Hatch - I call on my Democrat friends

[malaise]

Please to fuck off - it's Democratic fool and if you thought they were your friends you'd know the party's name.

[MikeydaDog]

1. The party of childish. What adult purposely uses the wrong name. nt

[PJMcK]

3. What adult gives his opponents stupid nicknames?

Hint: He's an idiot.

[MikeydaDog]

10. Well, true that. It is a normal for Trump.

But it appears all of the Republican Party has decided to sue Democrat, instead of Democratic for a reason. I think I remember when they had the argument and made the point, like 5 years ago.

[PJMcK]

17. It might have been Limbaugh

But it was much longer ago. The idea was this: DemocRAT.

Childish and stupid. Just like the GOP has become.

[gilpo]

18. It was the ethically and follically challenged Frank Luntz n/t

[PJMcK]

21. Right you are

Thanks!

[MikeydaDog]

23. I know at the time there was actually a discussion on whether they should use Democratic.

They made an argument why it should be Democrat instead of Democratic. I cannot remember the time though. But it was the politicians themselves discussing this. Incredibly stupid.

[renate]

53. this is why I've never used the term "repukes" or anything else

I don't want to stoop to their level. It's just silly, and calling our opponents childish names has never persuaded one single person to switch sides--in fact, it's probably done the opposite.

[malaise]

5. Excellent point - it's why I decided to callthem what they are - ReTHUGs

Welcome to DU MikeydaFog

[MikeydaDog]

13. Thanks.

But, you are are poster on a board, not a elected politician with a serious position in Washington. And I bet you do not use that name in a serious/professional conversation.

Though ReTHUGS is certainly appropriate, especially the last year or so.

[mythology]

26. Half of DU does that

Repukes, Drump, etc.

[MikeydaDog]

28. Yet, none of our Democratic Leaders do, while it appears the most moderate of the

Republican leaders do. That was my point.

[kcr]

51. Gosh, those darn liberals

Whuddya gonna do, huh?

[The Wielding Truth]

54. I was all ready to remind you that it is Democratic friends, then I read on.

[Skittles]

2. but, but, but, I'M USING IT AS A NOUN!!!

I SWEAR!!!

[malaise]

6. I see what you did there

[Skittles]

9. ...

[steve2470]

19. :)

[malaise]

22. Someone should send him this link

https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2010/03/since_when_did_it_become_the_d.html
<snip>
Josephine Bennett, a reporter/host for Georgia Public Broadcasting recently emailed asking about NPR's policy after she heard Seabrook on Morning Edition about the upcoming health care bill.

NPR's policy is to call parties what they call themselves, said Ron Elving, NPR's senior Washington editor. The proper name is the Democratic Party. Democrat is a noun and Democratic is the adjective to describe the party.

"When using democratic or Democratic as an adjective, it should be the adjectival form with 'ic' on the end," said Elving. "We should not refer to Democrat ideas or Democrat votes. Any deviation from that by NPR reporters on air or on line should be corrected."

This should be standard practice by all media

[irisblue]

30. I was just coming to post this same clip. 👍

You my dear malise are a DU jewel💝👑

[malaise]

34. Thanks sis

So are you

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Hatch knows better.

He used to be better too, he didnt do this I bet before the so called teaparty idiots showed up.

The freedumb caucus, if you will.

In fact I bet if you were to look at old speeches of his, this didnt happen until after Obama was elected. I could be wrong, might have happened during Newt actually, now that I think of it.

But it does not come natural to guys like Hatch, he had to hear it and know that he has to say it.

[LiberalFighter]

33. It has been a long time since he knew better.

[Freethinker65]

7. Sorry. You kept us out of negotiations

This is all your GOP tax scam. You own it. If you get your members to vote for the piece of shit, it passes and your asshole leader will grin and sign it. And the country will hate you, but you really do not care as long as your donors are happy. Up next, find a way to manipulate the next big public vote.

[Vinca]

8. You just want to tell these people to go fuck themselves.

At long last someone has called the Manbaby out on his ignorant, idiotic behavior. What does Don have to do to upset the GOP? Shit his diaper in the party cloakroom?

[Maraya1969]

11. They are the idiots that don't understand simple English. You can't

Use a noun as an adjective and not look like you are uneducated

It is like describing a person with the word "Being"

"The being person ate lunch"

Let them look like the low IQ group that they are.

[malaise]

16. Insulting Dems is way more important than grammar to these

fucking idiots. I'm sick of them.

[Maraya1969]

48. I think it is better to laugh right in their face for being so stupid than to get angry

like they want you to.

I've grappled with this and it has pissed me off to no end. But now I just realize how fucking stupid you would have to be to use a noun to describe a noun to try and make someone angry.

Remember they are disabled in that respect.

I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman will question it. John Stuart Mill

[MoonRiver]

12. I heard that. Way to make sure your DEMOCRATIC friends ignore you!

[malaise]

15. Amazing indeed

Fuck every which one of them starting with Groper Don the Con.

[Little Star]

14. Those damn Republicks sure suck!

[malaise]

20. And then some

[George II]

24. Hah. When I can remember to do it I've been using that term for years, except I leave off the "k".

[gopiscrap]

25. Hatch doesn't have any Democratic friends the only ones he has are

republican sleaze balls

[malaise]

27. He's one of them

[BadgerMom]

29. Thank you. I hate the use of

“Democrat” when it should be “Democratic.” I feel it’s used derisively.

[Glorfindel]

31. Of course it's used derisively. That's the whole point.

[malaise]

36. Precisely

[Wednesdays]

38. It's a kind of dog whistle

Most people won't notice it, but the wingnuts will understand and cheer on the slur.

[Cryptoad]

32. Many are insulted by the use of "Dems" for "Democrats"

a well known term used by Rethugs since it sounds like "Dims",,,, but what do i know?

[steve2470]

35. seriously, I was trying to help you yesterday....

If I didn't give two s*** about you, I would have kept quiet.

Okie dokies, good luck.

[malaise]

37. Good try n/t

[Cryptoad]

39. Not trying ,,,,,,

The truth of my statement is in the achieves of this and other sites.
I thought it fit right in on ur op on insulting Rethug terms for members of the Democratic Party. geeez

[SunSeeker]

47. Dems is not insulting. It doesn't sound like "dims." WTF? Pretty lame whataboutism.

It simply does not compare to Republicans' "DemocRAT party" juvenile insult.

[kcr]

52. Dem does not sound like Dim n/t

[aggiesal]

40. I don't believe he has any Democrat friends. n/t

[BlueIdaho]

41. Orins last shred of dignity is gone.

His poor childhood forgotten. His lasting legacy will be trying to take healthcare away from tens of millions of Americans, and his drive to cut taxes for his fellow millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the poor and middle class.

Any dream he ever had of using his time in DC to make America a better place is lost forever, replace by his greed and his stunning party over nation philosophy.

[The Wizard]

42. The use of Democrat as an adjective

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is bad English as Democrat is a noun and nouns do not modify nouns. This bullshit was started by Joseph McCarthy as a way to marginalize Democrats. If Hatch aligns with McCarthy he can go fuck himself an the rest of that radical rabid affiliation that tries to pass itself off as a political party when it's nothing more than a toxic death and greed cult.

[malaise]

45. +1,000

The view of ReTHUGs that they are the only party in America is quite frightening.
This must not be tolerated. They can all go fuck themselves.

[steve2470]

43. good old Frank Luntz et al

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party&lowbar;&lpar;epithet&rpar;

The term Democrat Party is an epithet for the Democratic Party of the United States,[3][4][5] used disparagingly by the party's opponents.[6] The following appeared in The New York Times in 1984:

The term 'Democrat Party' has been used in recent years by some right-wing Republicans on the ground that the term used by Democrats implies that they are the only true adherents of democracy.[7]

Language expert Roy Copperud said it was used by Republicans who disliked the implication that Democratic Party implied to listeners that Democrats "are somehow the anointed custodians of the concept of democracy".[8] According to Oxford Dictionaries, the use of Democrat rather than the adjective Democratic

is in keeping with a longstanding tradition among Republicans of dropping the –ic in order to maintain a distinction from the broader, positive associations of the adjective democratic with democracy and egalitarianism.[9]

Political commentator William Safire wrote in 1993 that the Democrat of Democrat Party "does conveniently rhyme with autocrat, plutocrat, and worst of all, bureaucrat".[10] Hendrik Hertzberg writes in The New Yorker:

There’s no great mystery about the motives behind this deliberate misnaming. 'Democrat Party' is a slur, or intended to be—a handy way to express contempt. Aesthetic judgments are subjective, of course, but 'Democrat Party' is jarring verging on ugly. It fairly screams 'rat'.[11]

Pollster Frank Luntz tested the phrase with a focus group in 2001, and concluded that the only people who really disliked the epithet were highly partisan Democrats.[12] Political analyst Charlie Cook attributed modern use of the term to force of habit rather than a deliberate epithet by Republicans.[13] Journalist Ruth Marcus stated that Republicans likely only continue to employ the term because Democrats dislike it,[3] and Hertzberg calls use of the term "a minor irritation" and also "the partisan equivalent of flashing a gang sign".[11]

[gademocrat7]

44. Hatch and the rethugs are past their sale by date.

[rainin]

46. There needs to be a list

of every R who uses that perjorative. Once they are on the list, there is no way back.

We have to focus on getting them out. They reveal all you need to know when they use that term. Can you even imagine a democratic senator or representative calling a republican a repuke?

No second chances!!!!

[Jim Lane]

49. Obviously he has friends in Thailand

There actually is a Democrat Party in Thailand.

But when Hatch and other Republicans think they need to refer to foreign political parties, it makes you ask yourself: Why do they hate America?

[kcr]

50. We should start calling them the Republic Party in response.

Every time they do it.

[malaise]

55. I just call them ReTHUGs