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   From: js@phendrie.con   
      
   On 2/13/2020 9:05 AM, David Hartung wrote:   
   > On 2/13/20 11:02 AM, Rudy Canoza wrote:   
   >> On 2/13/2020 6:02 AM, David Hartung wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The US is a Constitutional Republic, not a “democracy.” No American   
   founding   
   >>> document, not the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of   
   >>> Confederation, or the Constitution mentions “democracy”.  This is   
   because   
   >>> democracy was viewed as dangerous to the rights of minorities.   
   >>   
   >> No, it wasn't.  *Direct* democracy does, but representative democracy does   
   >> not.  Representative democracy was and is how *every* state operates.  The   
   >> founding documents don't mention "democracy," but some of the *founders*   
   did.   
   >>   
   >> Nothing you believe about republicanism is true, and you are ignorant of   
   most   
   >> aspects of it.   
   >   
   > Several of my professors disagree with you.   
      
   No, they don't. In fact, you don't even have any "professors" who have taught   
   about republicanism.  You have never taken a political science class in your   
   life.   
      
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