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Post by Magenta on Jun 25, 2014 22:39:05 GMT -5
As we have two parties with the word Democrat in the name I've been wondering what the preferred nomenclatures will be for each party. I've taken to calling the Democratic-Republicans "Republicans" just to distinguish between the two, even though that's the opposite of how their name was historically.
What say you all?
(Also, anyone calling the party "GOP" gets an elephant and an issue of Harper's Weekly dropped on his head.)
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Post by Tyler on Jun 25, 2014 22:39:52 GMT -5
I use Republican for Democratic-Republicans and Democrat for National Democrats
And obviously Federalists for Federalists
That is just my convention
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Post by Magenta on Jun 25, 2014 22:41:30 GMT -5
I use Republican for Democratic-Republicans and Democrat for National Democrats And obviously Federalists for Federalists That is just my convention I agree with that convention. I've been following it myself, I'm just hoping to come together as a community to decide the matter if someone had a different idea on the matter. |
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Post by Bruce on Jun 26, 2014 0:30:58 GMT -5
That works for me too, yep.
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Post by terrus on Jun 26, 2014 5:17:31 GMT -5
The Republicans were, at this point, actually just "the Republicans." The Federalists labelled them the Democratic-Republicans as a sneer. Ultimately, the Republicans did start calling themselves that, but only after 1800 (and especially after 1802), as Jeffersonian Democracy became the party's vision. Historians refer to the party solely as the Democratic-Republicans (despite it not being that for the first few years of its existence) to differentiate them from the modern IRL Republican Party.
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Post by Gordon Battle Hughes on Jun 26, 2014 10:11:34 GMT -5
Terrus is correct. Personally, I lean towards 'Nationalists' as being more reflective of the NDP's actual platform, but Democrat is fine by me.
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Post by surratt on Jun 26, 2014 10:13:50 GMT -5
Terrus is correct. Personally, I lean towards 'Nationalists' as being more reflective of the NDP's actual platform, but Democrat is fine by me. I'd rather call them Nationalist. Federalists Republicans Nationalists I mean we're not strictly following history here. It's a game. Lets spice things up! |
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Post by Magenta on Jun 26, 2014 17:02:38 GMT -5
I learned something today. I always thought the party was originally named democratic-republicans and then later changed to just Democrat with Andrew Jackson restructuring things later. I didn't realize it was originally an insult.
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Post by Legion on Jun 27, 2014 16:47:36 GMT -5
I learned something today. I always thought the party was originally named democratic-republicans and then later changed to just Democrat with Andrew Jackson restructuring things later. I didn't realize it was originally an insult. Wait, what? |
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Post by Gordon Battle Hughes on Jun 27, 2014 21:41:51 GMT -5
It wasn't necessarily an insult, just democracy was considered inferior to a republic and, in some circles, it was seen as the equivalent of advocating for mob rule.
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Post by Addie on Jun 29, 2014 11:52:29 GMT -5
Looks like we have the "Democratic-Republicans" now!
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