Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
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Democratic, you spelled it wrong
OK, you got me on a technicality...the accurate name is Democratic.
And I'll plead guilty to using the pejorative. You know where I'm coming from.
So I gave you a rep.
Technically:
Now that this has come up:
The Republican Party is the party of Republicans (plural not possessive); the first part of the name labels a member as a Republican
The Democrat Party is the party of Democrats; the first part of the name labels a member as a Democrat
So why is it pejorative" to say "Democrat ....?" There is no judgment in the term Democrat, unless one is sensitive that there is an insinuation that members may not actually fit the adjective (small d) "democratic".
As a matter of fact, Federalists in the 1790s used "Democratic Party" as a term of ridicule
Just askin...and no offense intended. I try to always say Democratic because there seems to be a great deal of sensitivity the other way.
FYI and otherwise irrelevant - since the sensitivity might come from having others determine the name - It is a fact that down through history names have been given by others. Greece was named by Rome (Graeci), as was Britain (Britania), Germany (Germania), and other geographical regions around the Mediterranean Sea. On the other hand Italys name was given it by the Greeks and adopted by the Romans.
Peace . . .
Democrats now want to use the grammatically incorrect "Democratic" because they're trying to psychologically lay claim to the associations we have to that word, ie. they want people to associate being democratic with their party.
It IS grammatically incorrect, by the way. If you wouldn't say something was "Republicanian", then you shouldn't be saying "Democratic" in the same sense.