# The Democrat Party **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 13, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521 "2010-11-13T02:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/21 "2010-11-13T05:15:16Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > “STOPS”? **STOPS**? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH The use of the slur predates the term teabagger by decades if not centuries. Even if it was their own ignorance that brought the term to to forefront, I think they’ve made it pretty clear that they do not wish to be called ‘teabaggers’ So it is disrespectful and rude to keep calling them such. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/22 "2010-11-13T06:48:31Z")
Then what’s with [www.democrats.org](http://www.democrats.org)? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/23 "2010-11-13T14:53:02Z")
When speaking about Sammy Davis Jr’s shindigs in celebration of a groovy recording session, it’s ok to refer to that as the Democat’s Party, right? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/24 "2010-11-13T15:11:00Z")
Oh, for fuck’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/25 "2010-11-13T15:22:25Z")
I think we need to come up with a new name, so as to avoid giving Pierrot the vapours. I propose they rename themselves the Losers That Get Their Panties In A Twist Because They Think ‘Democrat Party’ Is Some Kind Of Slur Party. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/26 "2010-11-13T16:01:57Z")
> [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](#): > > It is the same principle. A person does not vote Democrat. A person votes Democratic. If you are in fact a Democrat, and not a Republican engaged in an undercover guerilla campaign to make Democrats look bad, please realize that you are worse than useless. The energy you’re devoting to this pointless crybaby campaign would be far more effectively used to dislodge your bunched up panties from the depths of your ass crack. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/27 "2010-11-13T16:13:46Z")
> [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](#): > > I hate it when people refer to the Democratic Party as the Democrat Party. It is a childish, petty thing to do. More so than referring to Tea Partiers as Tea Baggers? Or is petty spitefulness only wrong when the other side does it? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/28 "2010-11-13T16:27:46Z")
No, sorry, tea baggers is hilarious. Doubly so because they were using it to describe themselves initially. That’s comedy gold right there. ---
**Author:** ![Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/29 "2010-11-13T16:37:58Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > After some research, it seems this is correct. I was misled because they keep calling themselves Democrats instead of, well… Democratics. Yes, it sounds silly that way. But they’ve got Democrat and Democrats plastered everywhere, not Democratic. > [@Gukumatz](#): > > Then what’s with [www.democrats.org](http://www.democrats.org)? A member of the Democratic Party is a Democrat, not a Democratic. A person would correctly say, “Democrat Barack Obama is the president. Before becoming president, he was a Democratic senator from Illinois.” Some examples from democrats,org: > [@](#): > > For more than 200 years, Democrats have fought for the interests of working families and equal opportunities for all Americans. > [@](#): > > Throughout history, Democratic Party leaders have fought to make the changes that matter most to the American people. > [@](#): > > Democrat Ben Chandler has been certified as winner of Kentucky’s 6th District House race… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/30 "2010-11-13T17:28:39Z")
The more you express your displeasure in this, the more the other side is going to do it. And while there are definitely people who refer to the “Democrat Party”, **Sam** ’s quote in your OP is not along those lines. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/31 "2010-11-13T17:32:26Z")
So I guess we’re looking to Jon Stewart and cable news for our pit thread ideas now. ---
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/32 "2010-11-13T17:33:47Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Until your side stops calling them “teabaggers”, you’ve got nothing. Side? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/33 "2010-11-13T19:15:28Z")
I was working phone banks for the Democrats & accidentally called it the “Democrat Party” once. Just using the wrong form. And yeah, I thought I sounded like a douche. But it is correct to say, “Vote Democrat,” the “Democrats,” etc. Has been since Andrew Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/34 "2010-11-13T20:14:36Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The more you express your displeasure in this, the more the other side is going to do it. Because the Republicans are childish and stupid, we know. The proper name of the party is the Democratic Party. Calling it the “Democrat Party” is like calling your friend Edward “Eddy” all the time just to needle him. It’s a dick move. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/35 "2010-11-13T20:30:54Z")
I have to admit I never really understood this. Democratic Party, Democrat Party… they sound objectively the same to me. I never noticed people calling it that until upset Democrats started pointing it out. Only now am I aware of its insulting connotations, but I have no idea how it came to be that way. Was it considered an insult before Democrats started getting annoyed by it? ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/36 "2010-11-13T20:51:55Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > No, sorry, tea baggers is hilarious. Doubly so because they were using it to describe themselves initially. That’s comedy gold right there. No, sorry, tea baggers is just rude and juvenile. Nor is it funny that they were unaware of its use as an obscure sexual term when they used it unless you never matured beyond the age of thirteen or fourteen. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/37 "2010-11-13T20:55:14Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > Was it considered an insult before Democrats started getting annoyed by it? Read the Wikipedia page. The original idea was that the Democrats didn’t have democratic principles. Now it’s just a matter of “I get to pick your nickname … haha!” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/38 "2010-11-13T20:58:06Z")
> [@Dumbguy](#): > > Side? Non-idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/39 "2010-11-13T21:03:38Z")
Though I am registered independent, my political views are largely liberal, and in practice you could pretty much call me a Democrat. I almost always vote for them. I’ve never heard of this “Democrat” Vs. “Democratic” nonsense in my entire life until the last year or so, and only on this board. I’ve always said “Democrat” because that’s the only way I’ve ever seen it written or heard it said. “Democratic” just doesn’t sound right to me. It’s already a word. So is “Republican”, yes, but not nearly as common in the United States as _democratic_. In 1st grade, when some of the kids want to go outside first and some of the kids want to watch the film strip first, Ms. Teacher says “ok, we’ll solve this the _democratic_ way.” Give me a use of _republican_ that’s half that common. I can’t think of one. Democratic = Confusing Democrat = Hey, only way I’ve ever heard it. I’ll keep saying what I’ve been saying my entire life until someone comes up with a non-retarded argument for me not to. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521/40 "2010-11-13T21:15:27Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I’ll keep saying what I’ve been saying my entire life until someone comes up with a non-retarded argument for me not to. It’s not the name of the party. It’s like willfully continuing to mispronounce “hors d’oeuvres” because you never learned the correct pronunciation growing up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521.md?page=3)