{"id":2093,"date":"2008-02-08T08:42:59","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T13:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2008-02-08T08:45:05","modified_gmt":"2008-02-08T13:45:05","slug":"reader-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2093","title":{"rendered":"Reader Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader sent me this via email:<\/p>\n

\n

I missed when you started referring to Democrats as
\nTics but I don’t like it. When I see you use Tics I
\nthink of Nick Coleman using the term “Wingnuts.”
\nColeman is a jerk and an idiot so I don’t like most of
\nwhat emanates from his keyboard anyway.
\nWhen he uses Wingnuts I think that he’s run out of
\nargument and now has to resort to insults.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To be fair, there’s a difference. <\/p>\nsome<\/i> kind of writing or another most of his adult life – is the gales of nattering one draws when one uses “Democrat” as an adjective. It’s perfectly normal usage, of course.<\/p>\n

But boy, do Democrats yammer about it! I even got a link, once, to a piece that claimed Richard Mellon Scaife or Rupert Murdoch or some other surrogate for George Soros was paying<\/i> to have people use the term “Democrat” as an adjective, rather than “Democratic”, because…<\/p>\n

…well, that part wasn’t very clear. <\/p>\n

I’ve been wanting to respond to this bit of paranoid wheel-spinning for quite some time now. As is often the case, Joe “Learned Foot” Tucci said it better than I ever could<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nIn the past, I have lampooned this absurd affectation by referring to the Democrat Party with varying and inappropriate suffixes, for example: “Democratosian Party.” Upon further reflection, I think it quite appropriate to modify this particular running gag so that instead of the various and sundry inappropriate suffixes, I will henceforth merely use “Tic Party” when referring to the “Democrat Party.”<\/p>\n

I think this new jab covers all the bases. For one, a frequent rejoinder you may encounter from some kool aid addled jerkoff employing the Ic meme goes something like “It’s the party of democracy, therefore it’s the DemocratIC Party. Meh, I’m a big poopy pants.” This is complete and utter crap (other than the poopy pants part). The Democrat Party is not the party of Democracy any more than the Hugo Chavez’s is. But since I’m a fair guy, I’ll meet them half-way by granting them their precious “ic”, while removing the blatant falsehood that lies in the root of the party’s name.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Until “Democrats” stop with the whinging conspiracy theories and the rhetorical shoot-‘n-scoot over worthless tangents like “the adjective I use to describe their party”, I think Tic is a useful compromise<\/p>\n

The writer continued:<\/p>\n

\n

Then today you referred to Obama as “Obie.” You make
\ngood points; there’s no reason to start sounding like
\none of the Kos kids, Nick Coleman or Molly Ivins
\n(e.g., Bush is “Shrub”).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, that’s a fair point.<\/p>\n

I’ll retire “Obie”.<\/p>\n

Of course, we do need a good nickname for him. “Hillary Lite” doesn’t really work, and hardly rolls off the tongue.<\/p>\n

Ideas?<\/p>\n

\n

Just wanted to get that off my chest. I do enjoy Shot
\nIn The Dark (and have been a long time reader and now
\na first-time writer – you radio guys like hearing
\nthat, right?)<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

etc etc etc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We love it!<\/p>\n

Send any feedback to the yahoo dot com address feedbackinthedark.<\/p>\n

I only print names if the writer is a total jerk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A reader sent me this via email: I missed when you started referring to Democrats as Tics but I don’t like it. When I see you use Tics I think of Nick Coleman using the term “Wingnuts.” Coleman is a jerk and an idiot so I don’t like most of what emanates from his keyboard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campaign-08","category-language"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}