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Proud Liberal Dem

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24. I've heard it before from some right-wingers

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #23)

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 09:24 PM

Sep 2013

I can only guess that they are using it to suggest that us peons somehow don't count and that THEY are (or will be) the ones making the decisions for the rest of us and that if we don't like we should just STFU. That's the only theory I have.

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This is NOT a Democracy it's a Republic [View all] cal04 Sep 2013 OP

That the country is a Republic is a favorite teabagger claim. They need to pull out a bluestate10 Sep 2013 #1

first you have to teach them to read. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #25

Rev Al won't let them get away with that stuff. Graybeard Sep 2013 #2

Like the Republic of Iran, or the Congo, or the People's Republic of North Korea? OnyxCollie Sep 2013 #3

What are the first words in the Constitution? JackRiddler Sep 2013 #4

If I may, this was pushed by the Old Dominion reps nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #6

Sure, you don't have to sell me on the North. JackRiddler Sep 2013 #8

I started the book yesterday nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #10

Democracy or Republic SamKnause Sep 2013 #5

In theory, it is a democratic republic. kentuck Sep 2013 #7

Plutocracy and global empire... JackRiddler Sep 2013 #9

Technically, it's a constitutional republic that uses representative democracy. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #11

Where did this meme start Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2013 #12

This sort of thing has been around since at least the '60s Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #20

Yeah Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2013 #22

I have no idea! Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #23

I've heard it before from some right-wingers Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2013 #24

That sounds entirely plausible Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #27

Lot of teabaggers think they are (or will be at some undefined point in the future) Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2013 #31

Republic equals Republican, democracy equals Democratic. OnyxCollie Sep 2013 #34

A republic is essentially a representative democracy ... Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #13

I think it's actually used to define any government that isn't a monarchy. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #15

Yep ... Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #16

I think that the important distinction is that it is a Constitutional grantcart Sep 2013 #19

I agree ... Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #32

Representative of what? earthside Sep 2013 #29

I agree with you. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #33

It's not paradise, but it's turning into a parade ground. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2013 #14

America in practice is not a democracy... YoungDemCA Sep 2013 #17

Specifically this country is a constitutional republic. no_hypocrisy Sep 2013 #18

Saw that live malaise Sep 2013 #21

dumb fucking teabagger gopiscrap Sep 2013 #26

The land of equivocation! immoderate Sep 2013 #28

I hate that line MFrohike Sep 2013 #30