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Originally posted by LessinSF
This was re Spanky's statement:
"We have already been through this. There is nothing "Democratic" about the "Democrat party". The term Democrat is not used to modify the term party, it is another noun. It is the name of the party, it does not describe what kind of party it is."
I don't read this board regularly, nor do I care to scroll to find y'all's prior discourse, but I find it hard to argue with Spanky's statement. The Democrats are as "democratic" as the Republicans are "republican." Our electoral method is a mix of both (among other things) and neither word any longer stands for that method of voting. Rather, the terms have become code words for whatever the currently bi-polar delination is over a few issues. But those terms (and the parties appropriating their names) are so fluid, and the various counter-examples so prevalent (e.g. my oft-stated bon mot that Bush is a 1964 Southern Democrat) that I wonder why anyone, y'all included care anymore. see e.g. every communist group that called themselves the "peoples something something front."
Further, why would any right-thinking person choose to align or affiliate with either of these abominations, let alone become worked up about whether their chosen nom-de-plume accurately reflects their values (i.e., any group that is defensive about this has either inaccurately or dishonestly named themselves)? Don't you only sully yourself by association? And, even if you don't actively support or suborn one of these hobgoblins, isn't even subtly or secretly supporting one of them the equivalent of saying "I won't go to a cock fight, let alone bet on it, but I hope the Red with the nice Waddle wins"?
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If you'll be kind enough to indulge me, I'd like to scan some blogs and maybe run a few Wikipedia searches. I will then offer selective text, an ersatz "expert report" of sorts, explaining that, although practically correct, in a technical or academic sense (or what passes for "academic" in the world of online punditry and Wiki definition creation) you are wrong.
Best,
Sebastian
