tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52978030731691315602011-10-04T13:09:35.397-07:00Ketut Widartanoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297803073169131560.post-90754619436627985972011-09-18T15:10:00.000-07:002011-09-18T15:10:30.068-07:00<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps atn">"</span><span class="">Democrat</span> <span class="hps">Party</span><span>"</span> <span class="hps">is the nickname of</span> <span class="hps">politics</span> <span class="hps">in the United</span> <span class="hps">States is not</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>Democrat</span> <span class="hps">Party</span><span>"</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">you talk</span> <span class="hps">about</span> <span class="hps">the Democratic Party</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">This term is</span> <span class="hps">used</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">a negative</span> <span class="hps">fashion</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">hostile to</span> <span class="hps">conservative</span> <span class="hps">commentators</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">members of the</span> <span class="hps">Republican</span> <span class="hps">party platform</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">partisan</span> <span class="hps">speeches</span> <span class="hps">and press releases</span> <span class="hps">since</span> <span class="hps">1940.</span><br /> <span class="hps">Some of the</span> <span class="hps">reasons for</span> <span class="hps">the proposed</span> <span class="hps">use of this term</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">A</span> <span class="hps">1984</span> <span class="hps">article in the New</span> <span class="hps">York</span> <span class="hps">Times</span> <span class="hps">suggest</span> <span class="hps">Republicans have</span> <span class="hps">started using</span> <span class="hps">the term</span> <span class="hps">when the</span> <span class="hps">Democrats are</span> <span class="hps">the party</span> <span class="hps">of their own</span> <span class="hps">name used</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">imply</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>They</span> <span class="hps">are the</span> <span class="hps">only</span> <span class="hps">true</span> <span class="hps">supporter of</span> <span class="hps">democracy</span><span>.</span><span>"</span> <span class="hps">Republicans</span> <span class="hps">worry</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>Democracy</span><span>" advises</span> <span class="hps">Democrats</span> <span class="hps atn">[</span><span>have been</span><span>]</span> <span class="hps">a monopoly</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">or somehow</span> <span class="hps">anointed</span> <span class="hps">guardians</span> <span class="hps">of democracy</span> <span class="hps">concept</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">"New</span> <span class="hps">Yorker</span> <span class="hps">commentator</span> <span class="hps">Hendrik</span> <span class="hps">Hertzberg</span> <span class="hps">writes</span><span>:</span><span>" There is no</span> <span class="hps">great</span> <span class="hps">mystery</span> <span class="hps">about the</span> <span class="hps">motives</span> <span class="hps">behind this</span> <span class="hps">deliberate</span> <span class="hps">misnaming</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>Democrat</span> <span class="hps">Party</span><span>"</span> <span class="hps">is a</span> <span class="hps">slur</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">or intended</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">-..</span> <span class="hps">An</span> <span class="hps">easy way</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">insult</span> <span class="hps">Express</span> <span class="hps">Aesthetic</span> <span class="hps">judgments</span> <span class="hps">are subjective</span><span>, of course</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">the Democratic Party</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>is a</span> <span class="hps">boundary</span> <span class="hps">conflict</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">shouting</span> <span class="hps">pretty ugly</span><span>.</span><span>" Rats</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>Political</span> <span class="hps">analyst</span> <span class="hps">Charlie</span> <span class="hps">Cook the</span> <span class="hps">modern use of</span> <span class="hps">the term</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">the practice</span> <span class="hps">to enforce,</span> <span class="hps">rather than</span> <span class="hps">a deliberate</span> <span class="hps">nickname</span> <span class="hps">caused</span> <span class="hps">by Republicans</span> <span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Ruth</span> <span class="hps">Marcus</span> <span class="hps">says</span> <span class="hps">that Republicans</span> <span class="hps">will only continue</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">employ</span> <span class="hps">the term</span> <span class="hps">because</span> <span class="hps">Democrats</span> <span class="hps">do not like</span> <span class="hps">it.Marcus</span> <span class="hps">noted</span> <span class="hps">that the</span> <span class="hps">differences</span> <span class="hps">over the use of</span> <span class="hps">the term</span> <span class="hps">"significant</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">calling</span> <span class="hps">Hertzberg</span> <span class="hps">use of the term</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span class="">mild irritation</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><br /> <span class="hps">Similar</span> <span class="hps">two-word</span> <span class="hps">phrases</span><span class="atn">, use "</span><span class="">Democrat</span><span>"</span> <span class="hps">as an adjective</span> <span class="hps">that is considered</span> <span class="hps">controversial</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">used instead of</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span class="">Democracy</span><span>"</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span class="atn">as in "</span><span>democratic</span> <span class="hps">ideas</span><span>"</span><span>)</span><span>;</span> <span class="hps">NPR</span> <span class="hps">prohibits</span> <span class="hps atn">the use of "</span><span>Democrat</span><span>"</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">adjective.The</span> <span class="hps">term</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>Democrat</span> <span class="hps">Party</span><span>" is generally</span> <span class="hps">used</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">there is no</span> <span class="hps">negative</span> <span class="hps">connotation</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">some places</span> <span class="hps">by the</span> <span class="hps">Democrats</span> <span class="hps">in 1950</span> <span class="hps">[9</span><span>]</span> <span class="hps">Dictionary of</span> <span class="hps">American</span> <span class="hps">Regional</span> <span class="hps">English</span> <span class="hps">provides many</span> <span class="hps">examples</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>democracy</span><span>" is used</span> <span class="hps">as an adjective</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">everyday language</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">especially</span> <span class="hps">in the northeast</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5297803073169131560-9075461943662798597?l=cmudems.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ketut Widartanoreply@blogger.com0