SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoGay Republican candidate melts down when he figured out that his party is homophobicwww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1759arrow-down125
arrow-up1734arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down14·2 years 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-up8·2 years 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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