Many of us may recall a subtle shift in political language that began during the last decade, maybe longer ago now. Prominent members of the Republican Party began to refer to the opposing party as the “Democrat” Party. We had all grown up knowing it as the “Democratic” party, and its candidates as the “Democratic” candidates. Now, to the GOP, they are the “Democrat” candidates . . . or it is the “Democrat” position, and etc. From Republican mouths, the word often sounds as if an epithet is being spit out. For them, it has come to be a term of derision if not of disgust, much more (and less) than the name of an opposition party. No matter: some even in the mainstream media appear to have adopted the term. Continue reading “A Note on Language and Politics”
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