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Isn't this the childish wrong use of the word, "Democrat" to describe [View all] Maraya1969 Apr 2020 OP

It is the way the Republicans refer to Democrats. They have been doing it for a long time. Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #1

Also some republicans are plainly illiterate. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2020 #3

But this is from an article on MSN. I sent them an email complaining about it Maraya1969 Apr 2020 #4

I honestly don't know why they do this. The only irritating thing is it sounds grammatically incor. OrlandoDem2 Apr 2020 #5

In order to heighten and compound the intended insult,.... magicarpet Apr 2020 #27

Who likes RATS,... RATS are repulsive and shunned.. magicarpet Apr 2020 #28

When I was a kid, the schoolyard taunt was... geralmar Apr 2020 #30

Well,.. when you were younger you might have harbored some Nazi viewpoints.. magicarpet Apr 2020 #34

It's kind of hard to ignore the "democ" part of that. OrlandoDem2 Apr 2020 #32

Playing devil advocate for a nano sec here..... magicarpet Apr 2020 #37

They could weaponize that word very easily,... magicarpet Apr 2020 #38

and media hacks n/t malaise Apr 2020 #6

They should henceforth be referred to as republicons. onecaliberal Apr 2020 #2

So it is written, so it shall be BBG Apr 2020 #8

Different Opinions ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #7

It's correct to use "Democrat" as a noun, and "Democratic" as an adjective. subterranean Apr 2020 #11

I'll Buy That ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #19

Give them as inch,.. Fascists will take five miles. magicarpet Apr 2020 #39

I think it was started by Newt Gringrich. Walleye Apr 2020 #9

I thought George H.W. Bush started it... targetpractice Apr 2020 #12

To weaponize properly it should be.... magicarpet Apr 2020 #40

I think it goes back much farther, but it was 70s-80s-90s conservative vipers... JHB Apr 2020 #18

Atwater, Manafort, Stone, Gringrich. The Four Horsemen of Trumpocalypse Walleye Apr 2020 #21

Buckely, Reagan, Ailes, and Gingrich is what I'd put... JHB Apr 2020 #23

You can thank nykym Apr 2020 #10

Yes. Thank you. I just named him as a villain in another comment. Walleye Apr 2020 #16

Nope, goes back even farther JHB Apr 2020 #20

Wow. I guess they will hate us until the end of time. Walleye Apr 2020 #22

Zealots will. After all, what does it cost them? JHB Apr 2020 #25

Need to take that away from them. Should make a bumper sticker: Girard442 Apr 2020 #13

They do it, because we hate it. dewsgirl Apr 2020 #14

We hate it because it sounds ignorant, and we hate ignorance Walleye Apr 2020 #17

Indeed we do. dewsgirl Apr 2020 #24

Republicans do it to show contempt for us. Describing the party incorrectly as a noun does that. Stevegberg Apr 2020 #15

Right- using it like a noun allows for a perjorative interpretation, like namecalling. coti Apr 2020 #29

makes ZERO difference any way you look it at as the "demoocrat" landslide in 2020 will be historic beachbumbob Apr 2020 #26

Per William Safire, the slur got a boost in 1940 from Harold Stassen. Joe McCarthy used it as well. VOX Apr 2020 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Apr 2020 #33

Ya,.. early warning system in place for ya.... magicarpet Apr 2020 #35

Shibboleth,.. what. ..... ? magicarpet Apr 2020 #36