TheResister
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- Sep 22, 2023
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What do I think turn the other cheek means? ... oh, sorry I fell asleep there.
Not a word about Greek philosophy from anyone. Unless it was in those long posts I didn’t read.
The Republic was written 375 years before Jesus.
America is also a democracy even if it isn’t Switzerland. It is considered a representative democracy. To say it isn’t implies people don’t vote, which implies you are part of the steal.
You guys still are military. You're clearly the first generations of soldiers that never had the fuck beaten out of them.
I remember as a kid the people living under communist rule making the same argument that they voted. Voting does not equal democracy. America is a constitutional Republic (see Article IV Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States). We are not a Democratic Republic. The Democratic Republican Party imploded because there IS a difference between the concepts. For example:
1) We did not do a direct election of U.S. Senators. They were chosen by the state
2) Sometimes we employ the supermajority vote much like Pope Alexander did in the late 1100s at the Third Latern Council. Supermajority votes require two thirds majority (used in things like ending filibusters, amending the Constitution and impeaching a president). That is not democratic; it is a feature of a Republican Form of Government
3) We are not a Democracy because during a criminal trial it takes all twelve jurors to vote guilty to secure the verdict
4) We are not a Democracy because we have a Constitution and a Bill of Rights. In legal theory, the government cannot deprive you of unalienable Rights. You can't just vote for whatever when there are constitutional limitations on the government
5) We don't elect our president by a popular vote. We use the Electoral College and electors are pledged to represent the people and select the president.
For you to come here and think that nobody here has ever been tortured in the service of their country is wishful thinking. Have you ever been tortured? When I say torture, have you ever been tied up so that you stood on the tips of your toes to relieve the weight on your wrists? Have you ever had someone put a cigarette out on your body? Have you ever been beaten so that bones actually fractured? I want you to tell us about your life experiences. Don't tell me about the current generation of Americans; don't presume that others haven't experienced pain, hunger, thirst, and been subjected to real torture. So tell us your war stories.