ron vrooman wrote:
wordsmithing. maybe we should have a lexicon for OPP. ignorant, stupid, moron , cretin, democrat could all be synonyms.
Oooh! More words. Let's look at some origins.
ignorant
late 14c., from Old French ignorant (14c.), from Latin ignorantia, from ignorantem (nominative ignorans), present participle of ignorare "not to know, to be unacquainted; mistake, misunderstand; take no notice of, pay no attention to," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Old Latin gnarus "aware, acquainted with" (cf. Classical Latin noscere "to know," notus "known"), from Proto-Latin suffixed form *gno-ro-, related to gnoscere "to know" (see know ).
stupid
1540s, "mentally slow," from Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus "amazed, confounded," literally "struck senseless," from stupere "be stunned, amazed, confounded," from PIE *(s)tupe- "hit," from root *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)).
moron
1910, medical Latin, from Greek (Attic) moron, neuter of moros "foolish, dull, sluggish, stupid," probably cognate with Sanskrit murah "i***tic." Latin morus "foolish" is a loan-word from Greek. Adopted by the American Association for the Study of the Feeble-minded with a technical definition "adult with a mental age between 8 and 12;" used as an insult since 1922 and subsequently dropped from technical use. Linnæus had introduced morisis "idiocy."
cretin (I really like this one)
C18: from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin, from Latin Chrīstiānus Christian, alluding to the humanity of such people, despite their handicaps
Here we'll look at the definition. Since you did not capitalize, I'll assume you meant all democrats and not just members or supporters of the Democratic Party in America.
democrat
1. an advocate of democracy.
2. a person who believes in the political or social e******y of all people.
So, given that most of the terms that you have suggested as synonyms for democrat are to some degree derogatory, I (assuming you to be not particularly humble) think you would not consider yourself to be a democrat. If you aren't a democrat, then what are you, a supporter of plutocrats, of oligarchs, of despots, of tyrants...?