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Is this really a thing? To be honest, this sounds like something only Twitter would care about.

• bsanr2 6y ago
  He literally linked the Wikipedia article explaining the history and dynamics of its use, dude.
  • CincinnatiMan 6y ago
    Sorry, I meant my question more as is it really a thing that the average person is aware of and cares about. I consider myself pretty educated and I've never heard of this little underground war on the terminology, and I can't see many people caring except hypervigilant Twitter users. Like ask 95% of the population and they'll probably not see a difference between the words. It just seems like a silly thing to care about.
    • bsanr2 6y ago
      Anyone who watches Fox News is exposed to it, and the first time someone corrects them, they're liable to double-down. So, no, I don't think it's a fringe thing at all.
  • meragrin_ 6y ago
    They literally call themselves democrats. That's their primary identity to the average person. "Democratic Party" and "Democratic representative" are rarely uttered outside the circle of democrats even by democrats. Democrat party is just a shortened form of party of the democrats. Why would any normal person refer to it to anything other than the democrat party when "democrat" is word most associated with the party? The democrats set themselves up as the democrat party.