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fun fact: the correct term is "Democratic" senator, as using "Democrat" as an adjective is a perjorative: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epith
by ImPostingOnHN 4y ago
fun fact: the correct term is "Democratic" senator, as using "Democrat" as an adjective is a perjorative:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)
- cato_the_elder 4y agoFixed. Sorry, I'm not a native speaker, and I don't always get these things right. Thanks for pointing that out.
- lovich 4y agoYou’re fine. I’m a native English speaker and never knew this. I’ve seen “Democrat” used as a performative but only by their political rivals who do think the name is pejorative but it wouldn’t matter what name was used.
- ImPostingOnHN 4y agono problem, that's why it's a fun fact to share and not me attacking you for it hopefully we all on HN recognize that we know an infinitesimally small fraction of a percentage of all there is to know – at least, I do :)