I'd like to begin by saying to my colleague from Texas that there isn't a single member on this side of the aisle that belongs to the "Democrat Party'. We belong to the Democratic Party. So the party you were referring to doesn't even exist. And I would just appreciate the courtesy when you're referring to our party, if you're referring to the Democratic Party, to refer to it as such.
Two kinds of people misuse the noun-as-adjective Democrat,
and the first of these knows exactly what he's doing. Such a person is signaling derision with a
sly and underhanded slur. Paul Craig
Roberts, in his highly ambivalent association with the idol (including
Reagan) questioners of this site, uses it ("Why didn't the Democrat convention
raise the issue ...").
The other kind of person who uses this term, and
unfortunately I've seen it used in comments on this site, is simply untutored,
not sufficiently versed in the use of proper speech to detect the error but
enough of a follower to replicate its use.
That person means no offense. He
or she is simply regurgitating, unexamined, what he or she has seen and heard.
Such people are thus, much to the delight of intentional
offenders, unwittingly enrolling in and enlivening the strategy.
If you're going to act as fodder for the right, at least be aware
of it.
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