Majority Says First Amendment ‘Goes Too Far,’ According to Poll [More]
The majority demanded a golden calf.
The Will of the People
Tag: democracy
‘Majority Rule’ an Effective Way to Tyrannize Minorities.
In this THINQ podcast episode, Dave Zanotti, CEO of The American Policy Roundtable, interviews political scientist and philosopher William B. Allen about this important nuance of our country’s governance. [Watch]
This man’s wisdom is exactly what those who would be truly enfranchised need to understand and heed. He’s also the best equipped to refute Kamala Harris.
[Via Lawrence P]
So Much for ‘Our Democracy’
High court blocks anti-tax measure from California ballot [More]
Leave it to Democrats to not give people a say in what happens to them.
This kinda reminds me of Ann Richards, who didn’t trust Texans to choose for themselves and vetoed a handgun carry license referendum bill passed by the legislature…
[Via Jess]
Life in CrAkron
Akron police are investigating an overnight shooting in which 25 people were shot, one of whom died. [More]
“The sphincter of America” seems a bit harsh. There are plenty of places I still go.
It’s the town of my birth, and this happened just minutes from the house we lived in back in the 50s — where we children freely played: If this doesn’t convince you that guns are to blame, what will it take?
[Via Jess]
‘Our Democracy’
California sues beach city over voter ID law backed by majority of residents – Republicans are dominant in Huntington Beach with nearly 54,000 registered voters versus 41,000 Democrats [More]
No one really thought it was “OUR democracy,” did they…?
When Uniparty politicos use that term, they’re referring to themselves.
Two Wolves and a Sheep
If you live in a “democracy” where everyone routinely votes to censor and imprison one another, you still live in a police state. [More]
I don’t initiate force and consider myself the most peaceable of men, but every time I hear some stupid Republican politician use the term “our democracy,” I envision grabbing him by the lapels and head-butting some sense into his face.
[Via Michael G]
Two Wolves and a Sheep
If you wish to understand how democracy ended in the United States and the European Union… [More]
Why don’t these prominent influencers?
As for the military trying to take over, it would be the biggest mistake the rulers ever made.
Unless we’re talking Blue zones like NYC and Philly because Democrats, who demand to rule us, can’t rule themselves.
[Via bondmen]
Two Wolves and a Sheep
The voice-to-text closed captioning is a bit off , but the message is clear.
And the universal use is deliberate.
Any politician who says “our democracy” is criminally incompetent, a swindler, or both.
Any citizen who says it is a useful idiot.
[Via Jess]
Be Careful What You Wish For
Two Wolves and a Sheep
What’s a Little Struggle Session Among Friends?
Freedom, democracy and human rights are the common pursuit of humanity, and values that the Communist Party of China (CPC) always pursues. [More]
And death to human rights violators!
After we get our cut.
[Via WiscoDave]
I Beg to Differ
‘Our Democracy’
There’s no more effective tyranny than the tyranny enabled by a manipulated majority. [More]
[Via Mack H]
I Know You Are But What Am I?
Like other analysts who study democracy, he views the Trump faction that now dominates the Republican Party—what he terms the “MAGA movement”—as the U.S. equivalent to the authoritarian parties in places such as Hungary and Venezuela. It is a multipronged, fundamentally antidemocratic movement… [More]
Talk about projection writ large.
It’s not us trying to ban the right of the people to keep and bear arms– most egalitarian power-sharing and tyranny-nullifying arrangement ever devised. And it’s not us “perfecting the language” to eradicate “forbidden speech.”
As for “antidemocratic,” not really. It’s just, like the Founders, we embrace and defend the system of checks and balances — along with a Bill of Rights intended to be immune to mob rule — to keep a manipulated majority from falling for tyranny-imposing swindlers.
[Via DDS]
