I wear the apostate badge proudly!
But I don't allow JWs to call me that. Not even my ex-wife! If she calls me an apostate, I call her on it and tell her that I could call her names too, but I don't
JWs calling you "apostate" has a terrible connotation that I will not stomach.
It's like a racial epithet. Some African-Americans will call themselves n*****s, but if a white person calls them that, he better run!
So Oomps, I can call you my apostafriend, call you on your apostaphone, go hom to my apostahome where my apostababe is waiting for my aposta-ass to get home, but don't any JW ever call me any of those things. I will whoop their little prejudiced asses!