(05-15-2022, 10:29 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(05-15-2022, 08:12 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Because 50% plus 1 vote is good enough, even if it means we throw 50% minus 1 vote in the death camps. After all, 2 wolves and a sheep voted on dinner.

No one really believes that.  
Anyhow I'm just pointing out the obvious fact that the Supreme Court Justices are not installed by democratic vote and are not accountable to any democratic vote after being installed, and apparently that means I need another "Republic not a Democracy" lecture.  It's tiresome and presumptuous.
Yes the system is set up so officials can occasionally do things that the people don't like,  
Yes that is a good thing,
But yes that also means that whenever they do, we can expect lots of people to protest.
And we should respect the rights of people to protest.
Saying "we're going to do this thing most people don't like" then saying "also we won't let you protest it" - that's not just unAmerican.  That's the political equivalent of pissing on someone and telling them it's raining.

I wonder what friends you actually have.

To completely shrug off one of the founders of our country's views about democracy... 

The fact is that Democracy can only exist in tiny city-states.

That's why when politicians throw around the word Democracy I shudder... the masses believe in "democracy".... The United States has been and always was a Constitutional Republic. Some laws get democratic votes - but the vast majority of the day to day life laws are managed by people we vote in - therefore - it's a Republic. The only feasible government. But just like all government, easily corruptible and tainted by the powerful.

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