Topic: Do you think the Liberalcrats will publically apologize Trump when their plan2 oust him fails?
Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #93,090
They're going to look even worse than ever.
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Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #1,054,603
Why has "Liberalcrat" been coined as a slur? The suffix 'crat' means an advocate of a particular form of governance. There's no difference between 'Liberal' and 'Liberalcrat'. Is it to imply that Democrats are also liberals? This is obvious, no?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,605
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,610
Yes, please stop calling them "liberalcrats". It is dumb and weird and redundant.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,611
@1,054,605 (A)
Ok, but my point is that adding 'crat' to the word 'liberal' doesn't change anything, it would be like saying 'conservativecrat' instead of 'conservative'. There's a reason the former doesn't exist and it's because they both mean the same thing, i.e someone who believes in conservatism.
Ok, but my point is that adding 'crat' to the word 'liberal' doesn't change anything, it would be like saying 'conservativecrat' instead of 'conservative'. There's a reason the former doesn't exist and it's because they both mean the same thing, i.e someone who believes in conservatism.
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Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 47 seconds later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,612
No, they will whine and cry for another 4 years.
Dodongo !ZQvsveEcD6 joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 39 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,625
@OP
What would they apologize for? "Sorry the Republicans you dumb shits voted for have fucked our system so hard that we can't take action against a blatantly corrupt official"?
What would they apologize for? "Sorry the Republicans you dumb shits voted for have fucked our system so hard that we can't take action against a blatantly corrupt official"?
pain joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,626
does op have any brain cells. Liberalcrat can't be a word as it has the exact same meaning as liberal. Second off impeaching trump is extremely high on quite a few people's priority, as Trump is most likely the worst president we have ever had.
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Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 29 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,630
@previous (pain)
> Liberalcrat can't be a word as it has the exact same meaning as liberal.
No it doesn't. "-crat" comes from κράτος (krátos = power). So X-crat means power belonging to X / rule by X, e.g. Democrat: δῆμος (dêmos = the people) + crat = power belonging to the people.
Liberal on its own just means free. Liberalcrat means rule by the free.
Technically, since liber is Latin and kratos is Greek, Liberalcrat is a hybrid word (like television) so if you're a purist, the correct term would be lefterocrat.
> Liberalcrat can't be a word as it has the exact same meaning as liberal.
No it doesn't. "-crat" comes from κράτος (krátos = power). So X-crat means power belonging to X / rule by X, e.g. Democrat: δῆμος (dêmos = the people) + crat = power belonging to the people.
Liberal on its own just means free. Liberalcrat means rule by the free.
Technically, since liber is Latin and kratos is Greek, Liberalcrat is a hybrid word (like television) so if you're a purist, the correct term would be lefterocrat.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 40 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,639
@previous (D)
> Liberal on its own just means free.
When capitalised into a proper noun (as OP did in his thread title), it doesn't "just mean free", it means an adherent of the political philosophy known as liberalism (often a member of a Liberal party). Therefore there is no practical difference between 'Liberal' (as used by OP) and 'Liberalcrat' (as coined by him).
> Liberal on its own just means free.
When capitalised into a proper noun (as OP did in his thread title), it doesn't "just mean free", it means an adherent of the political philosophy known as liberalism (often a member of a Liberal party). Therefore there is no practical difference between 'Liberal' (as used by OP) and 'Liberalcrat' (as coined by him).
Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,965
@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
> Therefore there is no practical difference between 'Liberal' (as used by OP) and 'Liberalcrat' (as coined by him).
You started off by discussing the etymology of the suffix 'crat' and got it wrong (it does not mean 'an advocate') but I guess that comes as no surprise, since you know nothing about Greek or Latin). Now you have inserted the word "practical" into your argument, thereby shifting the goalposts. You're not very good at this, are you father?
> Therefore there is no practical difference between 'Liberal' (as used by OP) and 'Liberalcrat' (as coined by him).
You started off by discussing the etymology of the suffix 'crat' and got it wrong (it does not mean 'an advocate') but I guess that comes as no surprise, since you know nothing about Greek or Latin). Now you have inserted the word "practical" into your argument, thereby shifting the goalposts. You're not very good at this, are you father?
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 6 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,970
@previous (D)
> > Therefore there is no practical difference between 'Liberal' (as used by OP) and 'Liberalcrat' (as coined by him).
> You started off by discussing the etymology of the suffix 'crat' and got it wrong (it does not mean 'an advocate')
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/-crat
"An advocate of a specified form of government."
You look a bit silly now don't you? Here's a tip about etymology: you don't just chop words up into their different parts and look at them out of context.
> but I guess that comes as no surprise, since you know nothing about Greek or Latin).
Such delicious irony. How many times is it that you've had your ignorance on this subject exposed by me? I make it about 4.
> Now you have inserted the word "practical" into your argument
Because when coining a new term like "Liberalcrat" and wrongly claiming (as you did) that there is a difference in meaning, it helps to point out that no, in fact, there is no difference. Only to someone like yourself, completely ignorant of Latin, Greek and the subject of etymology, is there a difference.
You're not very good at this, are you child?
> > Therefore there is no practical difference between 'Liberal' (as used by OP) and 'Liberalcrat' (as coined by him).
> You started off by discussing the etymology of the suffix 'crat' and got it wrong (it does not mean 'an advocate')
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/-crat
"An advocate of a specified form of government."
You look a bit silly now don't you? Here's a tip about etymology: you don't just chop words up into their different parts and look at them out of context.
> but I guess that comes as no surprise, since you know nothing about Greek or Latin).
Such delicious irony. How many times is it that you've had your ignorance on this subject exposed by me? I make it about 4.
> Now you have inserted the word "practical" into your argument
Because when coining a new term like "Liberalcrat" and wrongly claiming (as you did) that there is a difference in meaning, it helps to point out that no, in fact, there is no difference. Only to someone like yourself, completely ignorant of Latin, Greek and the subject of etymology, is there a difference.
You're not very good at this, are you child?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,973
@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
I don't particularly give a fuck about your point of view on this..
I don't particularly give a fuck about your point of view on this..
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,974
Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,979
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,982
Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,989
@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
> You always humiliate my moronic understanding of Latin.
Yes, yes I do... and Greek.
> You always humiliate my moronic understanding of Latin.
Yes, yes I do... and Greek.
WSD !m2cp3rR5zw joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,054,994
ok boomer
