Please stop using the word "Repukes".

[SeveneightyWhoa]

It makes you look no worse than a typical freeper. It puts you on their level. You know, the ones who use the terms "Democrap", "DemoRat", or "Demoscum".

Please discontinue this use of language, because it's not helping anyone. Thanks.

[Beausoir]

1. Oh god..here we go.....

[beam me up scottie]

21. !

:popcorn:

This is going to be great!

[Cha]

94. I kinda like it..

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[Jiyah]

103. Komically Kooky Konartists? Because you know when the Repugs talk

you hear KKK all the time.

[beam me up scottie]

113. Exactly!

Their slips are showing.

I always wondered why they didn't mind wearing those white dresses.

Maybe it was before Labor Day.

[WCGreen]

105. Anyone can do as they please, but being close to Fifty....

I find it a little childish to resort to name calling...

At this stage of the game...

Unless I am really, really, really fucking pissed....

[leftchick]

I used to be above name calling

until I became really, really, REALLY FUCKING PISSED AT THE REPUKES! Now I call them any fucking thing I want to!

:)

[Grebrook]

147. I'm personally against "Repukes", only because it sounds stupid

[nini]

2. no

I can use anything I want to when referring to them. What I really would like to call them would get me banned.


What they say about us/me means nothing to me.

[Montauk6]

3. Should we not, then, use "freeper"?

With all due respect...

[NMDemDist2]

6. IIRC that's what they call themselves n/t

[karlrschneider]

4. Is it okay if I call them "Filthy scumsucking fuckwits"?

Just checking...

[SPKrazy]

9. How About "Refucklicans"?

[Cha]

98. And

refudlicans :+ :popcorn:

[Panda1]

88. Ahahahahaaaaaaaa

Thanks, I enjoyed that. :)

[porphyrian]

5. I like "fucking assholes" myself, but it takes so long to type. - n/t

[Kurovski]

16. Use "shit-twiddling fuckwadish fart-squat Repubelickins"

When Honoring them by thier fully earned title.

[upi402]

97. that's dandy

and many of them have mothers as well!

mother's fuckin assholes

righteous

[Name removed]

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[SeveneightyWhoa]

119. Ohhh!

Someone's getting FEISTY!

[rpannier]

7. I will use

republikkans, repukes and the rest.

This is politics. In politics you hit and hit hard.

Using these 'gutteral' terms are part of it.

Embarrassing, demonizing and demeaning your opposition works. It's why it's been going on in every Democracy for centuries.

When you don't fight back you look weak.

[bluestateguy]

8. I'm a proud member of the DemocRAT Party

and a proud DUmmy.

[Cha]

100. Evil DUers!

That cracks me up! :popcorn:

[Ian David]

10. How about RAPEpublicans or Republickers?

Or my personal favorite, "Nazis Too Lazy To March."

[johnaries]

18. Great one! "Nazis too lazy to march!"

:rofl:
I'm using that one..... "NTLTM"!

[Nickster]

24. I actually prefer the RAPEpublicans. LOL. n/t

[Turbineguy]

87. Ditto!

Oh, sorry....

[Arkana]

62. I prefer "Nazis Too Glued To Their Chair By A Weird Mix Of Sweat

And Semen To March"

[Cha]

102. NTLTM!

Some just stick with ya! :rofl:

[Wilms]

11. Sorry. But anything that makes me vomit more than once is a repuke. n/t

:D

[Kurovski]

19. Lol!!

:rofl:

[Cha]

104. That's why I like it so

much! It's so descriptively indictative of the gag reflex they inflict! :popcorn:

[Lex]

12. Believe me, my language doesn't put me "on their level"

by any means.

Give me a break.

When I vote for a dumbass war-monger and defend crooks like Frist, then I might be "on their level."

But not by use of the word "repuke." Or by the use of any word will I be on their level.

[SPKrazy]

13. I'll Call Them Whatever The Hell I Want!

repukes
rethuglicans
thugs
scum
fuckers
pieces of shit
whatever I want!

We still have free speech, right?

[SeveneightyWhoa]

124. I dunno, that depends.

It probably hinges on what these two fuckernauts have to say about it.

(Pardon my language! I demand that I stop! ;))

[senseandsensibility]

14. These lecturing posts are irritating

Obviously, we will all continue to use the terms we wish to use, as long as we aren't breaking DU rules. My current favorite is "republicks", as a kind of take off of their use of democrat as an adjective. However, if I feel like using repuke I will.

[Evergreen Emerald]

15. I was thinking, with all due respect,

of calling them dimwittedamericanhatinglemmings. Repuke for short.

[Bobbieo]

26. What is DU going to be like after we take back Both Houses

We are united now - I think!!!!!!

[Monkeyman]

17. Replugs for me

[Kurovski]

25. Nice. I've heard "Rescumlicans" a few times before.

Any others you folks can think of?

[sarge43]

45. I like Repugnants n/t

[Kurovski]

58. "Replicants" is another I just remembered seeing elsewhere.

"Repiglicans"

[boolean]

20. LOL!!!

How do you people survive in the real world? Really.

[Lex]

23. cramps in the index finger from all the wagging

would be one side-effect probably . . .

[uppityperson]

22. I know, no need to sink to that level.

Working on other ways to work around them than calling them names. To their faces. Here at home I rant, but still try to not cuss and insult them. Edited to add, even though he was a fictional character, I think of Atticus Finch's manners. Be polite then stab them.

[Ian David]

27. Well..

Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke: Repukes :puke:

[we can do it]

28. How About Rethugs or Just Plain Assholes?

[Thickasabrick]

29. I'm curious if it really bothers you or if you were actually looking

for some new and unique names? You must have known the thread would go like this.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

107. No.

a) I "misunderestimated" the groupthink, and
b) I'm clearly out of the DU Mainstream.

[NewInNewJ.]

30. Of all the things to be worried about, it

ain't what we call the Repukes!

[jus_the_facts]

31. Please learn to use the ignore feature in the future...

[we can do it]

32. I Think You Need To Take This Test

The Commonly Confused Words Test
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14457200288064322170

[Kingshakabobo]

41. LOL...or is it LO'L........nt

[we can do it]

43. ROFLMAO?

[Kurovski]

55. hey! I got 40 out of 40!

I'm not as DUmb as I thought.

[justgamma]

33. I like repugnantcons.

ok that's too lettery.

[Cha]

109. repukcons?

:popcorn:

[AnnInLa]

34. Hmmm, let me think......no.

[bridgit]

35. i never do, i always call them what they are, small 'r' republicans...

:)

[Jim Sagle]

36. DU thanks your for your concern.

Haw haw haw!!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[IMAMiscreant]

37. Stop it! Because here's what happens:

http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20061028.html

[sendero]

38. Repukes...

... repugs, whatever. They are not welcome here so if they wish to not be offended I'd suggest they go somewhere else.

[sarge43]

39. Ooooo, we might offend them? Mercy, mercy

And if we dug down to the magma, we still wouldn't reach their level.

[silverweb]

40. No problem.

I always call them reTHUGs, anyway.

If the shoe fits....

:popcorn:

[nosmokes]

42. He's right, ya know. Fuckin' Fascists is more accurate. n/t

[Cha]

111. True dat..

:popcorn:

[Name removed]

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[Rex]

63. Now now, they only meant it with the best intentions at heart.

:rofl:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

126. This is true!

I care deeply about my friends here in the DU Village of Love.

(Or, as Candy "M&Ms" Crowley would say, the party of Acid, Amnesty, and Abortion! So pop a tab, and let's get this thang crackin'!)

[Rex]

129. DU Village of Love? When did we change the name?

I thought it was the DU Town of Thoughtfulness! Dammit, I should start reading my daily PDBs! :crazy:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

136. 2001, to be exact.

Like 9/11, it was also Clinton's fault!

[tnlefty]

46. Sorry, but i have about 20 years of name calling to make up for.

You remember Rush's use of feminazi among other things? Then the spin-offs from him, i.e., Annthrax Coulter, Hannity, Ingram, etc.? I tried to ignore their vileness and name calling, but no more.

Repugnuts and repukes are the cleanest words for them that I can use in front of children and in 'polite society'.

[Individualist]

47. Oh goody, another "makes us look bad" post.

:eyes:

[loveable liberal]

48. They really arent republicans.

Republicans have a decent ideology, a valid argument; its just one I dont agree with. What we have running our country now are neo-con, dipshit, fake Kristian, theocratic, pharisee-fascist's.

Real Republicans are simply people who believe in smaller government; I dont believe true republicans would trash the constitution or deny help to those in need like the neo-con, bush-whores have done. True republicans will help us throw bushco out of office.

Long live Habeas Corpus
Long live the EPA
Long live public education
Long live the United States Constitution

[petronius]

96. I would quibble with that a little - I think what you've described are

real conservatives, not real Republicans. Anyone who joins the party is a real Republican, it's just that the party is no longer conservative. And the sooner the real conservatives catch on that an "R" doesn't necessarily mean conservative, the better off we'll all be...

[KittyWampus]

49. I agree. Actually, for those who like using Repuke.. why not Poopie-head?

it's on the same level.

[Kurovski]

73. "Shit-headed, dirty poopie-dupah hole" sounds better.

"Poopie-head" is something an adult calls a person they love when said loved-one is cranky and irritable. When they get all fussy, uptight, or party-pooperish.

Here's a new one I came up with the other day: "Reshmucklicans"

[KittyWampus]

92. want to trade sandwiches? Oh, and I heard Jean really, really likes you

:)

[Kurovski]

118. Well I hope Jean is French,

because I like-a-da menfolks.

We'll talk at recess. :-)

[Rex]

50. Ohhh, a hit and run post how unsurprising.

What an old canard, did you have to dust it off before posting? :eyes:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

56. Oh, you wanted a personal response?

My apologies. Here's one for you.

Hope it's suitable!

[Rex]

61. HAHA!

See below, sorry if it hurt your feeling. :(

Edit - your response was about as brilliant as the OP :eyes:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

71. Glad to hear it!

All that effort paid off!
Thanks for your approval, it warms my cold Canadian heart!

[bluedogyellowdog]

51. Well, how about:

Since they insist on calling us the "Democrat Party", not just at Free Republic but at the highest levels of their official leadership including the Pet Goat Shrubmonkey himself, I feel completely justified not calling their party by its real name either.

[Submariner]

52. Your right.....ReNAMBLAcans is much more appropriate

Thanks for the heads up :smoke:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

53. The responses here are quite telling.

Obviously the blood pressure is running a little high from the upcoming elections and all. Judging from the responses here, you'd think I was George W. Bush himself.

Calm down, people -- this thread was started only as a harmless suggestion to help improve this forum, not to attack you personally. If you think debating on "DEMOCRAP!"-"REPUKE!" terms is healthy, then by all means, enjoy yourselves.

[Rex]

57. Improve this forum? Riiiiggght.

You just keep telling yourself that. :rofl:

[truebrit71]

85. Wow, wish I was as all-growed-up as you....

:puke:

Fuck the repukes/rethuglicans/repignicans/refucklicans/retardlicans/redumblicans....

Any questions?

[beltanefauve]

54. Hey, I just saw your user profile

The lecturing and moralizing is bad enough, but you're from Canada, and you're telling me I can't the call the opposition party in MY country whatever I want???

Time to use the "ignore" feature...

[SeveneightyWhoa]

65. Indeed.

More Republican ugliness.

"BOO, a Canadian, how dare you make a comment on OUR forum! OUR soil!"

How internationalist and open-minded of you.

Perhaps I could be of service to you, as I'm commenting from a more distant, objective perspective, rather than the heated one you're obviously subject to right now.. The discourse here is pretty disgusting, and your post was a perfect demonstration of that.

My apologies for interfering. Yes-- ignore me. Block perspectives -- ESPECIALLY foreign ones, ewww! -- that differ somewhat from your own. Now call me a "Repuke", that would just be icing on this wonderful cake.

[Rex]

67. You'd like that, wouldn't you?

Thanks for the laughs! :rofl:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

68. You're welcome!

*GIGGLES*

[Rex]

70. 'Please discontinue this use of language, because it's not helping anyone.'

:rofl: Soo.... :rofl:

[Cha]

120. I know your intentions were

good..it's just not our cup of tea to stop and I've read some really good reasons why. :popcorn: This thread has actually been cathartic, thanks!

[Name removed]

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[Arkana]

60. No.

Calling a spade a spade should not be a crime.

[hfojvt]

64. can we still say "reich wing"?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4684254

:hide:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

77. Feel free.

[man4allcats]

66. We must rebuke RePUKES by calling it like it is.

This is no time to mince words. They're all just a bunch of little ReTHUGlicans, and playing nice with them won't get it. The name of the game is hard ball, and yes, it does get hot in the kitchen.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

80. Well this kitchen's too hot for me.

I'll be in the bathroom.. get me a magazine, will ya?

[man4allcats]

116. I have just the thing for you.

Check out Up Here Magazine dedicated to Canada's far north. That should provide some truly cool relief. B-) :hi:

[immoderate]

69. I agree, but I think we're swimming upstream!

--IMM

[helderheid]

72. We have many reformed Republicans here - I agree with you.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

75. How nice to hear it..

Cheers to you.

This thread really opened my mind. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing (obviously), and I regretted making it at first -- but now I'm glad I did, just to have a peek at the reflexive hatred and coldness of people here presented with a little "jab" (from a Canadian at that, yechhh!)..

The groupthink here at DU is astonishing.

[Cha]

127. I don't know if it's "group think" or

a similiar Cosmic Consciousness that we've all been dealing with for 6 years now. It's a refreshing place to come to when people you are around all day at work don't have a clue on just how bad the bushits really are..oooops!

[SeveneightyWhoa]

134. You a bad mutha..

..WATCH-YO-MOUTH!

:evilgrin:

[Cha]

138. ..

:evilgrin: :popcorn:

[Kurovski]

78. And those folks ARE Republicans. I have Republican freinds and family.

When the leadership and it's 18 percent of "anything goes" followers joins the rest of those fine American citizens, they too will have a chance to earn and enjoy basic respect.

In the mean time, this is how it's done, and how it has always been done in politics among we the rabble.

[mike_c]

74. plus it's a terrible thing to say about vomit....

eom

[SeveneightyWhoa]

76. True.

I should've started out with that perspective when making this thread, I'm sure the response would've been a bit more positive.. :)

[Kurovski]

79. It has been very positive.

A good time has been had by all.

[Rex]

81. I second that one.

nt

[SeveneightyWhoa]

82. Yeah, you just had a ROFL-a-thon, didn't you..

Good times, good times. ;)

[Rex]

86. Yeah sorry, it's unusual for me to log on to DU and have multiple

belly laughs within the first few minutes! Usually it is the 'Dems are Doomed' stuff everywhere you look, a real downer. ;)

[SeveneightyWhoa]

91. I know Dems aren't doomed, not in the least!

I'm just hoping to kill off the silly term "REPUKE".. I mean do you take people seriously when their comments are interspersed with the word DemoScum, etc? Just really turns me off whatever argument I'm trying to read.. I'm not trying to play Mama Bear over here, but you know, just commenting on something that ticks my clock a little bit.

But yeah, I'd like to kill that word, but like Bears, it's a Godless killing machine; and, obviously it'll never die. People clearly love it to death over here.

[Rex]

95. It is like 'moran' or 'hugh'. Or like how we say Dem and Rep.

Besides most of us know the difference between a repuke and a republican.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

108. One wears deodorant, and the other doesn't?

Haven't the latter been deported to France?

[Rex]

112. Ohhhh, French jokes! Now we see the real

...kidding! ;) I can give you some examples of the two if you'd like.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

114. No, I totally get it.

Don't worry, I read Andrew Sullivan. :thumbsup:

[charlyvi]

121. Some of us have a really dark sense of humor.

Boisterous, insulting, clever (Nazis too lazy to march--LOL!), creative, uncouth, loud, libertine sense of humor. But we have good hearts. We also HATE to have someone tell us how to express ourselves. But I have to thank you, with absolutely no sarcasm intended, for the funniest thread I've read in days. :toast:

[Cha]

130. Cathartic really!

:popcorn:

[Kurovski]

137. I saw your other post on the "cathartic" idea.

It is indeed cathartic every time I say "Repricklacon" out loud.

It releases the bad feelings and leaves me free to love again. :D

[SeveneightyWhoa]

144. ROFLLLL

Holy shiite, I just laughed out loud after saying that aloud..

Now THAT is a respectable word. :thumbsup:

[LeftCoast]

83. LOL

:D

[kestrel91316]

84. Ok, then, it's official: ReNAMBLAcans.

Be careful what you ask for.

[truebrit71]

89. ReNAMBLAcans...that's the funniest one yet!!!

:rofl:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

90. I Like GOPU

eom

[upi402]

93. how about 'muderous perverts'?

more accuracy is good, yes?

[SeveneightyWhoa]

99. Yes!

Got rid of that grade-school feel, and went with something bigger, brighter and more brutish. I like!

[in_cog_ni_to]

101. Forget it...they ARE repukes.

and rat bastards and assholes and freeptards, and jack asses and scum bags and slime balls and and and and....They don't deserve respect and they SURE AS HELL won't get any from me.

[cigsandcoffee]

106. I agree with you fully.

Cheap name-calling is the hallmark of the under-educated and off-balanced.

Good luck with your suggestion.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

110. HOORAY!!

That's #2 on SeveneightyWhoa's Wall of Agreement!

Good times, good times. My next bite of alfredo is dedicated to you.. :)

[jus_the_facts]

117. Welcome to the REAL world....where most people are both.....

....we ARE still animals after all. :eyes:

[cigsandcoffee]

123. So am I.

But I'd like to grow and improve as I age. I know that won't happen if I can't admit to myself that things like cheap name calling are unflattering not only to my political opponents, but to me as well.

Could you imagine Howard Dean or Bill Clinton using the word "repukes" in an interview? If not, why? I suggest because it's beneath them.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

131. Watch what you say.

Dare to criticize childish, credibility-corroding antics, and you'll be labelled a "Repuke" yourself -- and called a disruptive infiltrator. It's already happened in this thread. DUers just won't allow calls for the advancement of discourse!

When we stop saying "Repuke", the Republican'ts win!

[cigsandcoffee]

141. Some people don't like to hear stuff that asks for introspection.

Republicans, primarily - so I would suggest that the people using name calling and making troll accusations are behaving far more like the typical Republican than you are.

[jus_the_facts]

135. I suggest it's because they nor any other politician likes a spade to be called a spade.....

....especially among themselves...the TRUTH hurts too bad regardless of what *party* you belong to....and there aren't too many in politics who know how to tell the truth anymore...if one has the power of accurate observation to SEE then they already KNOW this. :nopity:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

139. Yeah, but "REPUKE"?

That's not calling a spade a spade.

That's like calling an asshole a poopy-head.

[jus_the_facts]

150. I can fully illustrate your asshole = poopy-head analogy......

....the term REPUKE I think came about because...we have the very same criminals in charge that were in charge years ago and are still screwin' up everything they can...another Bush..Cheney...Rummy...REPUKES...get it? :think:

[cigsandcoffee]

145. Well, you're wrong.

They don't do it because it would make them look like childish and petulant twits instead of serious political players.

[me b zola]

133. So by your own logic you are under-educated & off-balanced

...or perhaps you felt that your name calling was so clever that it couldn't be considered cheap. :eyes:

[cigsandcoffee]

146. Wow. You've really got me there.

My observation about those who use cheap name calling stands. If the shoe doesn't fit you, then don't put it on.

[blondeatlast]

115. "It makes you look no worse than a typical freeper." Of course.

Looking worse than a typical freeper is a scientific and mathematical impossibility, silly.

[survivor999]

122. What are you? A freaking Repuke?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[SammyWinstonJack]

125. Yes because I really care what freepers think about ........well...NOTHING!

repukes seems a fitting enough description for them, imho. And how does calling them repukes put us on their level? One would also have to be self-serving, self-absorbed and self-righteous also to be on their level. It takes more than name calling to sink to their level.

[leftofthedial]

128. "no worse than a typical freeper"

a freeperesque malaprop

[mvd]

132. Well, I use it because its easier than..

using something like reich-wingers all the time. The Republicans I'm referring to when I use the term are richly deserving. As the Dixie Chicks said, I'm not ready to make nice with these people.

[Pathwalker]

140. A Repuke is a Republican who REGURGITATES

right-wing talking points. While I'm sorry you don't approve, i'll still use it as I see fit, thank you very much. :puke:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

142. Now that you put it that way...

..I simply cannot disapprove. :thumbsup:

You've won me over.

[mvd]

148. Good - I was saying the same thing

If someone is a Republican who's more in tune with Goldwater than Reagan and Bush, I disagree with that person. But they often don't have "Repuke" status - the type that is sickening.

[Rex]

143. Rush would be a perfect example of a Repuke.

Ike would be a perfect example of a Republican.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

149. For what it is woth I agree.

However, many people tend to view DU as a place to blow off steam and talk like that. I can sympathize with that take on it. On the other hand, it is the name calling and such that causes those looking in from the outside to say "see look, repulicans and democrats both have their vicious name calling whackos".

So yeah, I agree that people should be able to say what ever they want and I realize that any suggestion to tone down the name calling will result in a thread like this here, but that doesn't change the fact that I see people outside of the DU community point to the DU boards when ever they are in need of evidence for an equivalency argument.

[Obamarama]

151. What do you suggest? We all hold hands and sing Kumba-fucking-ya??

These types of parental, finger-pointing, tsk-tsk-tsk posts are really tiresome. If you haven't noticed, it's a goddamned culture war. Grow a pair, why don't ya? It there's one thing that bothers me more than Resmuglicans, it's people on our side of the battlefield suggesting we act like a bunch of passive wallflowers when dealing with these miserable fucks who are ruining our country.

If you want to call them Republicans, by all means go ahead. They're still RESMUGLICANS to me.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

152. I'm going to lock this.

What could have been an interesting discussion has turned into a circular firing squad.

Please review DU rules & in particular the rules on civility.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules_detailed.html

best,
wakemeupwhenitsover
DU Moderator