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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI really dislike the term "Rethuglican"
and other names some use to describe our political adversaries. It makes us sound childish to engage in the kind of petty name calling that they do.
It was funny to see in a other thread people complaining about "Rethuglicans" using the term "Democrat" as an adjective. If we're going to name-call, why do we complain when they do. (And "they did it first- we're just responding to them" isn't a sufficient justification).
We have big things to deal with. We shouldn't do it by making ourselves smaller.
mobeau69
(11,143 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,784 posts)I try to keep my anger down to a reasonable tone as well. Republicans are in the pocket of Trump.
trueblue2007
(17,217 posts)IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY ADJECTIVES REGARDING GOP'S ..... SORRY.
java108
(129 posts)Besides, it's more polite than the names I usually call them...
forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)I just call them Repubs. Less typing.
Chin music
(23,002 posts)lame54
(35,287 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...as an informal term to describe people who, indeed, are thugs. It is actual, "establishment" Republicans who use the term "Democrat" as an insult. McCarthy, I think, began it, and it's been used ever since by real-life pols, publicly and blatantly, for the specific purpose of humiliating and embarrassing the Democratic Party. When Pelosi and Schumer and Biden--folks like that--start using "Rethuglican" in public, then maybe I'll give a flea's fart about it. Or maybe not.
brush
(53,776 posts)I use "repug" quite oftenshort for repugnant. It fits too.
ariadne0614
(1,727 posts)Or, if you prefer the formal, ReThugliCons.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)It would be interesting if we could recommend individual posts. Thanks!
Cartoonist
(7,316 posts)_
No one is humiliated or embarrassed. The only ones that should be embarrassed are the rethuglicans.
malaise
(268,968 posts)Baltimike
(4,143 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,370 posts)and SC seats, that little problem would be diminished.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)In an over the top screed it's perfectly OK and kinda cute, but in something claiming to be a rational discussion it is childish.
At any rate, it's becoming overused-- I personally prefer "Lying shit eating scumbags" but that's too much typing.
jcboon
(296 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)That is the difference.
nini
(16,672 posts)I'll call those fuckers anything I want.
Angry and action is what is required now, not worrying about looking nice.
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)Same here, and to ME they're RETHUGLICANS
Angry and action is what is required now, not worrying about looking nice.
THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
nini
(16,672 posts)I'm sure we didn't worry about what we called them then.
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)thuglicans are once AGAIN trying to get rid of the ACA, and replace it with NOTHING or with tRump Care which = NOTHING.
Now, if people want to "play nice" as they're having their health care RIPPED AWAY from them/their families which could literally mean DEATH, then I have NO use for people like that in my life who want to go OUT like that on their KNEES. I've lost 3 decades-long friends because I told them that this administration of thuglicans hates us, and wants us to DIE. So, I said that I can't wait for them ALL to get theirs, and all 3 ex-friends in their own ways told me that something's happened TO me, and that I'm becoming as evil as the people I'm wishing ill will on in waiting to see something happening to them. I told them that they may as well get on their knees and prepare to DIE then, because thuglicans are once again coming for their health care (ALL 3 suffer from various types of health issues in which they need lots of medications and they of course needs DOCTORS to treat them to the standards where they CAN, you know, take a stab at trying to LIVE with some type of quality of LIFE With tRump-care, they'll be told "Here's a band aid, now go home and DIE muthafukka ).
I haven't spoken to any of them in almost a year.
I don't have any use for WEAK ASS, Marquess of Queensberry Rules people in my life like those 3. Hell, I'm fighting to LIVE and they're waiting to DIE.
nini
(16,672 posts)I too have cut off a lot of people.. to hell with them.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)They would not feel insulted by this term, since they worship Russia's authoritarian regime, and its US representative, Donald J. Trump.
Rambling Man
(249 posts)TygrBright
(20,759 posts)LibFarmer
(772 posts)name-calling reduces the force of the argument and shows that we are unable to debate.
(although I can appreciate the anger behind such usage)
durablend
(7,460 posts)TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)Neither is terribly effective unless one wants not to be taken seriously.
marybourg
(12,631 posts)removing from their name two letters, the same number that they remove from ours.
bluestarone
(16,926 posts)Instead of Rethuglican I would make it RethuglicOn
Takket
(21,563 posts)Who support ripping children from their mothers arms and housing them in cages thugs. That isnt name calling. It is honesty.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)There are plenty of people in this country who like a "thug", as long as he's their "thug". That is Trumpism in a nutshell.
I prefer RepubliCON, Republiscum or some other variant.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Sorry dude, or dudess.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...but the majority of my porcine friends tell me fucking a rethuglican would be beneath them.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)We created a list a mile long of sobriquets for Dubya.
By the way, how do you feel about "MAGAts" for Trump supporters?
John Fante
(3,479 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)And could yet still deal with "big things" without a reduction in size or stature. They also recognized self-righteous posturing when presented to them.
malaise
(268,968 posts)They are thugs.
That is all
Blues Heron
(5,931 posts)or just scum
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)I think this place often descends to childishness, and it doesn't serve us very well.
People who use derogatory names for Republicans in general or any specific Republicans have no right to ever complain about anything similar thrown back.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)I don't use it myself... the letters "GOP" convey what they are equally well.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)They used childish names because they don't have any substance.
We have the facts, law, and morality on our side, so we don't need to stick out our tongues, stomp our feet and make faces.
tosh
(4,423 posts)rethugs.
Brawndo
(535 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)It's just a silly perjorative.
Why not just call them by their actual names and then explain why they are domestic enemies of the people? "Rethug" coveys no information to anyone except that you don't them - and no one who doesn't already share your feelings will learn anything from you.
Ponietz
(2,966 posts)Last edited Wed May 8, 2019, 08:11 PM - Edit history (3)
ReThugs works for me, too, though.
If this were April, 1863 would you be complaining that rebel bastards ought to be called Confederate soldiers? If it were November, 1932 would you be complaining that Nazi scum should be referred to as National Socialists? Who are you helping with these posts criticizing Democratic supporters? Isnt that the number one rule, not bash Democrats? Were all Democrats, maybe. You are either too naive or too savvy. Framing means nothing to you after two years? You dont know what a concern troll is?
Either way, youre too much.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)I say fight fire with fire.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)If it's alright with you I'll just stick with simple minded mouth breathing lying idiots.
Thanks in advance for your understanding in this matter.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)I've especially appreciated the DUers who have sincerely welcomed and engaged with me and who don't assume that DU is a cool kids clubhouse where the amount of time someone has been a member is directly proportional to the value of what they have to say.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)Call them criminals...is that ok with you?
ooky
(8,922 posts)care about babies being taken from their mothers and caged? "Republican" doesn't seem adequate. I'm not sure it can really be name calling if the name suits the behavior. Take your pick I guess. Personally I have just started thinking of them as asswipes.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)and I still don't...and yet I am very fond of curse words, and I love when someone comes up with an original slur. I think that's the key for me..originality. In these times, any kind of release valve that isn't harmful, should be employed as often as needed. If name-calling helps, its fine by me.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)I stay so explosively angry with them and feel they no long deserve *any* respect.
They behave like thugs, so that's how they shall be known.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)the tv news shows anymore because I used to have to get up, go over to the tv, and give my middle finger to the person on the screen. As close to the screen as possible and yelling Eff You, etc.,etc., Come to think of it, probably good exercise.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)It gets right to the point.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)It's just stupid. Puns that work are irritating enough. Puns that don't should be shot into the goddamned sun.
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D00ver
(18 posts)I agree, why I dont think any thugs would want to be associated with those clowns!
Submariner
(12,503 posts)Enjoy your brief stay.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)FYI, I intend to stay for a nice long time, so I don't expect my stay to be brief. But thanks for the welcome, anyway.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
Baltimike
(4,143 posts)with one another.
This is a coup. And they go low, I *WON'T* back down.
Fuck them. Fuck every Rethuglican out there
budkin
(6,703 posts)Because that's what they are.
at140
(6,110 posts)Which is why I try my best to avoid childish sounding terms. There are plenty of points which are easy to outline against Republicans without using high school backyard style words.
The single biggest issue I have right now is the Republican tax cut. Lion's share of tax savings went to top 5% highest earners. Middle class got a bone thrown at them.
This is a winning issue for Democrats because majority of voters saw little or no benefit. In reality it was a money transfer from middle class to the richest.
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)I complain about idiots using "Democrat" as an adjective, so it would be rather hypocritical to use grade-school-level nicknames in return. I've never found "I know you are, but what am I?" to be a terribly effective debate strategy.
I think it's also a very quick way to get one's entire point summarily dismissed in any discussion.
But, that's just me. Clearly, most people here don't see that or have a problem with it.
Red Pest
(288 posts)We can call those that align themselves with and support Trump "Trumpists" or "Grifters".
LiberalArkie
(15,715 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)scardycat
(169 posts)to call this group of evils Trumpanzees
sop
(10,167 posts)If you say it quickly enough, without emphasis on the first syllable, it sounds like you're just another deplorable with a southern drawl. But if you really emphasize the "Rape" part, it sends Trump followers over the edge.
TrogL
(32,822 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)The Republican party leader is pushing a fascist agenda white nationalist agenda while the underlings pursue a plutocratic one... don't call these people names! That's makes you just as bad as them!
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)by not using those terms. My biggest problem is knowing which one to use. Repukes? Rethugs? Assholes?
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)and his extremist followers, and Republican Party members, among whom are many conservatives decrying and resisting Trumpism.
We should not make enemies of people we can make common cause with.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)are OK. The rest of them (along with the 63 million idiots who voted for Trump) can eat a shit sandwich for all I care. Hold the bread.
vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)MFM008
(19,808 posts)Thing means we usually lose.
They get what they deserve.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)any more than using the names will give us any advantage at all.
Afromania
(2,768 posts)they are trying to create here in U.S. because they don't really hate brown people, women, LGBTQ, the sick, the disabled, the poor. Rethuglican is just a cutsey little nickname to give people who are now just this side of evil. It' doesn't even BEGIN to describe the horrors of what they have done and are currently trying their absolute best to achieve. I know, let's ask the parents of those poor babies being caged on our southern border what they think of these people who STILL support trump.
GeorgeGist
(25,320 posts)Nazi.
So it goes.
TheFarseer
(9,322 posts)But on a message board its harmless fun.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)they all make sick
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)I mean after all, if our Chief Executive uses it for a sobriquet doesn't that
serve as a good example for the rest of us to use in common parlance?
pwb
(11,261 posts)So many to choose from?
clementine613
(561 posts)Because that's what every one of them is.