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14. Own the grammatically correct adjective "Democratic", not

Mon Mar 8, 2021, 09:41 AM

Mar 2021

"Democrat" used as anything other than a noun..L

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What's in an adjective? 'Democrat Party' label on the rise [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP

Republicans do that all the time..Pisses me off. whathehell Mar 2021 #1

I'm sure I heard Manchin say democrat senator today Walleye Mar 2021 #3

I'd like to think whathehell Mar 2021 #4

I think so. He did say Democratic senator earlier in this interview Walleye Mar 2021 #5

Joy Reid corrects them too. brush Mar 2021 #6

Good! n/t. whathehell Mar 2021 #8

So now they want us to be stupid enough to work with them? Walleye Mar 2021 #2

They only do this to make us mad MichMan Mar 2021 #7

Don't get mad, just correct them, and mock their grammar whathehell Mar 2021 #9

They mean to bully and mock and derogotize, but I say own it. movingviolation Mar 2021 #11

Own the grammatically correct adjective "Democratic", not whathehell Mar 2021 #14

Saying Democratic Party reminds that we (& America)believe in democracy stuffmatters Mar 2021 #12

That's it. They don't like using wnylib Mar 2021 #13

They dislike "democratic" because it sounds too positive. n/t whathehell Mar 2021 #15

A DUer suggested Democracy Party. I like it! Karadeniz Mar 2021 #16

That's nothing new. marmar Mar 2021 #17