(Trump said he’s not going to do a second debate)

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    If GOP means Republican party, and stands for Grand Old Party, why would you call them that when criticising them? Unless it’s meant to be sarcastic.

      • teft@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Im going to start pronouncing it like GOB just for that little extra bit of disrespect.

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      2 months ago

      Same reason we let them call themselves “Pro Life”. You use the name the group gives themselves.

      I want to be known as “Pro Choice” as named by my own group. If the other group could name us, we’d be “Pro Baby Murder” or something like that.

      Gotta let them name themselves if we want to do the same. Their actions put a stain on whatever name they choose, so word choice doesn’t matter for long anyway.