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GiqueCee

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17. Republicans...

Reply to B.See (Reply #10)

Mon Aug 4, 2025, 04:09 PM

Aug 2025

... have always hated the very concept of democracy. It is antithetical to foundations of their diseased belief system. It's a wonder they can even say the word without gagging, but they at least used to do it, just to keep up appearances. Now they don't even bother to pretend anymore. Mike Lee of Utah is a glaring example of that: "Democracy isn't the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity [sic] are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that". (October, 2020) Emphasis mine.

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