It's not the "Democrat" Party

[Justice]

Everytime you see the "Democrat" party, object. Object in a comment or response if it is in an article or a tweet or a post. Object verbally if someone says it to you. If you hear it on TV, object, even if it is just in your living room. Object loudly.

It's the DemocratIC Party. Do not let people outside your party rename it.

When people give you a new name instead of using the one you use, that's bullying. If I am Joe, but people start calling me Joey - that's bullying.

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. Thank you!

It is a slur, and is becoming mainstream. I cringe every time I hear it.

[kentuck]

2. They wish that it was just one Democrat in the Party.

Then, they could call it the "Democrat Party".

But there are millions that believe in the democratic principles of government. That is why everyone else calls it the "Democratic Party".

[J_William_Ryan]

3. True.

Unfortunately the more that's brought up the more rightwing nitwits will continue to use it.

Conservatives are such children.

[MoonRiver]

4. Not only correct them, but mention the Republic Party.

Taste of their own sour medicine.

[tavernier]

8. Or reuglican

Either way works for me.

[MoonRiver]

12. Oh, I have a slew of insulting terms for the creeps,

but Republic follows the pattern they use with Democrat.

[tavernier]

13. I like The Trump Party best.

May they own it forever.

[MoonRiver]

15. Yep, it's a good one.

[csziggy]

18. I'm calling them the Banana Republican Party from now on

Someone on MSNBC called them that the other day after the Brennan fiasco. It fits perfectly.

[dajoki]

19. Yes n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Well, it's an easy way to identify the "enemy", and especially the dimmer ones.

[Gothmog]

6. I hate it when repugs use this term

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It is the Democratic Party

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. Neither are we

"libtards" but THEY use the word because it upsets up. Same here, they use it because it upsets us. You are not going to change idiocy. Yes, I object to it loudly, but it wont stop them from using it.

[malaise]

10. Expos idiocy -- they do not get to rename the Democratic Party

Correct them every time they say it.

[malaise]

9. Every time they hear it, Dems should object

Over and over. Repeat over and over - it is the Democratic Party and we are Democrats and you don't get to rename it.
They will soon realize how much coverage Dems are getting over this. Dems must stress the use of language as well - nouns versus adjectives. Hit harder- stop sitting back and taking it.

[hlthe2b]

11. this is a major peave of mine especially when I occasional see it here and

the user doesn't understand why it is such an issue.

Here's why it is such a damned issue. It's a damned EPITHET
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)

The term Democrat Party is an epithet for the Democratic Party of the United States,[3][4][5] used disparagingly by the party's opponents.[6] The following appeared in The New York Times in 1984:

The term 'Democrat Party' has been used in recent years by some right-wing Republicans on the ground that the term used by Democrats implies that they are the only true adherents of democracy.[7]

Language expert Roy Copperud said it was used by Republicans who disliked the implication that Democratic Party implied to listeners that Democrats "are somehow the anointed custodians of the concept of democracy".[8] According to Oxford Dictionaries, the use of Democrat rather than the adjective Democratic

is in keeping with a longstanding tradition among Republicans of dropping the –ic in order to maintain a distinction from the broader, positive associations of the adjective democratic with democracy and egalitarianism.[9]

Political commentator William Safire wrote in 1993 that the Democrat of Democrat Party "does conveniently rhyme with autocrat, plutocrat, and worst of all, bureaucrat".[10] In 2006, Hendrik Hertzberg wrote in The New Yorker:

There’s no great mystery about the motives behind this deliberate misnaming. 'Democrat Party' is a slur, or intended to be—a handy way to express contempt. Aesthetic judgments are subjective, of course, but 'Democrat Party' is jarring verging on ugly. It fairly screams 'rat'.[11]

Pollster Frank Luntz tested the phrase with a focus group in 2001, and concluded that the only people who really disliked the epithet were highly partisan Democrats.[12] Political analyst Charlie Cook attributed modern use of the term to force of habit rather than a deliberate epithet by Republicans.[13] Journalist Ruth Marcus stated that Republicans likely only continue to employ the term because Democrats dislike it,[3] and Hertzberg calls use of the term "a minor irritation" and also "the partisan equivalent of flashing a gang sign".[11]

[phylny]

14. Whenever I read it on someone's social media post, I respond

by saying, "It's the 'Democratic' party. Writing or saying otherwise makes you appear uneducated."

[Jim Lane]

16. "Democrat Party" is the correct name -- for a political party in Thailand

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(Thailand)

So if someone thinks they can't discuss U.S. politics without mentioning some foreign political party, just ask them: "Why do you hate America?"

[SharonClark]

17. "When people give you a new name instead of using the one you use, that's bullying...

If I am Joe, but people start calling me Joey - that's bullying."

Then a lot grandmothers are in big trouble.

[UTUSN]

20. Some history: It came from Frank LUNTZ during GINGRINCH's Contract *ON* America days:

It was LUNTZ's heyday making himself a Repuke dirt career out of pseudo-scientifically "testing with focus groups" every phrase and slogan for how it would play to the zombies in the world out there. And all the Repuke politicos would use his list of approved words. And he dictated that "Democrat" (noun substituted for an adjective) pushed negative buttons. Probably because of the mangling of grammatical parts of speech (my speculation). So they all started using it. Even the wingnuts who do it now have forgotten where this came from. One wingnut argued with me about this, saying that there was nothing negative in this usage, that he had heard it all his life.

[MrScorpio]

21. Well, what else would you expect from the Republic Party?