Fri Oct 27, 2017, 01:55 PM

rainin (1,909 posts)

Democrat Party

Why do we let it pass when we are called the Democrat Party? We know they are demeaning us when they use it. I hear it in television interviews and democrats just let it pass. How hard would it be to correct it?

To be civil, we could pretend it was an honest mistake. Just a quick correction like you would if they had called you by the wrong name. If the situation called for it, we could even slip in a half-hidden patronizing or condescending tone.

It is so offensive. And it's aggressively rude. And we just take it. Why?

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
Democrat Party (Original post)	rainin	Oct 2017	OP
GOP Focus Group Tested.	Wellstone ruled	Oct 2017	#1
Because they are like	sharp_stick	Oct 2017	#2
Exactly.	mreilly	Oct 2017	#4
Joy Reid always corrects her guests if they do that.	DLevine	Oct 2017	#3
I, for one, do NOT let it stand.	niyad	Oct 2017	#5
It's illiterate	BainsBane	Oct 2017	#6
Just refer to them as the Republic Party and keep it moving. The problem	mfcorey1	Oct 2017	#7
I was about to jump on you for using it in your subject line.	Control-Z	Oct 2017	#8
Smile and ask "You do mean Democratic?"	Deb	Oct 2017	#9
They do it for two reasons. 1) It gets people off message	bluepen	Oct 2017	#10
Yet so many democrats like calling them the Grand Old Party	RandiFan1290	Oct 2017	#11
Bush used Democrat party In the state of the union	California_Republic	Oct 2017	#12

Response to rainin (Original post)

Fri Oct 27, 2017, 01:57 PM

Wellstone ruled (25,110 posts)

1. GOP Focus Group Tested.

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:01 PM

sharp_stick (14,315 posts)

2. Because they are like

annoying 10 year old boys who really enjoy watching people when they piss them off.

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:06 PM

mreilly (2,120 posts)

4. Exactly.

I am convinced they literally sit around thinking of ways to behave like even bigger assholes; how to develop the whiniest insults; how to sneer even more condescendingly, and how to piss away even more of their dignity (actually I'd say the barrel is empty there).

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:03 PM

DLevine (1,515 posts)

3. Joy Reid always corrects her guests if they do that.

Everybody should.

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:06 PM

niyad (66,962 posts)

5. I, for one, do NOT let it stand.

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:06 PM

BainsBane (43,781 posts)

6. It's illiterate

Democrat is a noun. They use it as an adjective. It makes them sound idiotic, IMO.

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:07 PM

mfcorey1 (8,901 posts)

7. Just refer to them as the Republic Party and keep it moving. The problem

with them is that they know shade because they know that Democrats will never fight back. That is how Drumpf operates. Name calling is a part of their signature means of opposition. To fight back is not to wallow in the dirt with them but to challenge them at what they know best.

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:43 PM

Control-Z (14,739 posts)

8. I was about to jump on you for using it in your subject line.

I can't promise I wouldn't have backed out without posting, though, because I wouldn't want to embarrass you on DU. But it actually angers me when I hear it or read it.

Good post.

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:44 PM

Deb (3,296 posts)

9. Smile and ask "You do mean Democratic?"

and keep asking until they correct themselves. I rarely get that problem twice from the same person.

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:53 PM

bluepen (620 posts)

10. They do it for two reasons. 1) It gets people off message

and that works because 2) people let them get them off message because people let it irritate them.

Solution: Don’t let them sidetrack the discussion and don’t give them the satisfaction of irritating you.

No shiny objects.

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 03:01 PM

RandiFan1290 (4,595 posts)

11. Yet so many democrats like calling them the Grand Old Party

I call them republicons

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Fri Oct 27, 2017, 03:08 PM

California_Republic (1,433 posts)

12. Bush used Democrat party In the state of the union

In the state of the union

And was challenged on it by a reporter. He claimed he didn’t know.

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