| Letters to the Editor | The Journal of American History, 90.3

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| Letters to the Editor | The Journal of American History, 90.3 | The History Cooperative

Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

In David Esposito's review of Jeffery C. Livingston's Swallowed by Globalism (March 2003), the reviewer refers to "Democrat representative J. William Fulbright." "Democrat" is a noun and cannot properly be used to modify another noun. The adjectival form of the word is "Democratic," meaning that this passage should read "Democratic representative J. William Fulbright."

Bob Dole pioneered the improper use of Democrat as a noun in order to demonstrate his contempt for the opposing party. It is disheartening to see a usage that is both insulting and grammatically incorrect appear in a journal of record for a major disciplinary organization.

David Danbom

North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota

To the Editor:

Egad, I am exposed as a founding member of the Vast Right-wing Conspiracy that labors maniacally to corrupt the English language, eviscerate the Bill of Rights, outlaw the Democratic party, and turn Baskin-Robbins's 31 flavors into three. Curses, foiled again!

The reader has taken an important issue, the calculated perversion of the meaning of a word by leaders with sinister intent, and trivialized it to absurdity. Somewhere between several drafts of the review, I lost an "-ic." The sagacious and hardworking editors at JAH did not detect this infelicity, nor did I. I take complete responsibility for this error; no disrespect was intended.

As for the reader, he had better get his aluminum foil hat back on his head before the CIA/Martians start zapping him with gamma rays again. I would help him, but I have to attend an emergency meeting of the Ultra-Intolerant Superpatriot Militia so we can ready our Black Helicopters.

David M. Esposito

Pennsylvania State University
Altoona, Pennsylvania

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