Democratic Versus Democrat

Lately I've been noticing a lot on the manipulation of language by politicians. Supposedly, some politicians on the right are shortening the term Democratic Party to Democrat Party to evoke the connection with rats.

But wait—Isn't the symbolic animal of the Republican Party the elephant? In Warner Brothers cartoon irony, isn't the largest pachyderm consumed by musaphobia, terrified of a wee mouse?

When a person or organization does a thing for a mean reason—like calling someone names—it reflects badly on the culprit. Besides the phobia and forgetting the difference between nice and mean, it can lead to a spanking time out from mummy and daddy. It also invokes the "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" lecture. So I'll stop here.

Being nice takes higher character, courage, and conviction than being mean.

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