A suggestion concerning words and labels
Words do matter, especially in the sphere of public discourse, which is why I alternate between amusement and irritation when people use silly phrases like 'demon rat', or cannot add the "ic" to the end of the word Democrat when using it as an adjective.
However, I now refuse to use the term 'Republican' when referring to the political party that won the Civil War and had some honorable and wise members as recently as the past decade.
That party no longer exists, and its replacement should be correctly referred to as "The Trump Party." I know most of its followers will not object to this re-labelling, and that is part of the reason I think it should become the common usage for the new anti-democratic autocratic party.
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