[anonymouskimmer]

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_...

From the graph (above) linked by the top comment in your [2], I'm wondering whether this demonstrates more anti-conservative bias than liberal bias, or whether the alternative meanings of conventionally conservative versus conventionally liberal words dictate the frequency of a flag.

For instance, "Republican" means a variety of things around the world, but "Democrat" is far more likely to indicate the US Democrat party (which is frequently misstated as the "Democratic party"), or a national Democrat party in general. People would tend to write "I'm a democrat" to assign their membership to the party, whereas they'd say "I'm democratic" to assign their leanings toward the system. But "I'm a republican" means both.

[mrtranscendence]

> US Democrat party (which is frequently misstated as the "Democratic party")

Where are you getting this? The proper term is indeed "Democratic party", and this is almost universal outside of the conservative bubble. You might personally think it's not small-d democratic, but that doesn't make "Democrat party" correct.

[anonymouskimmer]

Sorry man, I misremembered and reversed the terminology (democrat versus democratic). What I would have written had I recalled correctly is that a member of the Democratic party is called a Democrat (two distinct suffixes), while a member of the Republican party is called a Republican (same word).

[Izkata]

Independents and foreigners also use it, to distinguish the description from the political party. Using the official term I think much more indicates a US liberal bubble.

[umanwizard]

“Democrat”, just like “republican”, has a generic meaning that is not closely connected to the US political party. It means someone who supports democracy.

[anonymouskimmer]

Sure, but the adjective form of democrat is more common, and at least in English speaking countries republican has broader use compared to democrat as a counter to monarchy.