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New rule: Anybody who refers to the Democratic Party as the “Democrat Party” is either ignorant or rude, and will be treated accordingly from here on out.
This bastardization of the name comes from the wordsmiths of the Republican Party, who find that people really like the word “democratic,” but “democrat” is seem in a less-universally-positive light. So they’ve told their worker bees to refer to the Democratic Party as the “Democrat Party.” (These are the same people who find that people really don’t like the word “war,” so they substitute other words, like “freedom.” This is like asking a child if they want chocolate, and interpreting their affirmative response to mean that, yes, they would like to be dropped into a pit of alligators.) Now, I don’t call Republicans “GOoPers,” like some of my fellow progressives, and I don’t call President Bush “Resident Bush.” That’s because it’s rude to call somebody by a name other than what their name is. I don’t appreciate people calling my party by the wrong name. Democrat Party? I mean, it’s not even grammatically correct.
You want to talk to me, you use my name. You want to talk about my party, you use my party’s name. Or don’t, and I’ll chalk you up as, at best, uncivilized, and encourage others to do the same. At worst, I’ll start being rude, too, and come up with nicknames for the Ublican Party. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.
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