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I've been seeing this totally organic discourse popping up in 
comments. They found a new silver bullet that allows them to ignore anything being said
Democrats clutching pearls instead of fighting fascism is going to get fascism faster, and it will be all the fault of leftists somehow
This is why I dodge the issue by just calling them Demonrats
It's been a thing for a while now.
Republicans use "Democrat" as an adjective instead of "Democratic" basically to say that the party isn't actually democratic.
Of course, they're not wrong on that, but they also aren't democratic.
The people complaining about this are the same people who will make fun of you for calling the CPC the CPC instead of the CCP.
A broken clock is right twice a day
Convert it to White Maoist Standard English: DemonKKKrap
Demonrat
They've been doin' this for awhile now. Maybe it's gotten more popular, IDK.
I just started noticing it being called a slur like a week ago. They've been using it as an indicator that you're a secret double Russian for a little while now
Just call them Demonrats and be done with it.
I think the term originally came from a Republican-funded focus group that found that audiences respond more negatively to "democrat party" than "democratic party." I avoid using it myself because it comes off as in-group signaling for chuds.
okay but isn't Democratic an adjective and Democrat a noun? Doesn't even make sense grammatically.
They want people to conflate the program of their bourgeois party with actual democracy.
Republicans use “Democrat” as an adjective. That’s the “slur”. It’s more like a dogwhistle or ingroup speech than anything. Kind of like how sometimes chuds here give themselves away by saying “straight white male” instead of “cishet white dude”
I prefer the term dongus-holding kkkracker personally
I am a person with unfortunately exposed weak-points.
(By exposed I mean not protected by all the bone and fleshy bits that protect the rest of my vital organs)
It is grammatically valid.
"The Party" means the party that values the principles of .
"The Party" is the party comprised of . The "Carpenter Party" means the party comprised of carpenters. The "Plumber party" means the party comprised of plumbers.
"The Democratic Party" is the party that values the principals of Democracy.
"The Democrat Party" is the party comprised of Democrats.
Denouncing the Democratic Party means denouncing the principals of Democracy. Denouncing the Democrat party means denouncing the people who call themselves Democrats.
I thought this post was about reddit getting mad that the word "Democrat" was used at all to describe a member of the Democratic Party, and I was making the point that of course they do, no one's gonna call a member of the Democratic Party a "Democratic." But people explained what this post was about below.
Demon-Rat
Demon-Rat-Ick
I like this bypass.
Long: "the donkey-brand faction of the U.S. mono-party"
Medium: "donkey-brained liberals"
Short: "donkeys"
Associated fan/voter base: "donkey fans"
Some of the things that are great about it:
Rallies = Donkey Shows
Wait
I mean, when the genocide fans are screaming "FOUR MORE YEARS" I feel like we're not very far from the clothes flying off....
or in Arabic, YA HMAAR
Yeah it’s this false dichotomy brainworm where because Republicans have done this as a slight to democrats it must be a slur.
it's not a slur it's a shibboleth for Rush Limbaugh listeners.
you fool.
It's a good way of avoiding associating a neoliberal party with democracy,
I wish there was a decent one for the Republican party, since there have been many cool types of republicans throughout history and the US one sucks. 
Crackers want to be victimized sooooo badly.
Democrat is a slur to these people
Oh ... oh no... this isn't new. This always gets trotted out before the elections.
i remember hearing about this during the John Kerry campaign so this can't be new
Yeah I remember a Ze Frank the show episode discussing it. Which is really dating me.
If you don't want the name of your party to be a slur, maybe you should try being less dogshit?