You haven’t been reading the topic, have you?
“Democrat” is minor. Most people use it as shorthand, Rs and Ds and others, not with malice. “Democrat Party” irks me, though. I’ve never got anything hugely partisan about Pubbie, but I could be wrong. It does kinda suggest “pube” :dubious:.
Rethuglican and Demoncrat and Democrap, those can’t be partisan, could they? And lie-beral and cuntservative.
George Clinton is a Partisan of Funk, and Billy Bush is… some guy who is famous for something.
I wish I knew what that referred to.
And I’ve still got two wishes left!
A mythological creature that has a gem embedded in its head. It has appeared in Borges’ Book of Imaginary Beings and Final Fantasy as a summon. It is also used as a term for a certain cut or red gemstone, although I am unsure which came first. I think the stone.
But the way they’re discussed and used certainly can be. That’d be the issue here.
Initially, a carbuncle referred to any red round gemstone, but mostly synonymous with garnet.
Then the DnD guys got hold of it…
I don’t know if this was before or after Borges
And it’s also the etymological origin for the surnames Garfunkel and Finkelstein.
Facts are not partisan, but the way you apply them can be. Context is important. For example, in American culture, it is very rare to refer to someone by their full name. Typically first and last name are more than sufficient, even when you have people with the same name, you are more likely to differentiate them by occupation than by middle name. For example, Rebecca Black the singer and Rebecca Black the personal trainer.
See post #29… you might also have noticed that in a recent thread about how religious schools indoctrinate their students but public school teachers never do.