Alright, ONE MORE TIME, it is NOT Democrat Party, it is DemocratIC Party

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_%28epithet%29

"Democrat Party" is a political epithet used in the United States for the Democratic Party. The term has been used in negative or hostile fashion by conservative commentators and members of the Republican Party in party platforms, partisan speeches and press releases since 1940.[1]

I just saw it used in a Huff Post article.

This is a big deal, I know many of you say it isnt.

It is.

PLEASE expose it and complain about it EVERY TIME you see it!

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Is it the Republic party? So it's not the Democrat party. It's the Democratic Party.

[adieu]

21. You can spell it as the Republican Party or the Republic Party

but I always pronounce it as the "ASSHOLES" party.

[BlueCaliDem]

28. How about the Koch Bros Party? Because that would be the most accurate. eom

[OldRedneck]

32. It's the PUBLICAN Party

[Dont call me Shirley]

63. Took me a minute...

[FSogol]

2. Make sure to ask the writer or editor, "Why should we trust your facts or opinions, when you can't

even get the name of one of the two major political parties in this country correct?"

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

3. Exactly, but many in our party are sadly ignorant about that this is an issue and why

[Kalidurga]

4. How about an inventory.

The Republic Party has:

a lack of reasonable positions in fact most of their positions are designed to hurt people rather than help.

they have no logical reason for these positions.

they applaud at the idea people can die because they can't pay for medical care.

they oppose nearly if not all civil rights issues.

and they believe wage slavery is a good thing even if it means a lot of people go hungry at least once or twice a month and that these same people are always stressed about being less than a pay check away from eviction.

I am a bit more worried about that. Because the insults are just designed to distract us from the fact that beneath those insults are some very ugly people ugly to their cores.

[Journeyman]

5. And where did you see it on Huffington Post? . . .

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

7. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10491524

read the excerpt from huff post


Unless those arent excerpts but are the commentary of the OP, which would still be bad but not the same I guess.

NO, it is from the linked article

[Journeyman]

9. Your complaint is with the phrase "Democrat-controlled Senate"? . . .

[lunasun]

16. Thank you for asking

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

73. Democratically controlled Senate is the way I have heard it said hundreds of times

or house...

Only the recent fad of creating this as an issue has it changed.

It has been done to INSULT your party, i mean you ARE a Democrat, right?

I dont think in the thousands and thousands of hours of political radio, tv, or for that matter movies and fiction, have I heard

Democrat Controlled House

always

Democratically Controlled House or Democratically controlled Senate

always

Until recently, although this INTENTIONAL INSULT isnt new.

Even if this person at Huff Post did it grammatically correct and meant no harm, my point is valid and on a board that

IS SUPPOSE TO BE ONLY DEMOCRATS, one wouldnt expect some of the responses I have seen.....

Maybe the worst reaction I would expect to see on a BOARD DEDICATED TO DEMOCRATS, would be: "Hey, you know in that specific case, even though it is always said the way you are saying it, the way it was written there is grammatically correct, but I get your point"

That is what I would expect from a Democrat.

[PoliticAverse]

14. There's nothing wrong there that I saw. Individual party members are Democrats. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. "..a rose By any other name would smell as sweet" Romeo and Juliet Act II Scene II

Although I don't of any political party that smells as sweet as a rose.

[11 Bravo]

8. Sorry, a fat junkie on the radio decided that "Democrat" …

it will be, and the sheep fell into line.

[freshwest]

10. Yup. Him are the boss of the GOP media, too!

[FSogol]

19. It wuz Lee Atwater. He wanted to connote "rat" and "Democrat." n/t

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

74. And they are arguing with me about it here, i guess I should stop being surprised

[msongs]

11. legal name of the party is Democratic party. a group is democrats, or in the singular, democrat.

democrat- controlled is correct when referring to people and not the party. Who formerly controlled the senate? = democrats, not democratics. It is incorrect to say Democrat Party when referring to the party

[Dustlawyer]

29. It is a childish, cheap shot that they get off to everytime they get a rise out of one of us.

You can either not rise to the bait, or you can call them on it by educating them (correcting them) with what msongs says above!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

89. Chris Matthews is the ONLY one I hear correcting these assholes to their face.

No one else does it. Rachel just sits there and laughs that stupid silly laugh which gets on my nerves. As much as I dislike Matthews, he's the only one on our side that never allows them to get away with it.

[rogerashton]

12. The only people who don't understand that are Rethuglicans. eom

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

90. Sadly I'm come across a great number of Democrats who are ignorant

of this issue as well. And yes, some of them are right here on DU, too.

[napkinz]

13. that's what often gives the trolls away on here

every time I see someone post "Democrat Party" I feel like shouting, "We've got one!"

[TrollBuster9090]

22. I do that, too. Not necessarily on DU, but whenever I see somebody attacking a Democrat, or

or a liberal policy as not being liberal enough; and they use the term Democrat Party, I say "GOT-CHA." I do the same thing when somebody who claims to be a progressive, and then uses the term SHEEPLE. Nice try.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

91. Or, they'll say bullshit like "both sides" do thus and so.

That's when I know they're full of shit! Or, when they claim to be an Independent, but never attack the ReThugs for anything, always going after Democrats for everything.

[Fumesucker]

107. It's wise to let sleeping sheeple remain undisturbed

[Jamastiene]

56. Me too.

It irritates me when they do it and it gives them away.

[Savannahmann]

15. New day, new rant, roughly as well thought out as the last one.

It isn't a big deal. You don't say Senator Reid Democratic, Nevada. You say Senator Reid, Democrat, Nevada. You don't say President Obama is a Democratic. You say President Obama is a Democrat. This isn't an epitaph.

Oh, and the reference to the ill conceived rant from yesterday? http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026197580

You're passionate, I'll give you credit on that. However, you are also rather reactionary about these things. That doesn't do our side the good you imagine it does.

[lunasun]

18. +1 + Democrats do control the senate in Illinois .Not "Democratics' but whatever get enraged by my

post if you want to follow along... after all there is tomorrow
See what delight it brings

[L0oniX]

31. ^^^this^^^

[OilemFirchen]

72. ... and that...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026124450#post82

Star Member L0oniX (26,965 posts)

82. ...and anyone who votes for $$$ owned politicians is a traitor to the Democrat party.

[L0oniX]

105. Well I am happy that I piss you off to the point where you keep track of what I post.

It's good to have hopes dreams and goals.

Let me know if you ever give a fuck about fair campaign financing. Until then enjoy your oligarchy.

[OilemFirchen]

109. Pleased to be of service. (n/t)

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

75. That is the best you can do, sign on with someone else's insult LOL

When I am being attacked for defending liberalism or the Democratic Party, I know I am doing something right.

[L0oniX]

106. Insult? Aww you were offended? You know where the alert button is.

[Skittles]

33. "our side"

[George II]

38. You don't say Democrat Senator Reid, you say DemocratIC Senator Reid, and...

...you say Obama is a DemocratIC President.

[Ms. Toad]

53. If the phrase had omitted the word "controlled" you would be grammatically correct.

Democratic Senate (as opposed to Democrat-controlled Senate)

Democratic Senator Reid is correct - because "Senator Reid" is a noun phrase. President is a noun. Senate is a noun. Adjectives modify or describe nouns.

Control is a verb. Adjectives don't modify verbs. So when the phrase is {blank}-controlled Senate, what goes in the {blank} is NOT an adjective.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

76. Wasting your time...Certain people on DU are not here for the same reason we are.

When they start following me around, I know I am on the right track.


Stay vigilant!

[Cosmic Kitten]

43. Reactionary indeed!

These sorts of reactionary responses hurt
the *democrats* as much as single issue voting!

It's no wonder the *big tent* has such
a poor following at election time...
TRIANGULATION and WEDGE POLITICS
are destroying the DEMOCRATS.

[SunSeeker]

54. How is insisting on our party being called by its name "TRIANGULATION" & "WEDGE POLITICS"?

It is the GOP who specializes in single issue voting such as anti-abortion and anti-same sex marriage as a way to pry the social conservatives away from the Dems.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

77. Cosmic follows me around and attacks me for believing both parties are NOT the same

[SunSeeker]

82. Oy. And they say YOU waste your time over stupid stuff.

On the other hand, getting a stalker on DU is sort of a badge of honor.

[Cosmic Kitten]

87. puleeez...no one has a "stalker" :~/

The OP created a thread to whine about
a perceived slight offered by right-wingers.
Using *democrat* is nothing more than a childish attempt
at an insult...nothing worthy of democrat(ic) outrage.
The issue comes off as pout-rage

As to wedge issues and triangulation,
whenever Democrats evoke or respond
to the right-wing culture war it hurts the party.

Culture war issues play into the right-wing frames
and narratives. It's giving right-wingers a home field advantage.
It mobilizes their voters and motivates campaign donations.

When a democratic candidate runs on the platforms
that galvanize right-wing voters it hurts the party
by alienating voters who should/would vote for Democrats.

Why do you suspect working-class republicans
vote against their self interests?

[SunSeeker]

92. I see you are blind to irony.

Are you going to stalk me now?

[Cosmic Kitten]

93. Replying to posters isn't *stalking*

...but if you need a hand to hold
I'll hang with you


What's your opinion of *poutrage*?
for it or against it?

BTW, what is this *irony* you speak of

[SunSeeker]

96. No thanks. I don't need your company. nt.

[Cosmic Kitten]

98. awww now I has a sad :~(

About this *irony* you speak of?
Can you elaborate?

[SunSeeker]

57. I find NoJusticeNoPeace's passion refreshing.

I trust his arguments will get more polished. Your disdain just drips with hate, as if you were talking about a GOP nut bag instead of a fellow DUer.

His OP is accurate, he just gives a bad example via the Huffpo link. You could have just pointed out the inaccurate example and suggested a better one, but no, you had to insult and belittle his feelings. THAT is what is not helping "our side."

[Savannahmann]

61. Passion is quite useful. For a reason worthy of the passion.

I am passionate about many things. Civil Rights as a single example of many. To a certain extent, I am interested in the use of language. I am not passionate about the time of day. I am not passionate about the weather. Nor am I passionate about the type of wood used in the chair that I sit in.

I reject your assertion that I am filled with hatred. In the link I provided, if you had followed it, he began with a flawed example. I disproved his assertion, politely, with references. I am human, and I make mistakes. I have sometimes believed things that were incorrect. The location of things for example. When shown that I was wrong, I have several choices about how I can respond. I can admit my error, correct the knowledge in my mind, and move forward wiser. I can deny the information, pretend the truth doesn't exist, and move from ignorant to idiotic. Or I can throw nonsense out that has nothing to do about what I was proven wrong about, which is juvenile. NJNP picked the last of the options. Through that thread, NJNP dismissed arguments that did not agree with their own as privileged white liberal beliefs.

I do not hate NJNP. I respect passion, directed towards a useful goal. An individual who is passionate about the time of day using my example above, is something to be worried about. Deciding the use of language that everyone can use takes authority over the issue unto oneself. The webpage for the DNC is democrats.org not democratic.org. I can easily find a thousand references where Democrats refer to themselves as a Democrat. So self appointed authority arrogantly thrown about coupled with misdirected passion is worthy of a certain amount of scorn, especially on the heels of the ill conceived assertions from the day before.

If you tell me that I must use the language in a way that you determine to be proper, and only in that way or else I am guilty of committing some great sin, I will eschew such an argument without malice.

My intent, and I believe I succeeded, was to speak to NJNP as a wiser (on this subject as well as the one before but certainly not arrogant enough to believe myself wiser on every subject) individual who was enlightening the passionate, but ill informed without malice.

[SunSeeker]

67. Do you think referring to the Democratic Party as the "Democrat Party" is correct?

You have yet to address what the OP actually said.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

79. THanks, but Democratically Controlled Senate is the way I heard it referred

to hundreds of times outside of this new fad, or this recent renewal of this fad.

If it is a bad example, then so be it.

But as you said yourself, weird that on a board that ONLY DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTERS are suppose to be posting, there are people picking me apart over this.

Not weird actually, I have figured out why.

[SunSeeker]

81. I agree. Even Boehner uses the term "Democratic Senate leadership."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/boehner-mcconnell-60-minutes-scott-pelley/

Guess he must be slipping...

[DesMoinesDem]

83. +1000. I've yet to see NJNP post anything worthwhile.

I would be surprised if NJNP wasn't a RW troll trying to make Democrats look stupid.

[Cosmic Kitten]

88. hmmm? Think we're getting punked?

[jimlup]

17. Yes I find it very offensive and they

fucking know it. They enjoy it. They are such motherfucking baby hypocrites it can't be described in words. And I'm not exaggerating. I do wonder what drives these people. Are they that fucking mean to their core?

[pocoloco]

37. Wow! It looks like it's working!!

LOL! No wonder they do it!

A cold shower might help!

[Cosmic Kitten]

46. Right!?! Word hurt intellectuals apparently?

I can only believe it's FAUX OUTRAGE?
Adults couldn't possibly be so upset about
*PERCEIVED* schoolyard name calling?????

RATS? democRATS?? really ?
Repuglican? rethuglican? repukelican?
But democRATS!!!!111!!!!!1! arrgahhhhh!!1!1!!

[jimlup]

48. Yeah - you are probably right...

a cold shower might help me. I've been arguing with a gang of right-wing trolls on another site so that might be part of the anger in my typing...

But in all seriousness, I hate them to the core of my soul. I really do... and at least I can express that here.

[ybbor]

20. I completely agree

[Mira]

23. I agree with you whole heartedly.

It is a put down. Comes from that it rhymes with "rat"
I detest it, and never ever let it go unchallenged.

[GummyBearz]

30. Rhymes?

Democrat rhymes with rat

about as much as english rhymes with sh

There's plenty of stuff to be mad about, but I don't see why this is one

-a proud democrat

[Mira]

55. So you think it's OK and I

absolutely don't.
They would not in talking point fashion all do it - and we collectively (see the thread) don't like it. Each time I hear it I feel slapped, and it is my right to feel however I do, and naturally so can you.

[missmo1951]

24. They think it shows disdain

When it really shows idiocy. They shiver with glee when they use it.

[Skittles]

59. CORRECT

heart for you!

[Cha]

25. Usually the ones who say it are reCons.. trying to trash the Dems in their stupid way or cons posing

as Dems online and they slip up 'cause they don't know any better.

My experience anyway.

[George II]

36. Just about ALL republic congressmen and senators use that term.

[Whiskeytide]

26. They get a twisted sense...

...satisfaction when using it upsets a democrat. That's why they do it. 4 year olds. I quit giving them that satisfaction years ago. I just note who uses it. No sense taking the bell off the cat.

[madashelltoo]

27. That irks me more than I can express.

[mountain grammy]

34. I smile and say very nicely "you mean the Democratic Party, don't you?

I am a Democrat, a member of the Democratic Party."

[George II]

35. I HATE that - it was resurrected by Joseph McCarthy, which says it all.....

....and to the poster below me (above me?), I've been calling THAT party the "republic party" for years.

Chris Matthews a couple of years ago ran all over Darryl Issa on his show because he kept referring to is at the "Democrat" Party.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

39. Ron Christie tried it and he called him out directly

Christie of course just gave that smug indignant look.

[George II]

42. Yes, that really irritates Chris Matthews about as much as it irritates all of us, and he....

....points it out any chance he gets.

It's rude, but my wife and I call Ron Christie the "opti-grab" guy.

[Lean]

40. I've been

calling people out on this for years. It's also incorrect English. It shows their pettiness and ignorance.

[George II]

41. Another link, from NPR, discussing McCarthy's use of the term:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2010/03/since_when_did_it_become_the_d.html

The real sting in the use of Democrat as an adjective goes back to the virulent anti-Communist Wisconsin Republican, Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

"Back in the 1950s, Joe McCarthy and his entourage began using Democrat Party and explaining by way of saying they didn't think the Dems really represented democratic ideas, etc. and should not be allowed to call themselves democratic," said Elving. "Most news organizations quoted his usage but did not adopt it."

[calimary]

44. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do complain about it every time I hear it or see it. It's been allowed to metastasize because NOBODY is challenging it or checking it or disputing it. NOT EVER.

I think WE should be the ones who decide what our party is called. And as long as the enemy thinks it's THEIR privilege, WE need to do the ol' "taste of their own medicine, see how they like it" remedy. If they think they can decide what our party's name is, then I shall feel free to decide what THEIR party is called. And I won't be nice about it, either.

Which is why I never call them anything but the republi-CON party. Cuz all they offer is a CON job. And if they don't like it, and if they want me to stop, I shall - when, and ONLY when they stop getting my party's name wrong. Because I know they do it deliberately. This is VERY bad behavior that needs to be checked, and corrected, at EVERY turn.

[SunSeeker]

45. Even GOP leaders like McConnell and Boehner who KNOW our party's name still do it.

They do it to prove their conservative bona fides. Just like we know a poster who calls us the "Democrat Party" is a troll, Boehner and McConnell's base would think they had "turned liberal" if they started calling us by our actual name. Hearing them call us the DemocRAT Party (the emphasis is always on the "rat" because they're oh so cleverly calling us rats) gives the base joy. It is the Beevis and Butthead-ization of the GOP.

[kelliekat44]

47. But aren't we called "Democrats" and not "Democratics?"

[SunSeeker]

52. We're called the Democratic Party. Not the Democrat Party. That is the OP's point.

The OP is not saying you shouldn't say, when referring to specific individuals, that he or she is a "Democrat." However, he could have picked a better example of his point, such as how Speaker of the House Boehner, not just some idiot troll, repeatedly calls our party the Democrat Party. That Huffpo article the OP cites is apparently referring to individuals, not the name of our party. But the OP's point is otherwise clear and correct. References to the "Democrat Party" is a gratuitous insult.

[bhikkhu]

49. Anyone inclined to call the other side the "Republic" party?

...petty little jabs from them, but it would be nice to give one back.

[pipi_k]

50. Not everything

is a big deal

This is a big deal, I know many of you say it isnt.

It is.

PLEASE expose it and complain about it EVERY TIME you see it!

Maybe it's a big deal for you, but it isn't for me.

Oddly enough, I have other things in my life to be upset over.

And yeah, they're a big deal for me. So forgive me if I just can't make the effort to get all outraged over this.


Oh, and if you don't want "RepubliCONS" and "ReTHUGlicans" to keep using it, maybe it would be a good idea to stop giving them the satisfaction of seeing how much it upsets you.

[Ms. Toad]

51. 1. It really isn't a big deal.

2. Even if it is a big deal, in this case you're wrong. (Huff Po), is correct. Your "correction" is not.

Democrat - noun
Democratic - adjective

The day after that showing of disapproval with the governor's minimum wage plan, the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a minimum wage increase bill which would raise the state's minimum wage to $9 by the middle of the year and $11 over four years.

Democrat-controlled Senate is correct. Democrat is being used as a noun, not an adjective, in the preceding sentence.

If they had inserted "party" in the sentence (Democratic Party controlled Senate), you would be grammatically correct. In that case, Democratic is the adjective which modifies the noun Party by telling which kind of party. The party controls the Senate. Which party? The Democratic party.


Either way, still not a big deal. Yes the Republicans are yanking our chain, because they have learned that there some of us who get disproportionately angry about it and it is fun to make us angry. But I grew up in a rural area, where 7th grade grammar didn't always stick, assuming folks actually made it out of the 7th grade. Most of my teachers in grades K-6 hadn't gone to school beyond high school. Tons of very loyal Democrats (Note: it is a noun here, see how that works?) referred to the party as the Democrat party. Not grammatically correct. But nothing nefarious about it - that's just how they spoke. They also made a number of other grammar errors, as well. I don't see any reason to jump down their throat about those grammar errors, either.

Stop letting them yank your chain. And if you're going to let them yank your chain, at least be sure you're right when you go postal about it.

[hvn_nbr_2]

58. Agreed, but also...

All right, one more time, it is not alright, it is all right.

[Bigmack]

60. If they use "Democrat party"....

... that frees me to use the term "TeaPublican".

Actually, that fits their party pretty well.

[ChosenUnWisely]

62. Democrat, Democrat, Democrat

[Pooka Fey]

64. I belong to the DemocraTIC party, I am a Democrat, I vote the DemocraTIC ticket

(Sighhhhhh)

Keep up the good work, NoJusticeNoPeace.

Disdain for correct language usage, and contempt for the education which teaches correct language usage are RW neo-liberal values. It's shocking to see some DUers claiming this doesn't matter.

[pipi_k]

66. Language usage

does matter.

But getting as frothed up about it as the OP did, wow.


I would say that anyone in this thread getting that pissed off about two letters added to, or subtracted from, a word really should get on their knees and give thanks for their good fortune.

Only in a First World country would people give this much attention to a word.

I wonder how many millions of people in other countries would love to have the same luxury we Americans have to be shocked (SHOCKED, I TELL YOU!!!) over one stinking word.

[Pooka Fey]

80. Your message is, briefly : yes it matters, but no it doesn't matter enough to become disagreable

If you don't defend something, it means that it doesn't matter to you. We don't all have to agree on how best to express our displeasure.

And I don't really care what anyone in another country thinks about me or how I defend proper English usage. Everyone carries their own burdens, including those living in the 1st World. I show my gratitude to the universe for the benefit of my free education by defending the values of a free education and a liberal arts education, to boot.

Why do you assume that 3rd Worlders, who normally don't shit on their own family members because they need to stick together to survive, have it worse than me? Many 3rd Worlders have wised up to scam that is modern capitalist industrial society.

Check out the IKEA advertisement, "How do people start the day in the World's Cities" and see how in India, a household is Grandparents, Parents, and Kids all living in one household, all smiling and all watching out for each other. In London, a household is a group of about 5-6 roommates who probably all come and go at random like the 4 winds. Which is a stronger bond?

Wealth is more than money or things like a mortgage and a credit card bill - it's ties, friends, family, a job, security, community, access to culture and free or low cost education, access to free or low cost health care, access to clean non GMO food, clean water (Detroit doesn't have this), access to employment which pays a living wage (Americans don't have this). By what measure are the 99%er Americans "wealthy"? The guilt trip doesn't work on me. No hard feelings.

[OilemFirchen]

97. I understand now.

It's just about "two letters". When I was growing up I felt uncomfortable being called "that Jew kid Oilem" instead of "that Jewish kid Oilem".

But that's three letters. No wonder it hurt.

[LWolf]

65. I'm glad you've got your priorities straight. nt

[dissentient]

68. It doesn't bother me, it ranks somewhere near the bottom of things to get upset about

This is common though, some people think that whatever upsets them or whatever they think is an important issue, everyone else has to think the same.

No they don't. Just because you think something is important or you have a pet issue that you get all excited about, doesn't mean everyone else has to agree with you and think the same way as you.

Not at all. Individuals can think very differently than others on all sorts of topics. It's wonderful, this freedom.

[LongTomH]

69. "If you continue using Democrat Party instead of Democratic Party, may all your old English.......

.......teachers rise from their graves with steel rulers in their rotting fists, and descend on you to beat your knuckles bloody before they feast on your putrid Republican brain."

"Democratic is the adjective. democrat is a noun.

[Capt. Obvious]

70. Added to my protest to-do list

68. Convince people that Big Bang Theory is not funny
69. Convince people to start calling pickles, pickled cucumbers
70. Convince people to start using Democratic instead of Democrat even when inappropriate.

[SalviaBlue]

71. My republican dad insists on using this term when speaking about the

Democratic Party. I explained that it was derogatory and grammatically incorrect and he said "I can use whatever term I want." So, I said I would henceforth refer to the Republican Party as the Asshole Party.

I think he got the point.

[HappyMe]

78. Meh. This is very close

to the bottom of my 'get all upset' list.








Okay, it's probably dead last on the list.

[DesMoinesDem]

84. But 'this is a big deal'. It should be first on your list!

[HappyMe]

85. lol!

Yeah. I suppose I could move it up 1 slot to 2nd to the last on the list. But that would knock my concern over missing socks after doing laundry to dead last. I don't know what to do here.

[Stellar]

94. I only hear Republic0ns refer to it as the "Democrat" party.

I just saw it used in a Huff Post article.

This is a big deal, I know many of you say it isnt.

It is.

PLEASE expose it and complain about it EVERY TIME you see it!

And I agree with you!

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

95. THanks

[bigwillq]

99. What are things I can't really get too upset about for $200, Alex.

Yes, I understand "Democratic" is the proper word usage, but I really can't get too upset when someone uses that word, or any other word, wrong.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

100. Thanks for caring enough to respond to tell me what I care about isnt important...

[bigwillq]

101. Never said it's not important.

Just not that important to ME.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

102. You care so much t that you are now posting twice.. it IS

important to MANY Democratic supporters who want to stop very bad people from taking over our government.

[bigwillq]

104. That's the point of a DISCUSSION board.

Someone posts something and folks respond. Sometimes they agree with what is posted, other times they won't.

[Fumesucker]

108. It's to the level of deliberately mispronouncing someone's name every time you address them

Just because you know it annoys them.

I left that behavior behind in elementary school I thought.

[bigwillq]

111. I don't disagree with you.

It just doesn't bother me.

[Jamaal510]

110. My family calls it the "Democrat" Party,

but I don't think they know or care that much about what the proper term is. They're all staunch Dems.
When I hear RWers like Limbaugh use that term, though, it's as if they're intentionally leaving out the principle of our party prioritizing the common man.