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{{cquote|'''Democrat Party''' is the grammatically correct term for the Democratic Party. The Party is not "democratic," and proper nouns like "Democrat" are not converted into adjectives by adding "ic" as a suffix. For example, it is not the "Republicanic Party," or the "Libertarianic Party," or a "Smith-ic Wedding." yet many Democrats bristle at the term "Democrat Party." and perhaps they prefer the false illusion that their party is somehow more "democratic" than other parties. In fact, the Democrat Party is '''''less''''' democratic than the other political parties.}}
{{cquote|'''Democrat Party''' is the grammatically correct term for the Democratic Party. The Party is not "democratic," and proper nouns like "Democrat" are not converted into adjectives by adding "ic" as a suffix. For example, it is not the "Republicanic Party," or the "Libertarianic Party," or a "Smith-ic Wedding." yet many Democrats bristle at the term "Democrat Party." and perhaps they prefer the false illusion that their party is somehow more "democratic" than other parties. In fact, the Democrat Party is '''''less''''' democratic than the other political parties.}}
:[[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 12:40, 8 January 2018 (EST)
:[[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 12:40, 8 January 2018 (EST)
::Both "Republican" and "Libertarian" are adjectives that have taken a secondary noun form. Republican comes from the noun "republic", and Libertarian is from the French adjective form of the word liberty. But while somebody might say, I'm a Republican or I'm a Libertarian, people don't say, I'm a Democratic.
::There is no political party in the US called the Democrat Party. The Party is the Democratic Party. The fact that it may not be very democratic in fact is an interesting irony, but it doesn't change the fact that that's their name. Not using it isn't consistent with Conservapedia's style. If you go to the entry for North Korea, you'll see that it's called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, even thought it's not democratic, it doesn't care about its people, and it's a republic in name only, being, in effect, a hereditary monarchy. This isn't about coddling Democrats, or worrying about hurt feelings (although I do think think you shouldn't hurt feelings unnecessarily). It's calling things by their name.
::Finally, this is an encyclopedia, an educational resource. Let's say somebody comes to the Tammany Hall page who knows nothing about US politics. Which link will teach him or her more; one going into the history and beliefs of the party, or anot article that's only about why the party should be called the "Democrat Party" instead of the "Democratic Party"? How is that going to help the reader? If we want to be an encyclopedia, let's be an encyclopedia.--[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] ([[User talk:Whizkid|talk]]) 15:07, 8 January 2018 (EST)