If I hear Democrat used as an adjective one more time, I will scream.

[caledesi]

But here is my new thing. I used the word Republic as an adjective and if anyone asks why, I tell them.

Sample: All you Republic people ought to wake up!

(say, don't you mean Republican?....uh, no)

[calico1]

1. The worst part is...

hearing Democrats refer to the "Democrat" Party. Makes me cringe.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

3. just makes them sound ignorant

and unskilled with the english language

-and not the clever play on words they think it is

[hlthe2b]

8. I've corrected DUers, only to have (a few) post back very angry

retorts. Not all appear to be aware that this is a conscious effort by the RW to "redefine" Democrats and this bastardization of the language by the RW seems to have permeated. Seems that if one hears something stated incorrectly long enough, it must start to seem "correct" ....:shrug:

But I really hate it.

[calico1]

10. I agree. Its get repeated and repeated

and before you know it, everyone is saying it--even the people its meant to demean.

[ibegurpard]

2. Yup...it's extremely irritating

this goes hand in hand with their insistence that "we're a republic, not a democracy"...they're simply trying to get people to make associations...they don't want people to associate the Democrats with democracy (which has good connotations) and so they drop the "ic" and play up the "republic not democracy" schtick.
Good grammar trumps stupid political games, IMHO.

[tjwash]

4. You wanna REALLY frost their weenie?

Tell them that the entymolgy of the word "Republic" is derived from the French word "république"

:toast:

[Catch22Dem]

6. ROFL!!!

You said "frost their weenie!!!!!" That's hilarious! TWO POINTS!

[Cronus Protagonist]

14. Hahaha good one

...filing that one away for future use.... :)

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[coreystone]

11. My mother was an English teacher, ....

and, she used to become extremely upset about these things. I remember, having taken several courses at an undergraduate level from a Rhodes Scholar with a concentration in Shakespearian literature. One half of me agrees with your consternation; one half of me agrees with the Rhodes Scholar professor. He was a magnificent orator in "classroom". One of the courses, which I had the privilege to have been enrolled in, was entitled "Development of the English Language". One day he made a reference to the use of various uses of spoken words such as "ain't", and others. "Ye", is actually the "modern" version of "the".

Now! I do appreciate the concern of "spelling", as is relevant to the use of "democrat" in relation to being used as an "adjective". I do understand that when someone says, "Go to the store", that it is linguistically understood that "You" predicates the command. Is it possible that through the development, or, deterioration of our language, that "democrat" is simply a developmental aspect of the continual change, or, would you consider that a total aberation of such linguistic foundation?

Education is a wonderful entity of learning which is "proper", and which is not. Regarding our language, in attempt to "make it simple", let us not be snobs!

When I was in England in the seventies, there was a commentary on the BBC. The commentator made a comment that "giving the English language to Americans is like "giving sex to children". I remember it well! The quote is totally accurate! Not to escalate the "Brits", but, we have much to learn about linguistic snobbery.

With a sense of "humour"........


SORRY!

I needed to vent! The politics are really get'in to me!


;-)

[July]

13. It is a conscious attempt to separate "democratic" from our side.

A poster above has already pointed this out. They can't call us "democratic," just as Bush can't say that he's wrong about anything. They refuse to use the name of the party that the party itself uses. It's like calling a guy named Charlie "Chuck." It's disrespect, plain and simple.

[Cronus Protagonist]

15. No, it's not. It's a propaganda device used by Republicans

So they can emphasize the word "RAT" at the end of DemocRAT. They have even produced commercials with the word RAT highlighted within "DemocRAT" in past elections.

Any Democratic who adopts "Democrat" is accepting Republican propaganda and furthering their cause, unintentionally, of course. Personally, I think the word "Democratic" is a better, and more accurate label to use - it is the Democratic party, after all.

Democratics unite!

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[caledesi]

25. I agree. The only person I have ever seen those thugs called

on this is Chris Matthews....yeah, he stopped the thug dead in his tracks and said "what did u just say?" The thug said Democrat and Chris said it's "Democratic" not Democrat.

Good one for Chris.

[Cronus Protagonist]

29. Damn, is Chris coming out of the closet?

I don't see his show much, but I thought he was another Russert talking potato head.


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[VOX]

30. You hit on the head, Cronus.

It is indeed a propaganda device.

[gristy]

5. Best to just try to let it slide off your back and not let it burden you.

Just chant "Serenity Now" next time you hear it. :)

[Catch22Dem]

7. Serenity Now

Insanity Later :evilgrin:

[prodigal_green]

9. Part of their neverending War on Grammar

One of the best signs I saw at the rally on Sunday was "Grammar Teachers for Kerry" That pretty much says it all.

[DeepModem Mom]

12. kick

[sldavis]

16. did you take the zogby poll?

One of the questions is: In which party are you either registered to vote or do you consider yourself to be a member? Democrat, Republican, Independent, Libertarian, Constitution, Green, Natural Law, Reform, Other, Not sure, Refused.

The wording bothered me.

[Cheswick2.0]

21. They always use that word and I always send them nasty e-mail

maybe this is a project we could work on en-mass? What if 500 DUers sent them e-mail refusing to take their polls until they get the name of our party right?

[sldavis]

23. not a bad idea

I just sent my nasty email.

[ClassWarrior]

17. Democratic is the adjective. Democrat is the noun.

[Cheswick2.0]

19. it is the democratic party

that is the legal name. Not the democrat party. My voter registration card says so.

[ClassWarrior]

22. Agreed. But since the party began, a member of the Democratic Party...

...has been called a Democrat. My ultra-progressive little old lady mother, God rest her soul, was "A Proud Democrat," and she didn't let me forget it, either!!

[Cheswick2.0]

18. I refuse to answer

I just say "the what party" and refuse to answer until they say Democratic.

[RobertDevereaux]

20. KIck! One of my hot buttons too! n/t

[Snellius]

24. I sort of like the sound of "Repubic"

As in sentences like "in the Republic area of Congress"?

[caledesi]

26. Well the reason why I am suggesting using Republic as an

adjective, so that the thug on the other side will question the use of the word....that's when you smack them down.

[Snellius]

28. I agree. They should be corrected whenever they try to use it.

It's another nasty, mean little trick Repubes like to stick in to get their enemy pissed and throw them off balance. Unfortunatel, it too often works. But as Jon Stewart has shown: the best way to fight self-righteous derision is with ridicule.

[ContinentalOp]

27. Scream?

Is it going to be a big, wild-eyed, Democrat party, Dean scream?

I kid, I kid :)