Name and Blame Calling, Left and Right

From the Left on the Right

One of these words is not like the others (or maybe they’re all pretty much the same – you make the call): Loon, nutjob, crank, wingnut, whackjob, cuckoo, crackpot, dingbat, wacko, conservative.

Kyle Smith, writing in New York Post, Aug.10

From the Right on the Left

Egghead, snob, intellectual, ineffectual, effete, elite, all-knowing, know-it-all, above-it-all, geek, fruitcake, snow-flack, snow-job, highbrow, longhair, genius, rocket scientist, data-monger, policymaker, crony-capitalist, celebrity-chaser, socialist, left-winger, progressive, liberal.

Anonymous. Aug.11

You make the call.