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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:24 PM Jul 2018

Re: The Dentist Guy

You need to take Poli Sci 101. We are a democratic republic. We express our views through our elected representatives. We are not a plebiscitary democracy as majorities are restrained by the Constitution when it comes to the rights of the individual and we don't vote on every single policy matter. We are not a pure republic as our leaders are elected, not selected.

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Re: The Dentist Guy (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2018 OP

He said as a Dentist he was an expert on body language. Cattledog Jul 2018 #1

He is the "dentist guy" from Little Shop Of Horrors! BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #2

Which disckhead was this? underpants Jul 2018 #3

I keep thinking about this... htuttle Jul 2018 #4

Also we DO have a democratic republic. Lint Head Jul 2018 #5

Right. H2O Man Jul 2018 #6

Cattledog

(5,914 posts)

1. He said as a Dentist he was an expert on body language.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:28 PM

Jul 2018

I thought his BL was very interesting as he had a mini stroke.

BigmanPigman

(51,591 posts)

2. He is the "dentist guy" from Little Shop Of Horrors!

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:36 PM

Jul 2018

underpants

(182,803 posts)

3. Which disckhead was this?

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:55 PM

Jul 2018

htuttle

(23,738 posts)

4. I keep thinking about this...

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 09:00 PM

Jul 2018

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

5. Also we DO have a democratic republic.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 10:23 PM

Jul 2018

The democratic part is at a local level. The representative republic is at the national level.

"And the United States is therefore also a constitutional republic. Indeed, the United States might be labeled a constitutional federal representativedemocracy. But where one word is used, with all the oversimplification that this necessary entails, “democracy” and “republic” both work." WP

H2O Man

(73,537 posts)

6. Right.

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 10:26 PM

Jul 2018

The US did begin as a republic. It became a democratic republic in 1804. And it has been ever since. Republicans, of course, are aggressively attempting to change that.

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