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Glorfindel

(9,736 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 12:22 PM Jun 2018

Please, everyone, can we remember NOT to use "Democrat" as an adjective?

It's not the "Democrat party" and we don't elect "Democrat governors." This is a several-years-old slur started by (I think) Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove to demean Democrats. Referring to "Democrat policies" or "Democrat senators" while at the same time calling the Repukes "GOP" is just playing into the hands of these monsters. There is nothing grand about the party of tRump and Pence. Thanks for your consideration.

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Please, everyone, can we remember NOT to use "Democrat" as an adjective? (Original Post) Glorfindel Jun 2018 OP
It's not what we are called but what we stand for--much like the label "socialist" yurbud Jun 2018 #1
Thanks. scarletlib Jun 2018 #2

yurbud

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1. It's not what we are called but what we stand for--much like the label "socialist"
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 12:27 PM
Jun 2018

Republicans tried to smear Obama with "socialist" in 2008, but a funny thing happened: most people didn't know what it meant, but they figured if it was different from what Bush was doing, it couldn't be all that bad.

By the time Bernie, a self-described socialist, ran in 2016, the word had no negative connotations with the vast majority of voters.

I have a similar thought about "Obamacare"--it's only an insult if people don't like it.

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