Why is the donkey still the icon of the democrats? Isn’t it self-defeating?

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1. I really don’t think anyone is deciding who to vote for based on the logo

2. Have you seen what we call our sports teams? We have multiple Major League Baseball teams named after socks.

   It’s basically just a logo. Nobody cares or even really thinks about it

3. If you’ve ever played Age of Empires 2, you’ll know onagers aint no joke

4. Nobody actually cares about the animals.

5. No one is voting for the parties based off their animal haha

6. The Democrats win elections, so clearly it isn’t self-defeating.

7. Donkeys are badasses.

   It’s not uncommon for farmers to have a donkey to help watch their hens and other critters because they will stomp the ever living shit out of predators. Snake? Fox? Coyote? Doesn’t matter, donkey is gonna get pissed and fucking crush its skull. They are incredibly territorial and mean as hell when they feel something has entered their territory that isn’t supposed to be there.

   Edit: Also, in other weird politic associations. Why do Republicans associate themselves with the color red, which is typically associated with communist parties? Sometimes things are just arbitrary.

8. why is it self defeating? donkeys are useful creatures.

9. Nah, donkeys kick ass. Literally, sometimes.

10. Because when something is meant to mock you, but instead you embrace it, that’s not self defeating.

    Plus, donkeys are cool.

    I say this as someone who has never, and will never, vote for a Democrat, but it has nothing to do with the donkey lol

11. At this point most don’t even think about it. 

12. If it were self-defeating I think we would have seen evidence of this some time in the past 200 years. Yet they are one of only two major political parties that garner votes.

13. I don’t think of them as the donkey party and the elephant party.

14. Donkeys are too cool for them.

    Might I suggest the sloth, instead.

15. The logos are never used outside of major political gatherings, most citizens would never notice if they disappeared or changed.

16. Protective, sure-footed animals.

17. This is why I vote exclusively for the Bull Moose party

18. Democrats do tend to be Jackasses, so…

19. We are actually moving from the donkey to the circled D:

    https://democrats.org/

    I’m not totally sure why, but I think a lot of people share your sentiments. I do.

20. One does not simple mess with a donkey

21. Did y’all hear about an escaped donkey living with a herd of elk!? Wild stuff. Google it.