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Why do people use the word democratic when discussing democrats?


2 posted on 01/03/2020 1:58:21 PM PST by exnavy (american by birth and choice, I love this country!)
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They don’t understand the proper use of adjectives in English.


5 posted on 01/03/2020 2:05:43 PM PST by Paladin2
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Why do people use the word democratic when discussing democrats?

This is one of those Mandela Effect issues with me. My entire life I remember reading and hearing Democrat, but the last 2-3 years I keep seeing Democratic to describe the party and the person.

11 posted on 01/03/2020 2:16:08 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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Because they’re idiots?


26 posted on 01/03/2020 3:25:44 PM PST by Ancient Man
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I have noticed that more and more over the last couple of years (especially here on FR)...

Very annoying when I see it; I gave up correcting others :/


46 posted on 01/03/2020 11:32:51 PM PST by Bikkuri
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