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Populist_Prole

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6. Conservatives have a situational belief of that

Sat Jun 21, 2014, 12:57 PM

Jun 2014

I remember some conservatives I've talked to during the Bush years who strenuously mentioned that the US is a representitive republic, not a democracy every chance they got. Of course Rush Limpballs used that meme as a conservative talking point, which his fans would repeat as a truism. Anyway, the gist of it was basically: "He's our president, get behind him".

Fast forward to 2008-today. These very same people I debated haven't said a peep about being a representitive republic now. No, instead they pine for a democracy since they disagree with a president that was elected in the representitive republic we are. ie; he's a tyrannical dictator bent on disenfranchising them as they see it.

They're spoiled "1-way" brats and nothing more.

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