17 |df =}}
11. ^{{cite news | last =Carr | first =Howie | title =Test: How to tell if you’re a moonbat | work =Boston Herald | date =2008-08-03 | url = http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1110729 | accessdate = 2008-08-22 }}
12. ^Menotomy Moonbats volunteer web site {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709021703/http://www.menotomymoonbats.com/ |date=July 9, 2008 }}
13. ^{{cite news |last = Chabot |first = Hillary |title = Moonbats unite! Show pride in hotbed suburb |work = Boston Herald |date = 2008-08-02 |url = http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view.bg?articleid=1110565 |accessdate = 2008-08-22 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613093230/http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view.bg?articleid=1110565 |archivedate = 2011-06-13 |df =}}
14. ^{{cite news | last =Metzger | first =Andy | title =Political tees | work =Arlington Advocate Newspaper | date =2008-07-31 | url = http://www.wickedlocal.com/arlington/homepage/x380000031/Political-tees | accessdate = 2008-08-22 }}
15. ^Jonah Goldberg. [https://archive.today/20120709023932/http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2Q2NWUyMjVhYzViMmZiZDgyMjA0ZjFjOWZjNjhiYjA= Our, *ahem*, FAQ], National Review Online
16. ^{{cite news| last =Eagan| first =Margery|authorlink = Margery Eagan |title =Moonbats swarming in Mass| work =Boston Herald| date =2006-09-21| url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/1132463221.html?dids=1132463221:1132463221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+21%2C+2006&author=MARGERY+EAGAN&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=8&desc=Moonbats+swarming+in+Mass.| accessdate = 2007-03-18 }}
17. ^{{cite news| last =Eagan| first =Margery| title =Battle For Governor: Sunday Smackdown| work =Boston Herald| date =2006-09-24| url =https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/1134512671.html?dids=1134512671:1134512671&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+24%2C+2006&author=MARGERY+EAGAN&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=9&desc=BATTLE+FOR+GOVERNOR+| accessdate = 2007-03-18 }}
18. ^{{cite news |last=Eagan |first=Margery |title=Moonbats enter their blue phase |work=Boston Herald |date=2007-03-08 |url=http://news.bostonherald.com/columnists/view.bg?articleid=187135 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310173711/http://news.bostonherald.com/columnists/view.bg?articleid=187135 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2007-03-10 |accessdate=2007-03-17 |df= }}
19. ^{{cite news | last =Kurtz | first =Howard | title =Post.com Blogger Quits Amid Furor | work =The Washington Post | date =2006-03-25 | pages = C01 | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/24/AR2006032401206.html | accessdate = 2007-07-03 }}
20. ^George Monbiot joins the bourgeoisie, The Spectator, 26 December 2012
21. ^{{cite web|last=Tomorrow|first=Tom|title=Conservative Jones, Citizen Journalist|url=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/30/1086563/-Conservative-Jones-citizen-journalist|work=The Modern World|publisher=Daily Kos|accessdate=19 June 2013|date=30 April 2012}}

External links

  • {{wiktionary inline|moonbat}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080709021703/http://www.menotomymoonbats.com/ Menotomy Moonbats]
  • Moonbattery
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