LETTERS: On Conroy, “Democrat”

Enjoyed piece on Conroy

To the editor:

Great issue. Loved the sections on Pat Conroy and the quote about Natalie.   And the “Democrat Party”– more people need to know where that came from (I had wondered) and stop its usage.

— Cheryl Kaynard, Sullivan’s Island, S.C.

To the editor:

Good job [on the Conroy tribute.] In the My Losing Season, I think, is a description of the main character(Conroy), playing at a guard position on Citadel’s basketball team, bringing the ball up the court.

Two pages of every pass, dribble and other move takes you to the game and on the court. Terrific writing. Can’t remember whether the basket was good or rolled around the rim for two paragraphs and then fell to the floor.

With Conroy, it wasn’t the score that counted, but how the ball got there.

— Joe Mendelsohn, Charleston, S.C.

“Democratic” is the correct adjective

To the editor:

For years I have cringed, cursed and grumbled whenever someone used the noun “democrat” rather than the proper adjective “democratic.”

Republicans have spent great amounts of energy and dollars on think tanks to come up with words and phrases like “death panels” and “liberal elites” that would be repeated so often that they become accepted as fact. Refusing to use “democratic” as the appropriate adjective to describe a Democrat is one of their more subtle plays.  It is particularly disheartening when supposedly literate and/or objective reporters carry on the use of “democrat” rather than “democratic.”

My small contribution to the fight is to refer to republicans with lower case “r” and Democrats with upper case “D.”  As it should be.

— Agnes Pomata, Wadmalaw Island, S.C.

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