It may not sound like a big issue, but I hear REPUKES on news shows refer to the Democratic Party as

[still_one]

the “Democrat” party. Mark fucking racist POS Meadows did it this morning, and Democrats and news personalities need to call them out on this

The traitorous, racist party that has become the Republican Party, need to be called out on this whenever they use it

THEY DO NOT GET TO DEFINE US

[Walleye]

1. Every time I vote my ballot says Democratic Party

I’ve never seen the Democrat party on any ballot. Getting someone’s name right is the minimum respect you can give. That’s why they keep trying to mispronounce Kamala

[still_one]

3. Exactly, and a good example to stick into their ugly faces

[ResistantAmerican17]

2. That's my cue to tune the fascist gasbags out. It just strengthens my hatred for Putin's party

mouthpieces.

[still_one]

4. Yup

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. They've been doing that for years, since the Teabaggers took it over.

It's their charming way of emphasizing the word "rats." That's why they do it. We have our own words for them here on DU, but at least our spokespeople and elected officials have enough class not to use them in public.

[SeattleVet]

7. Since way before then teabaggers.

I distinctly remember that bastard Reagan also doing it.

[still_one]

12. I think it is their way of messaging that the Democratic Party is not Democratic, which is ironic

since it is the Republican Party that is extremely intolerant of others

[Demonaut]

6. it's insulting but could be

The democratic party is comprised mostly of "democrats" thus the democrat party by affiliation of said individuals
It's a stretch but these assholes stretch more than yoga instructors

[SiliconValley_Dem]

10. nope

[Demonaut]

13. wow. makes sense

[greenjar_01]

26. Anybody who refers to it as the "Democrat Party" is an asshole, bar none

[Demonaut]

39. agree, it's always asshole that utter it including the those on MSNBC, the reporters

[Demonaut]

41. agree, it's always assholes that utter it including the those on MSNBC, the reporters

[Aristus]

33. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.

The name of the party is the Democratic Party. Bottom line.

[scarletwoman]

8. Thus has been going for years & years. Unfortunately, only rarely does it ever get called out.

[unitedwethrive]

9. I always refer to them as the Repub Party or the Racist Party

depending on how nice I'm trying to be.

[Cha]

23. Now they're the Magats in my book.

[sop]

11. I had a coworker who always said "Democrat party" because he wanted to be disrespectful.

I started calling the GOP the "Rapepublican party" (with deliberate emphasis on the first syllable) about the time Trump got elected. He didn't like it much.

[still_one]

14. That is exactly what it is, a sign of disrespect

[caraher]

15. It goes back a very long way

and when I lived in rural Indiana there were some Democrats who would say it as well; they'd heard it enough that it sounded correct to them!

[dmr]

38. That's very true. Today I corrected someone on Twitter.

Their Tweet was pro Biden which told me this person didn't know any better. They've heard it so much, they thought it was correct. I just politely let them know the usage was a right wing slur.

Hopefully they saw it, as well as others who may not know or were unsure.

A couple of years ago, I corrected a Lawrence O'Donnell tweet. The next night he smiled as he said it correctly. I knew that smile was for my Tweet. I smiled back from my living room, lol.

[Binkie The Clown]

16. It's exactly the same tone used by bigots when..

instead of saying something "He's a Jewish banker" they say "He's a Jew banker." It's a blatantly prejudicial use of language, and it annoys the living hell out of me.

[IADEMO2004]

17. re pubic an Party....Guardians Of Privilege....aMEricans

[BlueJac]

18. Fox propaganda!

[SheltieLover]

19. Maybe

We should refer to them as rePUBES. 😉

[Ms. Toad]

20. A lot of very strong Democrats in rural America, as well as less educated Democrats

also refer to it as the Democrat party.

The Republicans are doing it deliberately to yank our chains becuase they know it gets a reaction - and, frankly - making a big deal of it is not worth the potential insult to rural/less educated Democrats who do the same thing.

[greenjar_01]

25. Pfffffffft

[Ms. Toad]

28. Obviousy spoken by someone who is a bit elite & snobbish about grammar. n/t

[greenjar_01]

29. LOL

Transparent.

[Ms. Toad]

30. Transparent that I grew up in a small cluster of Democrats

in a less well-educated, rural part of the country which resulted in a broader variety of Democrats than the coastal snobbish Democrats are likely to encounter? Yep.

This is not a battle worth fighting - and if you choose to fight it you're attacking Democrats as well.

[greenjar_01]

31. People you're fooling:

Nobody

[Ms. Toad]

34. Not trying to fool anyone.

Just standing up for Democrats I've loved all my life, who don't happen to be grammar superstars.

[StarfishSaver]

37. No one's criticizing Dems who use it. They're calling out Republicans who use it as pejorative

This isn't about mispronunciation by people, but the Republicans' intentional and long-standing effort to mock and ridicule Democrats by purposely calling us out of our names. Two different things.

But this isn't the first time the propensity to step in and defend/explain/justify Republican behavior has been noted.

[Ms. Toad]

43. When you call out Republicans who use it, you are inherently calling out anyone who uses the term.

I'm not defending Republicans - I'm criticizing Democrats who are acting in an elitist condescending manner toward speech that is common among rural and/or less educated Democrats.

Just as you can't use gay as an insult without slamming those of us who are gay, you can't slam people for using a phrase that is pretty common in certain Democratic communities without slamming the Democrats in those communities.

[StarfishSaver]

45. Don't be ridiculous

If I criticize a man for calling a woman a "bitch," I am not "inherently calling out anyone" who has difficulty speaking English and pronounces "beach" as "bitch."

Republicans who use the term "Democrat" as an adjective aren't having difficulty with speech. They are using the term as an intentional insult.

As I said, two different things.

[Ms. Toad]

48. And when you call Trump fat, you're not insulting other fat people

Or when you call Trump or Pence gay, you're not insulting other gay people

It doesn't work that way. When you ridicule someone for using an incorrect phrase, everyone who uses that phrase and hears your ridiculs feels the impact of your words.

[StarfishSaver]

50. Now you're being beyond ridiculous

Stop digging.

[Aristus]

35. I don't think it's elitist or snobbish for people to be able to remember one single

syllable.

If they have a tough time with a four-syllable word, they should probably just not speak at all.

[Ms. Toad]

36. That's pretty elitist n/t

[Aristus]

46. No. It's normal.

I'm sick and tired of the below-average half of the country deciding what's an acceptable level of acceptable.

[Ms. Toad]

47. So you believe people, including Democrats, who are not as well educated as you

deserve to be ridiculed?

Is it really that important that they get an adjective wrong? Does it somehow impair your ability to understand them? I'm as picky as they come in an academic setting, but I don't apply those standards to real life. If what they are trying to communicate is understandable, outside of academia that's all that matters.

[jcgoldie]

52. The only reason any Democrat would use the term is because they have appropriated it from...

...from people whose intent was to redefine the Democratic Party in a negative light. I live in the rural Midwest and I have never heard this term uttered by a Democrat or almost anyone with sincerity... only by Republicans as an aspersion or occasionally by people pretending to be Democrats to subvert the conversation. Occasionally someone will show up here in DU and using that word as an adjective is like a bright neon sign signifying an impostor. Calling it what it is does not offend the 'poor ignorant Democrats in the country who don't talk proper English'... If anything here is "elitist" then its that argument.

[Ms. Toad]

53. That term has been in use, in rural America, since the 70s.

I grew up in rural Nebraska and a fair number of them say Democrat party rather than Democratic. They aren't fancy people. Many of the ones I'm thinking of didn't complete high school, and most didn't go to college. I am speaking from experience - and not experience after the Republicans latched onto the fact that thye could yank our chains.

[Funtatlaguy]

21. It was started by Republic Party pollster Frank Luntz years ago.

Google it for details.

[Walleye]

22. Yep, his book: "words that work".

[Ms. Toad]

32. Hardly.

I grew up around Democrats who used that term in the 70s.

[greenjar_01]

24. Welcome to 2002...you're just noticing this now?

[still_one]

27. Nope, but venting that the press let's them get away with it

[tavernier]

40. From now on they should be called the Trump Party.

[still_one]

42. And that is a true statement

[electric_blue68]

44. In the '70's?! Far as I know it was a tatic by Newt...

... Gingrich to show disrespect along with a big jump in really nasty vitriolic verbage in describing Democrats.

I don't really hate many people - he's one along with drumph, MoscowMitch & Ghouliani.

[Wounded Bear]

49. They do it intentionally, just to piss us off...

[Mr. Ected]

51. You are absolutely correct, the media needs to call them out on this

Over and over and over again.

It's an indication of how useless the modern media is, failing to correct a subtle yet obvious dig at the Democratic Party. They've enabled this, make no mistake.