I have had some tiffs on FB where people think America isn’t a democracy. I am like, “It isn’t a direct democracy - except when it is (special votes.) But it is a representational democracy. A democratic republic. It is a type of democracy, but make no mistake, a democracy none the less.”
And these fucking old farts are like, “Wrong!”
I swear to god.
Then I hear Mark Levin etc talk about “mob rule” and the dangers of the French Revolution, and how the congress during the civil rights movement stood up to the mob to pass civil rights legislation. They keep perpetuating that they are the ones who can stand up to the barbarians at the gates. Democracy is fine as long as you keep voting for them.
