What the heck is an "Emotarian"?

[Avalux]

Someone who loves Emo music?

[Lancero]

1. A Tea Partier

With a cutting problem.

[Avalux]

7. .

[dgibby]

2. An Emotarian is the straw that broke the DU camel's back,

and caused it's creator to lose his/her posting privileges. It's also a term used to smear the Left.

[frylock]

8. say it ain't so!

did that shitbag, spandan, really get 86'd?

[dgibby]

17. Yes, indeedy!

As Craig Ferguson says, "It's a good day for America", or at least for DU.

[frylock]

22. can't understand what took so long..

but at least our long, national nightmare is over. gonna be hard to sockpuppet that account.

[LuvNewcastle]

9. That's good to hear. About the posting privileges, that is.

Feed them enough rope, they'll usually hang themselves.

[KittyWampus]

12. Emotarian does not equal "Left". It was intended to reference a specific segment of the Left.

[dgibby]

18. Hmmm....

yes, and that specific segment is still here and still posting, unlike the individual who smeared them.

[Vanje]

23. Emotarian = the segment of the left that KittyWampus disapproves of.

[Egalitarian Thug]

28. LMAO! Nailed it!

[KittyWampus]

31. Hmm, one group can call another 'Woodchuck' but another uses something like 'Emo bla bla'

and it's all about my personal approval.

Egalitarian Thug (9,959 posts)
24. It seems that like other blood-sucking parasites, the 'sensible' faction is averse to mirrors. n/t

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022983736#post23

[KittyWampus]

29. I didn't post at all on that thread or any of the others blaming the left for this shut down.

I hope you never used the term Woodchuck or approved of others using it.

[Vanje]

35. I dont call anyone Woodchuck

or Stasi
or McCarthyite
or Bot
or Crap-flinger
or RatFucker
or even Homophobe.

I let peoples' own behavior and posting practices bear witness .

[dipsydoodle]

3. I had one years ago

but the wheels fell off.

Aside from that it seems to refer to this :

An Emotarian usually arrives at all of their political positions through an emotional calculus rather than a rational one; a formula by which any issue can be understood through the lens of unyielding idealism, with little regard for history or precedent, and fiercely defended to the point where any pragmatic thinking or compromise must be viciously characterized as "selling out," even at the expense of some immediate political gain over previous political conditions. They are particularly prone to assigning bad faith and evil motive to any democratic President who refuses to make speeches that sound as if Noam Chomsky, Dennis Kucinich or Michael Moore wrote them.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Emotarian

[arely staircase]

5. Is that the thing Mr. Bean drove? nt

[dipsydoodle]

13. lol

No its an expression I picked up over 50 years ago. Can be used with regard to any word you don't know the meaning of.

[Avalux]

6. Ahhhh......I see!

And I understand completely....ha!

[tularetom]

14. The first sentence of that definition reads like a spot on description of tea bagger wing nuts

An Emotarian usually arrives at all of their political positions through an emotional calculus rather than a rational one; a formula by which any issue can be understood through the lens of unyielding idealism, with little regard for history or precedent, and fiercely defended to the point where any pragmatic thinking or compromise must be viciously characterized as "selling out," even at the expense of some immediate political gain over previous political conditions.

In fact it's probably the most apt explanation of their worldview that I have ever read.

[dipsydoodle]

21. All I did was google the word

but yes I see what you mean. There was another link which said it was a vegetarian Emo fan.

Be interesting to see if it crops up here again in the future.

[frylock]

4. we're worshippers of the great Emo Philips..

his name be praised.

[eShirl]

11. +1

[JoePhilly]

16. #@?!# you beat me

His women are like butterflies bit killed me.

[Warren DeMontague]

33. chalk me down for another "@*()*%(&* you beat me to it"

[winter is coming]

10. The latest snack in the lemming lunchbox. n/t

[JoePhilly]

15. Emo Philips fan??

[Buns_of_Fire]

34. That's the only thing I can figure that makes sense...

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life.

I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator.

My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself.

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/emo_philips.html#580h7jmIR8IwBjBw.99

[gollygee]

19. It's a word used to dismiss the opinions of anyone who has empathy

And is used by right-wingers who don't care if people starve to death without food stamps.

[Vanje]

26. +++ /\ +++

Good definition!

[Whisp]

20. Something worse than a Stasi, apparently.

that's what I am hearing but I have no idea. The worst it means to me is 'emotional or emoting libertarian.ism', and that sort of fits.

[BainsBane]

24. Emotarian defined

This is from the Urban Dictionary. I simply Googled it, so don't assume I am endorsing this critique. I never heard of the word before this recent kerfuffle.

An Emotarian usually arrives at all of their political positions through an emotional calculus rather than a rational one; a formula by which any issue can be understood through the lens of unyielding idealism, with little regard for history or precedent, and fiercely defended to the point where any pragmatic thinking or compromise must be viciously characterized as "selling out," even at the expense of some immediate political gain over previous political conditions. They are particularly prone to assigning bad faith and evil motive to any democratic President who refuses to make speeches that sound as if Noam Chomsky, Dennis Kucinich or Michael Moore wrote them.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Emotarian

[KG]

25. the figment of the butthurt conservadems' fevered imagination.

[Vanje]

27. LOL nt

[Aerows]

30. Pretty much

It's especially prevalent among Canadians that visit this board and can't even vote in this country.

I know it defies logic, but that is the trend.

[Warren DeMontague]

32. A follower of the great Prophet

[TheKentuckian]

36. Corporate fuckbag baloney that just as easily could come come out of Rush or Billos mouth

[TransitJohn]

38. They're not at cool as Enotarians