Wednesday, August 16, 2006

I am a "Wingnut," but definitely not a "Wingnut"!!

I received a communication that suggested that my use of the word "wingnut" in the Blogname made me a right-winger. That probably stems from the following quotation taken from Wikipedia.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wingnut is a political epithet for a person who holds tightly to beliefs that fall well outside the realm of accepted fact, usually due to ideological bias. It is commonly believed to be a contraction of "right-wing nut", and therefore to be entirely political in origin and use. Wingnut may also be a figurative use of "wing nut" – a piece of hardware with two "wings" that make it easy to screw onto, or remove from, a bolt. This theory suggests that wingnut was chosen as an epithet for how easy such a person is to manipulate and may be considered analogous to calling someone a "tool".

Wingnut is often used to refer to unpopular political figures of any persuasion, particularly those among the American Right, and is in popular use on the blogosphere, internet forums, BBS, etc. More right-leaning communities use "moonbat" to refer to many political figures associated with the left, though this has a narrower connotation and its usage is rare.


End of Quote from Wikipedia

I am a wingnut, but do not have a right-wing (or left-wing) bias. I am clearly unbiased and scrupulously correct in all of my opinions.

Right, Richard?

3 Comments:

At 2:45 PM, Blogger Rich Ryan said...

The first paragraph of this article makes an interesting distinction.

 
At 3:15 PM, Blogger Rich Ryan said...

You are a blognut, not a wingnut. Read this.

 
At 8:31 PM, Blogger Dr. Joe said...

These took me to "Google.com" The link on the later posting took me to Klein's very interesting article. Thanks!

Joe

 

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