SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoGay Republican candidate melts down when he figured out that his party is homophobicwww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1754arrow-down122cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1732arrow-down1external-linkGay Republican candidate melts down when he figured out that his party is homophobicwww.lgbtqnation.comSpaceNoodle@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square96fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down14·22 days agoI’m just thinking. Isn’t republic fancy word for representative democracy? As opposed to direct democracy. In representative democracy people vote for people who vote for law, while in direct democracy people vote for law.
minus-squarexor@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 days agoThere’s a big distinction between being republican and capital-R Republican, and between being pro-democracy and a capital-D Democrat
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I’m just thinking. Isn’t republic fancy word for representative democracy? As opposed to direct democracy.
In representative democracy people vote for people who vote for law, while in direct democracy people vote for law.
There’s a big distinction between being republican and capital-R Republican, and between being pro-democracy and a capital-D Democrat
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