"Russ Rose" <russrose@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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"Gandalf Grey" <gandalfgrey@infectedmail.com> wrote in message 
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Yeah.  Pettiness often comes down to that.  Whenever we see some kid in a 
schoolyard say something like "Oh Yeah?  We'll so's your old man" the 
thing we think is that it's stupid and outdated.  That's the way it is 
with the lowest levels of insult.  No imagination.  The same thing is 
going on when I hear some bigot say "Jew bankers!" instead of "Jewish 
Bankers"  The insult is still there, but it's combined with rank 
stupidity as well.

Oh! Now I understand!

Doubtful.

"Democrat" is a derogatory term.

If the correct and well-known term is "Democratic" and the word "Democrat" 
is deliberately used instead, it's not only derogatory but as childish as 
your remarks.  There's no such thing as a "Democrat Party" in America.  It's 
the Democratic Party.  If you're bright enough to know that and you can't 
bring yourself to say it, you've got a problem.



 Thank you for

clarifying...