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It's a common usage, but mainly among non-Democrats. And it's not a compliment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)



You’re barking up the wrong tree. I wrote “democratic,” thought it looked wrong as it seemed more the adjective of “Democracy” rather than “member of the Democratic Party,” didn’t want to look it up on my phone because I cannot multitask for the life of me on my iPhone, and there you go.

Anyway, you do realize that the very fact that I was linking to "here's what someone in a position to challenge or at least refuse to enforce this inanity" implies that I'm scarcely trying to side with the party backing the trigger-happy president, right?


You felt the need to refer to someone as a proponent of democracy?


Other way around, obviously.




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