Do OWSers understand what they are calling for is tyranny?

[Truthmatters]

we are not a democracy, we are a republic! This is the state of education today. We actually have people that think they are the same, or that we are a democracy.

With this level of ignorance we will never be able to preserve the republic.

prove it!

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Democracies give no power to minorities. Are some of you really this stupid about basic civics in regard to how we were founded and what the founders intentions were? We're a republic. There is no mob rule in this country. At least not yet.

 

[Dragon]

Democracies give no power to minorities.

Neither does any other form of government. That's why we have the Bill of Rights -- which is designed to give PROTECTION, not power, to minorities.

 

[Truthmatters]

Democracy - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary



de·moc·ra·cy
noun \di-ˈmä-krə-sē\

















1

a: government by the people; especially: rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

 

[Dragon]

We are NOT a democracy, we are a republic!

The terms "democracy" and "republic" are not mutually exclusive.

 

[rdean]

These people don't want to overthrow the government. They want jobs.

Besides, the right wing keeps saying government is bad. So who cares what right wingers say or think? They've been wrong about everything in the last 10 years anyway.

 

[The T]

Democracies give no power to minorities. Are some of you really this stupid about basic civics in regard to how we were founded and what the founders intentions were? We're a republic. There is no mob rule in this country. At least not yet.

Remember the old axiom of 'being careful for what you wish for'? OWS crybabies had better let go of thier emotionalism lest they get something they didn't bargain for. A lesson the Germans failed to heed in the 1930's...

 

[Truthmatters]

Types of Government Democracy | eHow.com

 

[Chris]

We are NOT a democracy, we are a republic!

The terms "democracy" and "republic" are not mutually exclusive.

Thank you.

God these people are stupid.

 

[Chris]

Democracies give no power to minorities. Are some of you really this stupid about basic civics in regard to how we were founded and what the founders intentions were? We're a republic. There is no mob rule in this country. At least not yet.

Remember the old axiom of 'being careful for what you wish for'? OWS crybabies had better let go of thier emotionalism lest they get something they didn't bargain for. A lesson the Germans failed to heed in the 1930's...

What lessons did you learn from Wall Street destroying the American economy with a $516 trillion dollar derivatives Ponzi scheme?

 

[California Girl]

We are a Constitutional Republic. No matter how much you hate that, we are.

The terms "constitutional republic" and "democracy" are not mutually exclusive.

I know that. It is the morons like TruthMocker who don't get it. Having said that, we are a Republic. A true democracy is majority (or mob) rule. We do not have that, we have a Constitutional Republic - protecting minorities from mob rule.

 

[Truthmatters]

So you are going to say the dictionary is wrong and you are right?

 

[The T]

We are a Constitutional Republic. No matter how much you hate that, we are.

The terms "constitutional republic" and "democracy" are not mutually exclusive.

I know that. It is the morons like TruthMocker who don't get it. Having said that, we are a Republic. A true democracy is majority (or mob) rule. We do not have that, we have a Constitutional Republic - protecting minorities from mob rule.

Yep. And why there is such a process as the Electoral College that so many on the left want to see go away...

 

[Truthmatters]

Democracy - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary



de·moc·ra·cy
noun \di-ˈmä-krə-sē\

1

a: government by the people; especially: rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

You dont get to redefine words for your historically failed party

 

[California Girl]

Types of Government Democracy | eHow.com

Wait!

What?

So, suddenly wiki is wrong?


But... but.... but.... I thought you worshiped Wiki as a source.




Federal republics
Federal republics are federal states in which the administrative divisions (states or provinces) theoretically retain a degree of autonomy which is constitutionally protected, and cannot be revoked unilaterally by the national government.
Republic of Argentina (since 1852)
Republic of Austria
Federative Republic of Brazil (since November 15, 1889)[16]
Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 1995)
Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961–1972)
Commonwealth of England (1649–1653)
Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak Federative Republic) (1969–1992)
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (unitary republic 1974-1994; federal republic since 1994)
Federal Republic of Germany (since 1918)
Republic of Colombia (1819–1886), known as Great Colombia from 1819 to 1831, when it included present-day Ecuador, Venezuela and Panama.
Republic of India (since January 26, 1950)
United States of Indonesia (1949–1950)
Second Federal Republic of Mexico (1846–1864)
United Mexican States[17] (since 1917)
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (since 2007)[18]
Federal Republic of Nigeria (1963 – 66:1st Republic, 1979 – 83: 2nd Republic, 1993: 3rd Republic, 1999 – present: 4th Republic)
Islamic Republic of Pakistan (since 1956, Declaration of the Islamic Republic)
Russian Federation (since November 7, 1917; up to 1991 it was named Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic[19])[20]
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)
Swiss Confederation (since 1848)
Union of Myanmar
United Provinces of Central America (1823–1840)
United States of America[21] (since 1789)
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Yugoslavia: Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1946–1963), Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963–1992), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003)

List of republics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[LordBrownTrout]

So you are going to say the dictionary is wrong and you are right?

Yes, your dictionary is wrong.

An Important Distinction: Democracy versus Republic

 

[The T]

Democracies give no power to minorities. Are some of you really this stupid about basic civics in regard to how we were founded and what the founders intentions were? We're a republic. There is no mob rule in this country. At least not yet.

Remember the old axiom of 'being careful for what you wish for'? OWS crybabies had better let go of thier emotionalism lest they get something they didn't bargain for. A lesson the Germans failed to heed in the 1930's...

What lessons did you learn from Wall Street destroying the American economy with a $516 trillion dollar derivatives Ponzi scheme?

That Members of Congress, and the Government are manipulative bastards that use thier positions for monetary gain that ordinary citizens would go to jail over as the Corporist/ Crony Capitalists that they are?

 

[Dragon]

Having said that, we are a Republic. A true democracy is majority (or mob) rule. We do not have that, we have a Constitutional Republic - protecting minorities from mob rule.

The terms "constitutional republic" and "democracy" are also not mutually exclusive. (In fact, the term "constitutional republic" is almost a redundancy; all republics are constitutional.)

A republic can be either democratic or aristocratic, or some mix of the two. Those who draw a false distinction between republic and democracy are revealing their support for aristocracy.

It is not lack of democracy that protects minorities, nor is "mob rule" the chief threat to their rights. As the behavior of Tsarist Russia or Nazi Germany towards the Jews demonstrates, a non-democratic government can be just as vicious towards minorities as a democracy, or even worse. What protects minorities is restraints on government persecution of minorities, backed by an independent judiciary. That is just as compatible with democracy as it is with non-democratic governments, and indeed more likely to exist in a democratic context.

 

[Truthmatters]

So you are going to say the dictionary is wrong and you are right?

Yes, your dictionary is wrong.

An Important Distinction: Democracy versus Republic

No its NOT my dictionary its one dictionary and they all have the same definition.

We are a democracy

 

[Chris]

Remember the old axiom of 'being careful for what you wish for'? OWS crybabies had better let go of thier emotionalism lest they get something they didn't bargain for. A lesson the Germans failed to heed in the 1930's...

What lessons did you learn from Wall Street destroying the American economy with a $516 trillion dollar derivatives Ponzi scheme?

That Members of Congress, and the Government are manipulative bastards that use thier positions for monetary gain that ordinary citizens would go to jail over as the Corporist/ Crony Capitalists that they are?

That's a good start.