A more descriptive and catchier synonym for emo progressive or puritopian.
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.
Emotarians are upset with President Obama for threatening to use
force against Syria. They believe all war is bad, thus, any use of force—or threat to use force—is unjustified, and further evidence that the
President must be a malignant
fascist tool of a global corporate plutocracy.