Political Identity Crisis

I've been exploring what it means when a radio personality labels someone a wingnut. It means a person has extreme, irrational political views, like say, someone who disagrees with the radio personality. A wingnut is on the extreme right of the political scale.  On the opposite end of the scale is the so-called moonbat, an extreme liberal. Please understand that these are not official titles, and you should not attempt to register as a wingnut or a moonbat. It's probably not wise to call people either of these names, as they might really be one and  shoot you.

But my request today is that you DO NOT confuse a wingnut with that beloved character of my youth, Mickey Mouse. His cranial resemblance to a piece of hardware should not label him as a political extremist of any sort, although anyone with friends named Goofy and Horace Horsecollar should probably be investigated.
It is seldom that I wear my Mickey Mouse ears in public, but as a young person I wore them with pride. I was a charter member of The Mickey Mouse Club and was convinced I had been adopted and my real sister was Annette Funicello.

As the political season heats up, I urge you to consider joining my political party, The Boomers. We don't have a convention or a platform, and some of our members think a Super PAC is a great deal on 12 cans of Ensure. Many of us are a little hard of hearing, but we hope to hear about issues,  not name-calling and labeling. We're waiting to hear someone as inspiring as our childhood leader, Mickey Mouse.  And we have a party motto: Keep your ears on.