Why do conservatives get upset when you call the US a democracy? [View All]

[Trek234]

Has anyone noticed how conservatives tend to get angry when you call the US a democracy?

I notice that on CSPAN shows when a (liberal) guest calls the US a democracy almost always a conservatives will call in and say "no it's not".

For example, when Dennis Kucinich was on as a guest a few weeks ago he made that mistake. A conservative called (who you could easily tell was masking a great deal of anger behind his voice so as not to get cut off). He went on for a good amount of time telling Dennis how the US was not a democracy, but a republic.

I notice this at free republic as well. If someone calls the US a democracy you can be sure at least one person will refute that.

Is this some hidden hate of democracy that they have? Why do they always take time to point this out? Seems to me that they are not only correcting the point about democracy (they are correct to an extent, it is not a direct democracy), but they in fact get angry about it. Rather odd.

I realize the US is a non-direct democratic republic, however it is the fact that they become so agitated and angry when I hear them on TV/Radio when they correct it.