emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
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Democrats, not the Democrat Party. Again.
I am used to referring to Democrats.
Because that's who I work with.
I looked up the history to find where "Democrat Party" was specifically used to clarify that the Party is for the "principles of Democrats" and not to imply the party was "democratic" as if that is exclusive. Since When Did It Become the Democrat Party NPR Ombudsman NPR
But other people also shorten it to Democrat as a shortcut, even though this isn't the proper name of the official party:
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It may be much ado about not much, but NPR should stick to its policy and call parties by their proper names. It's not just Seabrook who made that mistake.
Do a search for "Democrat Party" on npr.org and you'll find other NPR staff using Democrat as an adjective.
While NPR can't control when guests use the term Democrat Party, it can insist correspondents be consistent.
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I am trying to address fellow Democrats.
So that is why I use that term.
Not to "hide behind the collective party" but take responsibility as members with equal roles.
And if you aren't willing to take responsibility as an equal Democrat
you shouldn't vote for Democrat leaders or the abuse of collective influence just continues without accountability.
I treat Greens and Libertarians and Republicans the same way.
But for those who are truly independent or truly Constitutionalists,
they tend to carry this responsibility anyway.
It's the people like my friend D2 who 'depend on party to represent them'
who shirk responsibility and let others pay the cost of whichever candidates they vote for and the damages
done by such people in office.
If we started holding parties accountable for who they elect, maybe we'd get more direct accountability.
As Steve Stockman said when I asked him about holding each party to pay for their own programs,
he said the liberals would become conservative overnight!
But as my coworker equally pointed out, if all these conservatives had to fight these wars
with themselves, their kids and families, how fast would we end each war?