After the Mar a Largo raid, (discounting all the Democrat mouthpieces,) it looks like even moderate Democrats are rethinking their party affiliation.
There have been articles scattered around the media talking about Democrats bailing to the Republican side of the party divide for months. On Tuesday, I read one from Philadelphia where a life long Democrat said she could no longer support the party.
Her comment was telling, “The Party left me…”
I felt the same way about the Republican Party several years ago. I truly understand what she’s feeling and how strangely disconnected she feels.
For me leaving the Republican Party, the party of my Father, was difficult. The Democrat Party was equally unappealing. They claimed to be two sides of the coin but as I read and observed their stated positions versus their behavior they weren’t at the time all that different from each other.
So I found a party that at least on the surface appeared to hold beliefs in common with my own. Registering with them ensured that I’d be voting in primaries.
For better or worse, I stand by that decision.
I mentioned to my brother the other day that for the first time in my life I really feared for our Republic…
Yes, boys and girls… We live in a Constitutional Republic.
In this age of almost total functional illiteracy the difference is almost always lost or obfuscated. When politicians are screaming about a threat to our Democracy, they’re talking through their hat. We don’t actually live in a Democracy so there’s nothing to fear losing.
Politicians saying that we have to protect our Democracy are either lying or incompetent. Either way they don’t deserve to be in office.
| DEMOCRACY | REPUBLIC |
|---|---|
| Ruled by a majority that enjoys unlimited power. Minority groups have no protection. | Follows a written Constitution that protects the rights of the minority from being infringed upon by the majority. |
| Individuals can make their own decisions except in those situations that the majority has limited. | Generally, individuals can make their own decisions, especially in situations where the Constitution protects their “unalienable rights.” |
| While all citizens supposedly have a say in government and are to be treated as equals, the majority often ends up tyrannically ruling the minority. | Generally, all citizens are supposed to have an equal say and be treated equally, especially as protected under the Constitution. |
| The United States is commonly confused for a democracy. However, the will of the people should not, and does not, change the rules that limit the government’s power. | Article 4, Section 4 defines the United States as a Republic. |
| Freedom of religion is permitted to the extent that the majority does not limit religious freedom for the minority. | Generally, religious freedom is permitted, especially as protected under the Constitution |
| Private property is permitted, though the majority may place limits on the property rights of the minority. | Generally, private property is permitted, especially as protected under the Constitution. |
I’m an ignorant Redneck with a diploma from a fly-over state. But, I can read! I also know that any words I don’t understand are defined in a dictionary somewhere and how to look up those words.
…My Brother agreed. He’s more of the history buff in the family and is much better versed in law as a former LEO.
He was raised in a different household than I, and attended school in a completely different State. However, he wasn’t surprised that I knew the difference between a Constitutional Republic and a straight Democracy.
Reading in our family is very important.
His reply was people demanding “Democracy” wouldn’t be happy if they got it. The table above from legaldictionary.net provides insight into why that would be.
In fact the whole article linked above is a short but interesting read. I recommend it.
The behavior of the Current Administration and their minions in Congress have frankly scared the hell out of me. Apparently this is true of a lot of other Americans.
Now that moderate Democrats are also waking up to the threat, the question is what will be done about it.
We’ve seen multiple examples of Two Tiered Justice. Examples of actions that look a lot more like a police state than a country governed by laws equally applied to everyone. We’ve seen what ungoverned “Majority Rule” looks like when mobs of people don’t like something.
And all the while we’ve heard Politicians and Media making excuses about why this ungoverned majority should get a pass and the other ungoverned majority shouldn’t.
It’s possible large swaths of the American people are functionally illiterate and perhaps didn’t attend civics or government classes. That does not mean that they can’t see where unequal justice is leading.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist.
At the most absurd of extremities Democracy without constitutional limitations evolves into tyranny & tribalism. If the majority in one area chooses to ostracize minority members of that area. Then the minority members will leave the area in search of others where they will be a majority.
The likely outcome is city-states, potentially governed by tyrannical leaders.
What happens then, we can observe through the lens of historical fact. Or just through the lens of our Televisions because it’s happening today in various places around the world.
Divisions over race, religion and politics, leading to conflict and suffering. My description is simplistic and does not address all the nuance but Israel & Palestine? Russia & Ukraine? South Africa? Massacres of Christians in Muslim countries? Massacres of Muslims in Buddhist countries? No-Go Zones in Sweden or Paris?
Ringing any bells?
Absolutely no American should be willing to give up our Constitutional Republic in favor of simple Democracy.
Every American should be screaming at the top of their lungs at Congress to return to the fundamentals of our Constitution and the protection against tyranny it insures.
Simply put. If one group is treated differently, then no group is safe.
The first step is to dismiss from their post, anyone in Congress who refers to our Government as a Democracy. Those calling the United States a Democracy clearly don’t get it.
Or maybe they do get it, and hope you won’t.
Regardless, the Democratic Party has shit the bed.
They’ve made a lot more people ask WTF? That may lead to Democratic voters voting against their party candidates in November even if the voters don’t change Party.