@[email protected] to Not The [email protected]English • 10 months agoGay Republican candidate melts down when he figured out that his party is homophobicwww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1760cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1760external-linkGay Republican candidate melts down when he figured out that his party is homophobicwww.lgbtqnation.com@[email protected] to Not The [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square98fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoI’m just thinking. Isn’t republic fancy word for representative democracy? As opposed to direct democracy. In representative democracy people vote for people who vote for law, while in direct democracy people vote for law.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoYes a republic is a democratic state by definition, as opposed to a monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, etc. But for people whose words have no meaning outside of being used as weapons, it can mean anything they want to their ignorant hate filled fans.
minus-squarexorlinkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoThere’s a big distinction between being republican and capital-R Republican, and between being pro-democracy and a capital-D Democrat
I’m just thinking. Isn’t republic fancy word for representative democracy? As opposed to direct democracy.
In representative democracy people vote for people who vote for law, while in direct democracy people vote for law.
Yes a republic is a democratic state by definition, as opposed to a monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, etc.
But for people whose words have no meaning outside of being used as weapons, it can mean anything they want to their ignorant hate filled fans.
There’s a big distinction between being republican and capital-R Republican, and between being pro-democracy and a capital-D Democrat