# RESOLVED: Using the term "democrat party" should be a bannable offense

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**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-using-the-term-democrat-party-should-be-a-bannable-offense/920174 "2020-09-09T14:50:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-using-the-term-democrat-party-should-be-a-bannable-offense/920174/134 "2020-09-18T02:41:56Z")

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to all of you:

> [@DrDeth](#):
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> I am a lifelong Democrat. See, there is the nasty word. but it’s ok in that context, but not in the context of “democrat party”? Look, I know some Republicans use it, but more in the context of “demon-rat” .
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> So, since we can hardly separate the two versions, I think we should just get over it.
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> Now, if clearly used to troll, then report for trolling. If used outside a proper form, report.
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> No, it should not be a bannable offense or even warnable, except in context.

> [@WitnessMe](#):
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> Seems to me to just be an easy contraction. I’ve never heard anyone in meatspace take offense to it, it’s just silly.

> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> Members of the democratic party are democrats, right? So why is it derogatory to refer to a group of democrats as a democratic party.  
> And, I’m honestly asking, I really don’t understand it?

> [@Kron](#):
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> I’m with @Ruken on this. I just don’t GET it. And no amount of links or explanations seem to be able to make me shift.
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> Essentially, because it is SO trivial, all of this “outrage” is really just feeding the trolls, and for what gain?

I am a Democrat. I’m a member of the Democratic Party. (Actually, I’m not, but I mostly align politically with the Democrats.) And I am offended by people referring to the “Democrat Party”.

I’m also a Jew. And I’m happy to tell you that I am a Jew. But if you refer to me as a Jew poster, I’m going to be pissed, and might even report you for harassing me, especially if you keep it up after I ask you to stop. Feel free to call me a Jewish poster, at least if it’s relevant.

There are a lot of “noun for person to diminish that kind of person” constructions in English. A “lady doctor” is belittling (for a female physician – I don’t think it’ offensive when describing a gynecologist). If you said “a Dane author” instead of “a Danish author” people would infer that you meant to be insulting. There’s plausible deniability because in a lot of cases the noun and the adjective are actually the same, but when they aren’t, you should use the adjective if your intention is to be polite.

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