She made only one direct reference to Kirk, quoting his own words:
“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. - Charlie Kirk
She made only one direct reference to Kirk, quoting his own words:
“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. - Charlie Kirk
We’re not a democracy, we’re a republic.
Anecdotally, everyone I know in real life that has said this out loud, is an asshole in almost every way, shape, and form. Again, anecdotal, but the correlation seems strong to me.
Our Republic is a Type-Of Democracy; a subset thereof. This is well known. Why do people quote conservative bullshit tropes like this?
They are pushing fascism. It makes it easier to do what they’re doing when they argue that the country isn’t as free as we think it is. They also like to say that democracy is tyranny of the majority. But only when they’re the minority party.
Define “republic”
Fuck, I want them to define both
While the parent commenter is unlike to respond, here are some actual definitions for these terms for the reader:
Republic: Historically, a country whose head of state does not consider themselves a monarch and does not have a title traditionally associated with monarchy.
Democracy: A type of political system wherein power is exercised by the people through voting, either directly or through elected representatives.
We are a democratic republic. We democratically elect our republican representatives.
A republic is a kind of democracy, and we’re not even a functioning one of those, considering most of our elected officials don’t represent the public.
Republics are not all democracies, and not all democracies are republics.
Comment lifted directly off of Facebook
I don’t use facebook or social media (instagram, tiktok, shitter, whatever else.) The internet is a cesspool. I thought maybe I could find something reasonable here but it’s unhinged misinformation spammed everywhere as usual. I expected better from decentralization, so I’ll just have to start my own lemmy instance and invite more moderate less-extreme people in.
Pssst… You’re the only extremist here unwilling to recognize facts easily looked up in any encyclopedia. Please, grasp firmly and try — perhaps with a bit of lubricant — to pull head out of one’s ass. If not, then maybe you need to find some deeper right-wing radicalized echo-chamber of misinformation to make yourself feel more at home?
Buddy, you’re the extremist, lol.