Somebody name one

martin said:
Yeah, I have life which includes work. You might try it some time.
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So do I. The difference is I have people working for me and you work for someone else. It tends to give me more leeway than you seem to have.

The question is did you learn anything from the lesson you were given?
 
martin said:
At least Earl thanked you for your ignorant post. If you had bothered to read your link you might have understood what it said, but I doubt it:

"Attendees use town halls to voice their opinions and question elected officials, political candidates, and public figures.[3][4] In contrast to town meetings, a type of direct democratic rule that originated in colonial New England,[5] attendees do not vote on issues during town hall meetings."

A member's education comes through in his written posts or, as in your case, an absence of education comes through. Town meetings of the kind just described are often held at the Town Hall. I've attended many myself.
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Town hall meetings in the U.S. are not democracies. Votes can be taken there. It is simply voting in person, by show of hands or by ballot. The meeting is conducted according to a constitution. It is a republic.
 
martin said:
At least Earl thanked you for your ignorant post. If you had bothered to read your link you might have understood what it said, but I doubt it:

"Attendees use town halls to voice their opinions and question elected officials, political candidates, and public figures.[3][4] In contrast to town meetings, a type of direct democratic rule that originated in colonial New England,[5] attendees do not vote on issues during town hall meetings."

A member's education comes through in his written posts or, as in your case, an absence of education comes through. Town meetings of the kind just described are often held at the Town Hall. I've attended many myself.
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A town meeting and a town hall meeting aren't the same thing. Your post about town hall meetings being a form of direct democracy didn't reference location but what went on.

Town hall meetings are not direct democracy since policy or law is passed.

Town meetings are a form of direct democracy but that's not what you said.
 
martin said:
For a guy who seems to spend most of his life at a political debate board you have a serious gap in your learning.

Look up "representative democracy". It's a simple concept. A word of advice, be a little careful about the posters on whom you heap thanks day in and day out. Most of them
would fail a high school American history test.
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There is no such thing as a 'representative democracy'. The term itself is an oxymoron. A democracy by it's very nature has no representatives, no constitution, no organization. It is mob rule. It is an unstable form of government.

High schools do not define words. They do not own any word. Semantics fallacy. False authority fallacy.
 
Into the Night said:
Town hall meetings in the U.S. are not democracies. Votes can be taken there. It is simply voting in person, by show of hands or by ballot. The meeting is conducted according to a constitution. It is a republic.
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I corrected his dumbass in my post (#483)
 
martin said:
For a guy who seems to spend most of his life at a political debate board you have a serious gap in your learning.

Look up "representative democracy". It's a simple concept. A word of advice, be a little careful about the posters on whom you heap thanks day in and day out. Most of them
would fail a high school American history test.
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For a guy that claims to have an extensive education, you don't know the difference between a town hall meeting and a town meeting. You claimed that a town hall meeting is a form of direct democracy. That's impossible since no policy decision or votes are taken related to policy at those meetings.
 
martin said:
Yeah, I have life which includes work. You might try it some time.
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Define 'work'. Do you consider self employment 'work'? Do you consider a retiree making money in investments 'work'? Do you consider a farmer planting seed to produce a crop 'work'? Do you consider a government bureaucrat that produces nothing but paperwork 'work'?
 
Old Trapper said:
The vast majority are like trump, and his cowardly stripe. Without their guns to face down unarmed protesters that would be NOTHING.
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Guess you haven't seen one beat the snot out of some Antifa punk with his bare hands because the punk was vandalizing shit, have ya? A most satisfying sight that is!
 
Old Trapper said:
This was already established.



This is a joke, right? You want to use a fake news website to support your argument of numerous left wing terrorists groups while only addressing one that , in your low IQ 'opinion' is a terrorist group. And in that 'opinion' is some kind of fantasy that anyone who opposes fascism, racism, or social injustice, is a 'terrorist'.

Do yourself a favor, and go to your website, and do a search for Proud Boys, or Patriots Prayer, two well known domestic terrorist groups, and see what you get.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/discover-the-networks/
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False authority fallacy. Neither is a domestic terrorist group. Antifa is though. So is BLM. They are the ones burning, vandalizing, and looting.
 
CFM said:
What you're describing is called a town meeting. Votes on local issues are taken there on local matters like budgets.

You're confusing it will a town hall meeting where politicians meet with constituents to discuss issues, answer questions, etc. No voting takes place on policy issues.
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No. I am describing a town meeting, not a meeting of politicians meeting with their constituents (although that can certainly take place at a town meeting).

Wikipedia summarily dismissed. It defines no word. You cannot use this reference with me.
 
CFM said:
Not when contrasted with representative democracies.
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There is no such thing as a 'representative democracy'. Democracies have no representatives, no officers, no constitution, no organization. Nothing. It is mob rule. It is is by its very nature 'direct'.
 
CFM said:
A town meeting and a town hall meeting aren't the same thing. Your post about town hall meetings being a form of direct democracy didn't reference location but what went on.

Town hall meetings are not direct democracy since policy or law is passed.

Town meetings are a form of direct democracy but that's not what you said.
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Wrong. Town meetings are conducted in accordance with a constitution. They are a republic in action.
 
Into the Night said:
No. I am describing a town meeting, not a meeting of politicians meeting with their constituents (although that can certainly take place at a town meeting).

Wikipedia summarily dismissed. It defines no word. You cannot use this reference with me.
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That's what I said you were describing.

Your response is summarily dismissed. I don't accept your refusal to accept a definition. See how that works.
 
CFM said:
For a guy that claims to have an extensive education, you don't know the difference between a town hall meeting and a town meeting. You claimed that a town hall meeting is a form of direct democracy. That's impossible since no policy decision or votes are taken related to policy at those meetings.
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He probably believes a tomato is a vegetable too, the way a lot schools teach it.
 
CFM said:
Local entities don't have constitutions.
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Yes they do. Every town or city in the United States has a constitution, typically called the town or city charter. It's a constitution. It is what creates that town or city as an organization and defines its structure and authorities. That's what a constitution does.
 
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Into the Night said:
Yes they do. Every town or city in the United States has a constitution, typically called the town or city charter. It's a constitution. It is what creates that town or city as an organization.
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Sorry, I don't accept your definitions nor can you force me to do so.
 
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