>but Republicans consistently use the term 'Democrat' instead of 'Democratic' because they don't want to imply that Democrats have a connection to the concept of Democracy.

I've never heard that. I thought it was a synonym like 'GOP'. The question is, who cares?

>It's a shibboleth; folks who instinctively say "Democrat" are reliably far-right.

Sure.

Did you make a throwaway account just to put this out? You have nothing else to contribute, correct?