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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]MicaelS
(8,747 posts)4. "Honest majority opinions"
Who gets to define "honest"?
Is that an opinion YOU agree with?
And what if the majority opinion is dishonest? What then?
Just because the majority wants something, it should be done?
Is that your definition of "real" Democracy?
Because that is mob rule.
The founders were all students of Rome, and the Fall of Rome, and understood the power of pandering to the mob. That's why they wrote our system of government like they did. Otherwise just a few populous cities would dominate the political life of this country. We fought a revolution, one of the causes being taxation without representation, and now you want to bring that back?
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what about ""those democrats" who are allowing elections to be stolen by doing 0 about that? nt
msongs
Jan 2012
#38
Speaking of welfare. Newtie, the toadman, said Barak Obama has issued more food stamps than
Cleita
Jan 2012
#55
since I've repeatedly said the post was in frustration b/c of the S.C. deal with Gringrich
RainDog
Jan 2012
#76
Maybe the red states in the west/midwest should be returned to various Native Americans
RainDog
Jan 2012
#24
My personal views on this are that the North wasn't hard enough on the South.
white_wolf
Jan 2012
#19
When the OP is about kicking out the states that have the majority of the black population
JoeyT
Jan 2012
#116
YES and since Washington and Jefferson owned hundreds of slaves their bodies should have been dug up
Nye Bevan
Jan 2012
#49
I suppose we all want to isolate ourselves from those we disagree with...
LanternWaste
Jan 2012
#124