In reply to: Perhaps if people would stop reacting to it in the way posted by krudler
are several posters back here who will take the bait every time. I don't agree with baiting them but no one is forcing them to respond.
I don’t even get how it’s supposed to be insulting. Just because it’s not the correct word?
people for some reason, which for some people is the intended outcome. I don't get it either.
It's a dumb insult "hur hur you're not democratic".
We're better than this type of language here. "You reacted to it" is sort of a thin excuse.
In my mind, if you're a member of the Democratic party, you're a Democrat.
I've read that word in regular media for years.
Now it's an insult? It's dumb if it is, but I don't see it.
If I didn't know you better, I'd worry you were being a touch willfully obtuse here. (I say this playfully!)
Ok, so to the basics:
- Democrats combine to form the Democratic Party, or the "Dems"
- Republicans combine to form the Republican Party, or the "GOP" (which is about whimsy folksy as one gets these days, but I digress)
I wouldn't say "Republic Party" any more than "Democrat Party". It's not the name, right?
Yet some of the pettier elements in MAGA have seen fit to use the name "Democrat Party" because in their minds it's a way of insulting them by suggesting they are not "democratic" or something. It's juvenile and stupid.
I think it's perfectly fine to name your party whatever you want. I sort of roll my eyes at the "Freedom Caucus" but I'm not going to make nicknames for them. I don't even indulge in "Gym Jordan", as much as he deserves it.
I agree using the phrase "Democrat Party" makes no sense, and if it's supposed to be an insult, it's an incredibly dumb one.
correction The Democratic Party.