[alicewonders]

Those funny democrats! It's like the word "liberal" - they find that insulting too - my "liberal" acquaintances always correct me & say they are "progressives".

LOL.

[mware]

Hmm so I guess Hillary will be referred as the Democratic Senator from NY instead of the Democrat Senator from NY.

I wish someone would listen and see how often the news media says Democratic rather than Democrat.

I think most of them refer to the later..

[Mtner77]

...."It's like the word "liberal" - they find that insulting too - my "liberal" acquaintances always correct me & say they are "progressives". "....

This is absolutely true. If I use the word "democrat" or worse the word "liberal" while arguing politics with my very "liberal" sister, I am immediately corrected with the word "progressive". It is so easy to get under her skin by simply using the word "liberal" in a normal conversation.

My wife often comments on this by saying that even the liberals have finally decided that the word "liberal" is a dirty word to most of America. I guess the word "democrat" is now a dirty word too.

[bcsco]

Those funny democrats! It's like the word "liberal" - they find that insulting too - my "liberal" acquaintances always correct me & say they are "progressives".

Whenever I get that type of response I say "No you're not; you're Socialists or Communists. I was only being kind calling you a liberal".

[decal]

"...my "liberal" acquaintances always correct me & say they are 'progressives'."

Call 'em "Progs" and see what happens...

[Stegall Tx]

...my "liberal" acquaintances always correct me & say they are "progressives".

You should agree with them on this point. "Liberal" is rooted in the word "liberty", and most "progressive" issues have nothing to do with liberty.

Speech codes (you can't say what you want). Gun control (you can't own a gun). Taxation (you can't keep what you make). Single-payer health care (you can't choose your own health care). Social Security (you can't use your own money to provide for your own retirement). Public education (you can't use your own money to provide for your child's education).

Nothing approaching "liberty" in any of that.

[lesser_satan]

In my experience, people who call themselves "liberals" can be reasoned with, while the "progressives" are Bolshevist lunatics.