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Wow, I had no idea that some people viewed that term as negative. I had to look it up. I guess I picked it up while reading history from when the term wasn't co

by talmand 11y ago

Wow, I had no idea that some people viewed that term as negative. I had to look it up. I guess I picked it up while reading history from when the term wasn't considered negative. I always thought Democrat Party and the Democratic Party went together depending on usage plus the preference of the person speaking. I mean, after all, they are called Democrats so it would seem to me that Democrat Party would be used. Methinks people are just complaining to be complaining. Interesting. Today, I learned something. Anyway, I don't think I'll shall stop using the term. Thanks for the input.

dragonwriter 11y ago
> Anyway, I don't think I'll shall stop using the term. Given the pervasive way Republicans have aggressively and consistently used the term for longer than most people have been alive, I can understand its use in ignorance by people whose information sources have skewed to a Republican bias. But, if after your ignorance is cured, you are knowingly and deliberately using a term for a party that has been pretty much exclusively used as a hostile epithet by political opponents of that party for more than half a century, that's kind of telling.
- talmand 11y ago
  Think what you want. I learned the term from a non-negative source and have used it in a non-negative meaning. It's not my responsibility to bear the burden of you taking offense to my innocent usage of the term. You are the one refusing to even attempt to see the context of my statement. I refuse to apologize for you taking offense when I did not give it. Just because some people use an innocent term as a slur doesn't mean that everyone on Earth is suddenly required to avoid using the term. Most people are not out to personally hurt your feelings just because they use perfectly fine words in a correct context, words that you happen to not like. Get over yourself. As for your perceived insult, I'll let it slide since you are clearly going by emotions instead of thinking. Besides, it's not an insult really since you have no idea what my political leanings are. Despite your supposed insight.

by talmand 11y ago

dragonwriter 11y ago

> Anyway, I don't think I'll shall stop using the term. Given the pervasive way Republicans have aggressively and consistently used the term for longer than most people have been alive, I can understand its use in ignorance by people whose information sources have skewed to a Republican bias. But, if after your ignorance is cured, you are knowingly and deliberately using a term for a party that has been pretty much exclusively used as a hostile epithet by political opponents of that party for more than half a century, that's kind of telling.

talmand 11y ago
Think what you want. I learned the term from a non-negative source and have used it in a non-negative meaning. It's not my responsibility to bear the burden of you taking offense to my innocent usage of the term. You are the one refusing to even attempt to see the context of my statement. I refuse to apologize for you taking offense when I did not give it. Just because some people use an innocent term as a slur doesn't mean that everyone on Earth is suddenly required to avoid using the term. Most people are not out to personally hurt your feelings just because they use perfectly fine words in a correct context, words that you happen to not like. Get over yourself. As for your perceived insult, I'll let it slide since you are clearly going by emotions instead of thinking. Besides, it's not an insult really since you have no idea what my political leanings are. Despite your supposed insight.