Talk:Democratic Party (United States)/Archive 10

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The "Democrat Party" as an political epithet needs to be removed

There is a statement on the main article that "In the 20th and 21st centuries, "Democrat Party" is a political epithet that is sometimes used by opponents to refer to the party." In the interest of fairness, it must be removed.

For openers, there is absolutely no evidence to support this claim. Also, many of the things posted on the discussion pages of PRO-party articles refer to them as the Democrat party. One of them appears on this very page.

The party gets referred to as both Democrat and Democratic by supporters, opponents, and the 80% of the US who couldn't care less, so saying that it is a negative reference (i.e. epithet) made by party detractors is just not true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.187.168 (talk) 21:03, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

I hear Rush Limbaugh use it all the time. Historically, it was too. 'Democrat' itself is not an epithet. 'Democrat Party' instead of 'Democratic Party', indeed, is. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 18:56, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

the issue is thoroughly covered at Democrat Party (phrase). In national media, the term "Democrat Party" is primarily used as a slur or epithet by the party's opponents to emphasize that the party is not actually democratic in practice. (However in some local areas such as Indiana it is used by Democrats). The article notes, In 1984, when a delegate of the Republican platform committee asked unanimous consent to change a platform amendment to read the Democrat Party instead of Democratic Party, Representative Jack Kemp objected, saying that would be "an insult to our Democratic friends" and The committee dropped the proposal.(cite) Rjensen (talk) 19:03, 23 November 2010 (UTC)