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In addition to purposely being annoying to Democrats by calling them the Democrat party rather than the Democratic party as they have been called since their inception in the 19th century, Republicans now are so paranoid that they deny that the US is a democracy. Their mantra is, "It's a republic." Yes, it is a republic, and it is also a representative democracy. The two aren't mutually exclusive. What is going on here?
In addition to purposely being annoying to Democrats by calling them the Democrat party rather than the Democratic party as they have been called since their inception in the 19th century, Republicans now are so paranoid that they deny that the US is a democracy. Their mantra is, "It's a republic." Yes, it is a republic, and it is also a representative democracy. The two aren't mutually exclusive. What is going on here?
In addition to purposely being annoying to Democrats by calling them the Democrat party rather than the Democratic party as they have been called since their inception in the 19th century, Republicans now are so paranoid that they deny that the US is a democracy. Their mantra is, "It's a republic." Yes, it is a republic, and it is also a representative democracy. The two aren't mutually exclusive. What is going on here?
They are gearing up for when the time whites no longer have the votes to control the Federal government and are retreating, favoring State rights, so they have something to fall back on.
In addition to purposely being annoying to Democrats by calling them the Democrat party rather than the Democratic party as they have been called since their inception in the 19th century, Republicans now are so paranoid that they deny that the US is a democracy. Their mantra is, "It's a republic." Yes, it is a republic, and it is also a representative democracy. The two aren't mutually exclusive. What is going on here?
I find this odd, since right wingers usually claim we are a democracy, generally when trying to defend the majority's right to impose their will on the minority (Pro 8 and same-sex marriage being a perfect of example of when they pull the Democratic nation card).
In addition to purposely being annoying to Democrats by calling them the Democrat party rather than the Democratic party as they have been called since their inception in the 19th century, Republicans now are so paranoid that they deny that the US is a democracy. Their mantra is, "It's a republic." Yes, it is a republic, and it is also a representative democracy. The two aren't mutually exclusive. What is going on here?
Sorry, the US simply isn't a democracy.
No less than that bastion of right wing ideology knows it.
"Washington, Hamilton et al. knew this and feared it, and they lived to see those fears once again fulfilled in the blood, violence, and terror of the French Revolution. They were familiar with the excesses of democracy, and though they sought democracy's virtues, they created a political system specifically designed to shackle its vices. They held Rome as a model, not Athens. They created a republic."
I find this odd, since right wingers usually claim we are a democracy, generally when trying to defend the majority's right to impose their will on the minority (Pro 8 and same-sex marriage being a perfect of example of when they pull the Democratic nation card).
That's BS because those things that you mentioned were STATE issues where the majority of votes wins. Doesn't work like that at the Federal level.
That's BS because those things that you mentioned were STATE issues where the majority of votes wins. Doesn't work like that at the Federal level.
It doesn't work like that at the State level either, because Federal Law trumps state law, and majority rule does not work on laws that violate the Constitution.
And I've still seen right wingers claim that if the majority of the country supports it, it should be law.
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