# Liberals, Progressives, or Democrats, can we get over 'The Democrat Party?'

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**Created:** [May 24, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-progressives-or-democrats-can-we-get-over-the-democrat-party/689186 "2014-05-24T16:00:49Z")
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#### Post date: [May 27, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-progressives-or-democrats-can-we-get-over-the-democrat-party/689186/152 "2014-05-27T06:12:24Z")

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If someone asks or points out they want to be referred to in a certain way, I would honor their request. It’s no big deal to do so and seems silly to refuse. However this:

> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#):
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> But in this forum, since there is that rule and all, this is how it should go:
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> Poster A: Blah, Blah, Blah, Democrat Party.  
> Poster B: That is a known epithet. [[Cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet))]. Please don’t use that term anymore.
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> If Poster A does a mea culpa, pleads ignorance, apologizes, and/or doesn’t use the term again, the problem is solved. However if Poster A, upon learning that the term is an epithet that does offend some people, continues to use the term, then the moderation here should take the usual steps they take when someone has jerk-ish behavior pointed out to them and they continue to be a jerk.

Calling for someone to be warned or banned because they use the term “Democrat Party” is asinine. Calling a party a name that is very similar to their chosen name either on purpose or on accident is somehow worse than:

> [@](#):
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> Basically, “Democrat Party” is evidence that most Republicans are so dirt-stupid that they can barely keep from drooling on themselves. The Republican Party is the party of stupid and ignorant people, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that they do such a horrible job whenever they’re in power.
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> The disturbing thing is that these low-information right-wingers think that their opinions on matters of national policy are valid.

Right.

> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#):
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> Most people are probably too polite too tell you that you sound stupid …

When I see people who are ostensibly on your side of…whatever you are on make the same mistake, I tend to chalk it up to people just making an error:

> [@To what extent can a group member's character be inferred from others'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-can-a-group-members-character-be-inferred-from-others/680677/4):
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> Not really an applicable analogy; the **Democrat Party** at the time …

> [@Gerald\_II](#):
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> The only time I really saw this was an issue was when Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart were talking and Maddow said, “The Democ **rat** Party, has the word rat in it.”

"The _Democ **rat** ic Party"_ still has the word "rat in it. Just saying.

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