God damn Indians and Democrats

[evince]

Incorrect. Merriam Webster is wrong.

how about all the other ones and all the encyclopedias idiot


what makes you think you are correct and the entire worlds dictionaries and encyclopedias are wrong?

[Into the Night]

Indeed defining words is one them

No dictionary defines any word. No dictionary owns any word.

.. and new words get created all the time. Dictionaries are filled with these newly-created words.

Dictionaries did not define them.

Language is dynamic, not static.

Irrelevant.

Can one be both a republic and democracy at the same time?

No. They are two mutually exclusive governmental structures.

A democracy is government by majority rule. It has no constitution.
A republic is government by law. It has a constitution.

Either form of government may use representatives. The existence of representatives does not define the structure of that government. Even a dictator is a representative (at least of those that go along with him).

[blackascoal]

A common definition of "republic" is, to quote the American Heritage Dictionary, "A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them" — we are that.

A common definition of "democracy" is, "Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives" — we are that,

[Adolf_Twitler]

Fuck Donald Trump for his bashing of women and Indians and everyone else on his shit list!

And Fuck You Donald Trump ass-kissing idiots who are entertained by Donald Trump's ignorance and reckless behavior.

No one should have to prove their Indian blood to Donald Trump or anyone else. You could pick up a rock and throw it into any crowd of Americans gathering, and you couldn't fail to hit someone who doesn't have some American Indian bloodlines in their family tree.

All this talk about Liz Warren isn't about her Indian heritage, it is nothing more than hatred being expressed at her because she is a Democrat and a woman.

If you didn't have this, you'd find something completely else to slander her for and run your hateful mouths about.

[Into the Night]

democracy and republic are synonyms

WRONG. They are two mutually exclusive forms of governmental structure.

[Into the Night]

define is not a synonym for own idiot

Yes it is.

[Into the Night]

Some are defined by culture.

The only purpose of words is to convey thought.

There is nothing sacrosanct about a word.

By this logic no word as any meaning at all.

[Into the Night]

One can be both a representative democracy as well as a direct democracy at the same time. We are that.

The United States is not a democracy. It is organized as a federated republic. We have a constitution. Democracies have none.

[Into the Night]

how about all the other ones and all the encyclopedias idiot


what makes you think you are correct and the entire worlds dictionaries and encyclopedias are wrong?

Compositional error fallacy. Ancient Rome. Ancient Greece. That is where these words come from.

[blackascoal]

No dictionary defines any word. No dictionary owns any word.

False argument.

Dictionaries interpret and translate words for common use.

Dictionaries did not define them.

See above

Irrelevant.

That language evolves is irrelevant in a conversation about language. :0) I accept your surrender.

No. They are two mutually exclusive governmental structures.

No, they are not .. thus the hundreds of years we've spent arguing the two.

A democracy is government by majority rule. It has no constitution.
A republic is government by law. It has a constitution.

That's not true. It's simply your interpretation of what a democracy is .. which by the way, comes in various forms.

At the end of this discussion, whenever that comes, we will still be considered both .. and for good reason.

[Into the Night]

A common definition of "republic" is, to quote the American Heritage Dictionary, "A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them" — we are that.

Incorrect. A republic is government by law. It has a constitution. That constitution is the highest law of the land, including the power to define and structure the government it creates. The United States is organized as a federated republic.

A common definition of "democracy" is, "Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives" — we are that,

We are NOT that. The United States is government by law, not of men. It has a constitution. It is a federated republic. It has multiple layers of constitutions. Democracies have no constitution. It is mob rule.

[Into the Night]

Fuck Donald Trump for his bashing of women and Indians and everyone else on his shit list!

And Fuck You Donald Trump ass-kissing idiots who are entertained by Donald Trump's ignorance and reckless behavior.

No one should have to prove their Indian blood to Donald Trump or anyone else. You could pick up a rock and throw it into any crowd of Americans gathering, and you couldn't fail to hit someone who doesn't have some American Indian bloodlines in their family tree.

All this talk about Liz Warren isn't about her Indian heritage, it is nothing more than hatred being expressed at her because she is a Democrat and a woman.

If you didn't have this, you'd find something completely else to slander her for and run your hateful mouths about.

Trump is not bashing Indians. He is not bashing women either. He is bashing Liz Warren. She deserved it.

[blackascoal]

The United States is not a democracy. It is organized as a federated republic. We have a constitution. Democracies have none.

What would be the functional part of your argument? What difference does it make?

Does the sudden awareness that we're a 'republic' change how we operate and govern?

The United States is considered the greatest democracy in the world. What difference does you calling it a republic actually make?

[blackascoal]

Incorrect. A republic is government by law. It has a constitution. That constitution is the highest law of the land, including the power to define and structure the government it creates. The United States is organized as a federated republic.

We are NOT that. The United States is government by law, not of men. It has a constitution. It is a federated republic. It has multiple layers of constitutions. Democracies have no constitution. It is mob rule.

Perhaps you should send a memo to the American Heritage Dictionary, as well as countless dictionaries everywhere and tell them they don't know what they're talking about .. but you do.

Good luck with that.

[blackascoal]

Trump is not bashing Indians. He is not bashing women either. He is bashing Liz Warren. She deserved it.

Ahh .. your programming is revealed.

thanks.