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In reply to the discussion: Yes, I know this may seem juvenile, but [View all]Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)52. For years, I've just called them
"right-wingers."
Nothin' cute or pseudo-clever, just simple truth.
It seems to bother them, especially those who insist on calling themselves "Conservatives" with a capital 'c'.
They don't know what "conservative" means. They've just dragged the term with them over 50, 60, 70 years or more, from Republicans to whom they have no political resemblance and probably wouldn't even recognize, especially those pre-Reagan. (Remember, they consider John McCain, the only actual conservative Republican I can think of in the last 40 years,a traitor.)
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I agree we need to fight back. We have put up with this fucking insult for so long. Then they wouldn't pronounce Kamala'
Walleye
Aug 2025
#5
Yeah, the Democratic party is made up of Democrats, but the Republican party is not made up of Republics. nt
thesquanderer
Aug 2025
#39
To the press, everyone should be calling them radicals, because that's what they are,
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#9
I'm toying with using "the Pubic Party" seems as how that appears to be one of their prime interests
Attilatheblond
Aug 2025
#29
Repub-BLEAK party, sometimes the PUBlican (as in the Bible an unfriendly lot. nt
Festivito
Aug 2025
#32