"We Are Not A Democracy!"

[MarcATL]

Why do RWers say that so much?

What's the point being made?

Yes, we are a Republic, but we are a Democratic Republic.

Most say democracy for short.

So why make such a point about it?

What do you think you're accomplishing by that?

 

[longknife]

A Democracy is where a majority rules - WITHOUT PROTECTION FOR THE MINORITIES!

It's the same thing as mob rule. No constraints. No laws. No controls.

Our founders knew this and wisely established a system where personal rights and freedoms came first,

 

[TNHarley]

Why do RWers say that so much?

What's the point being made?

Yes, we are a Republic, but we are a Democratic Republic.

Most say democracy for short.

So why make such a point about it?

What do you think you're accomplishing by that?

Yep, we are also a Constitutional republic

 

[Truthmatters]

a democracy is the right name for many types of government.

We are included in that.

I think the right cooked up that lime of BS to demean the democractic party.

The same as they cooked up calling it the democrat party instead of using its proper name.

 

[Truthmatters]

A Democracy is where a majority rules - WITHOUT PROTECTION FOR THE MINORITIES!

It's the same thing as mob rule. No constraints. No laws. No controls.

Our founders knew this and wisely established a system where personal rights and freedoms came first,

Nope what you are talking about is called a PURE democracy which is a type of democracy

 

[Truthmatters]

Why do RWers say that so much?

What's the point being made?

Yes, we are a Republic, but we are a Democratic Republic.

Most say democracy for short.

So why make such a point about it?

What do you think you're accomplishing by that?

Yep, we are also a Constitutional republic

The introduction of this new principle of representative democracy has rendered useless almost everything written before on the structure of government; Thomas Jefferson

 

[Truthmatters]

Outline of democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Types of democracy
Anticipatory democracy – relies on some degree of disciplined and usually market-informed anticipation of the future, to guide major decisions.
Bioregional democracy – matches geopolitical divisions to natural ecological regions.
Cellular democracy – type of democracy developed by economist Fred E. Foldvary, based on multi-level bottom-up structure based on either small neighborhood governmental districts or contractual communities.[5]
Consensus democracy – democratic rule based on consensus rather than traditional majority rule.
Constitutional democracy – democracy governed by a constitution.
Defensive democracy – situation in which a democratic society has to limit some rights and freedoms in order to protect the institutions of the democracy.
Delegative democracy – a form of democratic control whereby voting power is vested in self-selected delegates, rather than elected representatives.
Deliberative democracy – Democracy in which authentic deliberation, not only voting, is central to legitimate decision making. It adopts elements of both consensus decision-making and majority rule.
Demarchy – has people randomly selected from the citizenry through sortition to either act as general governmental representatives or to make decisions in specific areas of governance (defense, environment, etc.)
Democratic centralism – organizational method where members of a political party discuss and debate matters of policy and direction and after the decision is made by majority vote, all members are expected to follow that decision in public.
Democratic dictatorship (also known as democratur) –
Democratic republic – republic which has democracy through elected representatives
Direct democracy (classically termed pure democracy) – A type of democracy where the people govern directly. E-democracy – comprises the use of electronic communications technologies, such as the Internet, in enhancing democratic processes within a democratic republic or representative democracy.
Athenian democracy (also classical democracy) – a direct democracy developed in ancient times in the Greek city-state of Athens

Economic democracy – theory of democracy involving people having access to subsistence, or equity in living standards.
Emergent democracy – social system in which blogging undermines mainstream media.
Grassroots democracy – emphasizes trust in small decentralized units at the municipal government level, possibly using urban secession to establish the formal legal authority to make decisions made at this local level binding.
Illiberal democracy – has weak or no limits on the power of the elected representatives to rule as they please.
Industrial democracy –
Interactive Democracy – proposed form of democracy utilising information technology to allow citizens to propose new policies, "second" proposals and vote on the resulting laws (that are refined by Parliament) in a referendum.
Intra-Party Democracy – democratic process within a single-party state government. This debated among scholars if the Chinese Communist Party resemble this process during leadership transitions.
Jeffersonian democracy – named after American statesman Thomas Jefferson, who believed in equality of political opportunity (for male citizens), and opposed to privilege, aristocracy and corruption.
Liberal democracy – representative democracy with protection for individual liberty and property by rule of law.
Market democracy – another name for democratic capitalism, an economic ideology based on a tripartite arrangement of a market-based economy based predominantly on economic incentives through free markets, a democratic polity and a liberal moral-cultural system which encourages pluralism.
Multiparty democracy – two-party system requires voters to align themselves in large blocs, sometimes so large that they cannot agree on any overarching principles.
New Democracy – Maoist concept based on Mao Zedong's "Bloc of Four Classes" theory in post-revolutionary China.
Non-partisan democracy – system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections (by secret ballot) take place without reference to political parties.
Open Democratic – system where the public decides how they should be governed and having power to continuously improving the system.
Organic democracy – democracy where the ruler holds a considerable amount of power but, their rule benefits the people. First used by supporters of Bonapartism[6]
Participatory democracy – involves more lay citizen participation decision making and offers greater political representation than traditional representative democracy, e.g., wider control of proxies others trust them with, to those who get directly involved and actually participate.
Popular democracy – a type of direct democracy based on referendums and other devices of empowerment and concretization of popular will.
Radical democracy – type of democracy that focuses on the importance of nurturing and tolerating difference and dissent in decision-making processes.
Representative democracy – indirect democracy where sovereignty is held by the people's representatives. Dominant-party system – democratic party system where only one political party can realistically become the government, by itself or in a coalition government.
Parliamentary democracy – democratic system of government where the executive branch of a parliamentary government is typically a cabinet, and headed by a prime minister who is considered the head of government. Westminster democracy – parliamentary system of government modeled after that of the United Kingdom system.
Jacksonian democracy – form of democracy popularized by President Andrew Jackson promoted the strength of the executive branch and the Presidency at the expense of Congressional power.

Soviet democracy or Council democracy – form of democracy where the workers of a locality elect recallable representatives into organs of power called soviets (councils.) The local soviets elect the members of regional soviets who go on to elect higher soviets.
Totalitarian democracy – system of government in which lawfully elected representatives maintain the integrity of a nation state whose citizens, while granted the right to vote, have little or no participation in the decision-making process of the government.

Sociocracy – democratic system of governance based on consent decision making, circle organization, and double-linked representation.
Religious democracy – Theodemocracy –
Christian democracy –
Islamic democracy –

Workplace democracy –

 

[nodoginnafight]

a democracy is the right name for many types of government.

We are included in that.

I think the right cooked up that lime of BS to demean the democractic party.

The same as they cooked up calling it the democrat party instead of using its proper name.

Or is it a way for the minority to justify trying to cram their agenda down the throats of the majority???

 

[eflatminor]

What do you think you're accomplishing by that?

Clarity.

We have a Constitutional Republic.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N7cY7LfMSbk]Republic vs Democracy - YouTube[/ame]

 

[DiamondDave]

A Democracy is where a majority rules - WITHOUT PROTECTION FOR THE MINORITIES!

It's the same thing as mob rule. No constraints. No laws. No controls.

Our founders knew this and wisely established a system where personal rights and freedoms came first,

Nope what you are talking about is called a PURE democracy which is a type of democracy

Funny.. you have said a pure democracy is not a democracy...

You are one lying, manipulating, word twisting, piece of shit

 

[slackjawed]

I spend a lot of time as a volunteer at our local schools. I have observed that the teachers push the term ' democratic republic".
I believe the children are taught this so they don't come to believe that if enough people support a particular issue, it can become law.

example;
If a nationwide election were held that included a referendum to abolish all religious institutions in the USA, even if 99.9% of voters supported it, it would not be legal to do so under our existing constitution.

 

[Truthmatters]

It is a right wing talking point



its also a lie

 

[DiamondDave]

It is a right wing talking point



its also a lie

You would be the expert on lies and lying... you piece of shit

 

[Truthmatters]

a democracy is the right name for many types of government.

We are included in that.

I think the right cooked up that lime of BS to demean the democractic party.

The same as they cooked up calling it the democrat party instead of using its proper name.

Or is it a way for the minority to justify trying to cram their agenda down the throats of the majority???

so rule by the majority is cramming things down the majoritys throat?

your insane

 

[Truthmatters]

It is a right wing talking point



its also a lie

You would be the expert on lies and lying... you piece of shit

You dont get to change the definitions of words for your politcal hackery

 

[Truthmatters]

I spend a lot of time as a volunteer at our local schools. I have observed that the teachers push the term ' democratic republic".
I believe the children are taught this so they don't come to believe that if enough people support a particular issue, it can become law.

example;
If a nationwide election were held that included a referendum to abolish all religious institutions in the USA, even if 99.9% of voters supported it, it would not be legal to do so under our existing constitution.

The introduction of this new principle of representative democracy has rendered useless almost everything written before on the structure of government; Thomas Jefferson \

I will go with jefferson rather then you

 

[Mad Scientist]

The average Liberal doesn't understand how Democracy works, that why they think Communism is so great. They don't know the difference between Capitalism and Crony Capitalism, the latter is what has been practiced by the US Gov't since the end of WWII and maybe even earlier than that.

America is a Representative Republic.

Voting and Freedom of Speech are Instruments of Democracy.

But hey, I'm glad to see you Liberals rediscovering the Constitution because you may actually learn something.

What will help tremendously is if you get off this false Left/Right paradigm which has been set up to get Americans distracted and fighting which each other.

When you do that, things become clearer.

 

[Katzndogz]

Failure to understand the difference between a democracy and a republic is why we ended up with the deplorable state of divisive government that we have.

 

[Truthmatters]

kats what is the definition of the word democracy?

 

[Truthmatters]

You people are arguing with every dictionary and encyclopedia in the world.

You do not get to change the definitions for words so you can remain an idiot