Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, writes columnist Danny Westneat.
Calling yourself something and actually meeting the generally agreed-on definition are different things.
Electing representatives does not make a republic, you have to actually give those elected representatives the ruling power too.
I mean, I can call myself a dentist, but if other people don’t also agree that I am a dentist, then you probably don’t want me doing your dental work. But if you pay me, maybe I’ll give it my best shot, you know.
The United States is one of the best examples of a democratic republic, it is absolutely both a democracy and a republic.
Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law observes that the United States exemplifies the varied nature of a constitutional republic—a country where some decisions (often local) are made by direct democratic processes, while others (often federal) are made by democratically elected representatives
Doesn’t surprise me, considering that some of the dumbass pundits a while back argued that USA wasn’t a democracy, it was a republic.
North Korea is also a republic. So is Russia. So is Iran. So is China. So is Afghanistan. So was Nazi Germany. So that doesn’t mean anything.
Continue the line of thinking to thoroughly squash that argument.
maybe they’re telling that to their right flank, to oppose the Trump Monarchists
Calling yourself something and actually meeting the generally agreed-on definition are different things.
Electing representatives does not make a republic, you have to actually give those elected representatives the ruling power too.
I mean, I can call myself a dentist, but if other people don’t also agree that I am a dentist, then you probably don’t want me doing your dental work. But if you pay me, maybe I’ll give it my best shot, you know.
The United States is one of the best examples of a democratic republic, it is absolutely both a democracy and a republic.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic
The lack of high school civics education in this country has done untold damage