On LevinTV Tuesday, conservative talk radio show host Mark Levin wiped
the floor with Lawrence O'Donnell after the liberal MSNBC hack called
the United States Senate an "anti-democratic" institution.
Republicanism vs Democracy
The Framers didn't create a "democracy" - they were afraid
of creating one
Nobody knows the Constitution like Mark:
https://t.co/ICZsTSMn7z pic.twitter.com/Zsp5H0Ysok
— LevinTV (@LevinTV) February 4, 2020
Progressives consider it one of the worst insults they can throw at
someone (or an entire institution): calling them "anti-democratic." You
see, when they say "anti-democratic," they actually mean
"authoritarian" or even "fascist."
Just to rub it in, O'Donnell went on to call the Senate "American
democracy's most structural flaw."
Sadly for O'Donnell and his fellow radical leftists, however, America
is not now and has never been a democracy. It's a constitutional
republic. The Founding Fathers made that choice very deliberately
because they understood that real, full democracy is actually extremely dangerous.
As Levin explained on his show, the Senate was actually meant to
protect the interests of the individual states. "The 17th amendment"
was, Levin explained, a "disaster." Back in the day, if an attorney
general from a state took a specific position, the state's senator
would follow suit in the Senate (which would've shot down ObamaCare).
Now, however, senators can do as they darn well please. This "democratization" has severely weakened the American system.
"They wanted to set up a government," Levin said about the Founding
Fathers, "that would protect us from tyranny; from as many forms as
tyranny as they could think of. Whether it was centralized
monarchical-type tyranny or it's one branch overpowering another
branch, but they certainly didn't support democracy, little 'd'
democracy. They weren't populists. They weren't democrats. They were constitutionalists. There is a huge difference."
One of the main reasons that the framers were less than positive about democracy as such was the French Revolution. For ten years, the French revolutionaries were slaughtering each other. It started with the king
and his queen, but over time, just about everybody was fair game if
they were deemed to stand in the way of "the people."
America's Founding Fathers wanted to protect their people from a
similar fate in which the majority oppressed and even murdered the
minority.
Next, Levin drew attention to the Declaration of Independence. "What
does the Declaration stand for?" he asked rhetorically. "Democracy?"
No. "Unalienable rights. How do we protect your God-given natural
rights: to life, to liberty, to private property, to defend yourself.
How do we protect that?"
That was the framers' guiding question, and it's why they eventually
devised a system with an independent judiciary, a Senate formed by the states, a House of Representatives directly elected by the people, and
a president who was to be the executive.
As Levin went on to say, "you don't protect [those unalienable rights]
by pure democracy." In a "democracy," 51% of the people can vote to
kill the other 49% just because they dare hold different political
views -- which is basically what happened in France, by the way. The
framers wanted to prevent that from happening... and knew that this is
where pure democracy can lead to. This is why they designed the system
the way they did.
O'Donnell doesn't care about any of that, however. Why? As Levin put
it, "this guy is a diabolical idiot."
--
Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
love this country.
On 2/6/20 7:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
On LevinTV Tuesday, conservative talk radio show host Mark Levin wiped
the floor with Lawrence O'Donnell after the liberal MSNBC hack called
the United States Senate an "anti-democratic" institution.
    Republicanism vs Democracy
    The Framers didn't create a "democracy" - they were afraid
    of creating one
    Nobody knows the Constitution like Mark:
    https://t.co/ICZsTSMn7z pic.twitter.com/Zsp5H0Ysok
    — LevinTV (@LevinTV) February 4, 2020
Progressives consider it one of the worst insults they can throw at
someone (or an entire institution): calling them "anti-democratic." You
see, when they say "anti-democratic," they actually mean
"authoritarian" or even "fascist."
Just to rub it in, O'Donnell went on to call the Senate "American
democracy's most structural flaw."
Sadly for O'Donnell and his fellow radical leftists, however, America
is not now and has never been a democracy. It's a constitutional
republic. The Founding Fathers made that choice very deliberately
because they understood that real, full democracy is actually extremely
dangerous.
As Levin explained on his show, the Senate was actually meant to
protect the interests of the individual states. "The 17th amendment"
was, Levin explained, a "disaster." Back in the day, if an attorney
general from a state took a specific position, the state's senator
would follow suit in the Senate (which would've shot down ObamaCare).
Now, however, senators can do as they darn well please. This
"democratization" has severely weakened the American system.
"They wanted to set up a government," Levin said about the Founding
Fathers, "that would protect us from tyranny; from as many forms as
tyranny as they could think of. Whether it was centralized
monarchical-type tyranny or it's one branch overpowering another
branch, but they certainly didn't support democracy, little 'd'
democracy. They weren't populists. They weren't democrats. They were
constitutionalists. There is a huge difference."
One of the main reasons that the framers were less than positive about
democracy as such was the French Revolution. For ten years, the French
revolutionaries were slaughtering each other. It started with the king
and his queen, but over time, just about everybody was fair game if
they were deemed to stand in the way of "the people."
America's Founding Fathers wanted to protect their people from a
similar fate in which the majority oppressed and even murdered the
minority.
Next, Levin drew attention to the Declaration of Independence. "What
does the Declaration stand for?" he asked rhetorically. "Democracy?"
No. "Unalienable rights. How do we protect your God-given natural
rights: to life, to liberty, to private property, to defend yourself.
How do we protect that?"
That was the framers' guiding question, and it's why they eventually
devised a system with an independent judiciary, a Senate formed by the
states, a House of Representatives directly elected by the people, and
a president who was to be the executive.
As Levin went on to say, "you don't protect [those unalienable rights]
by pure democracy." In a "democracy," 51% of the people can vote to
kill the other 49% just because they dare hold different political
views -- which is basically what happened in France, by the way. The
framers wanted to prevent that from happening... and knew that this is
where pure democracy can lead to. This is why they designed the system
the way they did.
O'Donnell doesn't care about any of that, however. Why? As Levin put
it, "this guy is a diabolical idiot."
--
Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
love this country.
Levine is absolutely
which brings us back to the question of why
do so many people insist that the USA is a democracy?
On 2/7/2020 4:18 AM, David Hartung wrote:
On 2/6/20 7:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
On LevinTV Tuesday, conservative talk radio show host Mark Levin wiped
the floor with Lawrence O'Donnell after the liberal MSNBC hack called
the United States Senate an "anti-democratic" institution.
    Republicanism vs Democracy
    The Framers didn't create a "democracy" - they were afraid
    of creating one
    Nobody knows the Constitution like Mark:
    https://t.co/ICZsTSMn7z pic.twitter.com/Zsp5H0Ysok
    — LevinTV (@LevinTV) February 4, 2020
Progressives consider it one of the worst insults they can throw at
someone (or an entire institution): calling them "anti-democratic." You
see, when they say "anti-democratic," they actually mean
"authoritarian" or even "fascist."
Just to rub it in, O'Donnell went on to call the Senate "American
democracy's most structural flaw."
Sadly for O'Donnell and his fellow radical leftists, however, America
is not now and has never been a democracy. It's a constitutional
republic. The Founding Fathers made that choice very deliberately
because they understood that real, full democracy is actually extremely
dangerous.
As Levin explained on his show, the Senate was actually meant to
protect the interests of the individual states. "The 17th amendment"
was, Levin explained, a "disaster." Back in the day, if an attorney
general from a state took a specific position, the state's senator
would follow suit in the Senate (which would've shot down ObamaCare).
Now, however, senators can do as they darn well please. This
"democratization" has severely weakened the American system.
"They wanted to set up a government," Levin said about the Founding
Fathers, "that would protect us from tyranny; from as many forms as
tyranny as they could think of. Whether it was centralized
monarchical-type tyranny or it's one branch overpowering another
branch, but they certainly didn't support democracy, little 'd'
democracy. They weren't populists. They weren't democrats. They were
constitutionalists. There is a huge difference."
One of the main reasons that the framers were less than positive about
democracy as such was the French Revolution. For ten years, the French
revolutionaries were slaughtering each other. It started with the king
and his queen, but over time, just about everybody was fair game if
they were deemed to stand in the way of "the people."
America's Founding Fathers wanted to protect their people from a
similar fate in which the majority oppressed and even murdered the
minority.
Next, Levin drew attention to the Declaration of Independence. "What
does the Declaration stand for?" he asked rhetorically. "Democracy?"
No. "Unalienable rights. How do we protect your God-given natural
rights: to life, to liberty, to private property, to defend yourself.
How do we protect that?"
That was the framers' guiding question, and it's why they eventually
devised a system with an independent judiciary, a Senate formed by the
states, a House of Representatives directly elected by the people, and
a president who was to be the executive.
As Levin went on to say, "you don't protect [those unalienable rights]
by pure democracy." In a "democracy," 51% of the people can vote to
kill the other 49% just because they dare hold different political
views -- which is basically what happened in France, by the way. The
framers wanted to prevent that from happening... and knew that this is
where pure democracy can lead to. This is why they designed the system
the way they did.
O'Donnell doesn't care about any of that, however. Why? As Levin put
it, "this guy is a diabolical idiot."
--
Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
love this country.
Levine is absolutely
Wrong.
which brings us back to the question of why do so many people insist
that the USA is a democracy?
Because it *is* one, as the founders plainly called it.
On 2/11/20 10:28 AM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 2/7/2020 4:18 AM, David Hartung wrote:
On 2/6/20 7:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
On LevinTV Tuesday, conservative talk radio show host Mark Levin wiped >>>> the floor with Lawrence O'Donnell after the liberal MSNBC hack called
the United States Senate an "anti-democratic" institution.
    Republicanism vs Democracy
    The Framers didn't create a "democracy" - they were afraid
    of creating one
    Nobody knows the Constitution like Mark:
    https://t.co/ICZsTSMn7z pic.twitter.com/Zsp5H0Ysok
    — LevinTV (@LevinTV) February 4, 2020
Progressives consider it one of the worst insults they can throw at
someone (or an entire institution): calling them "anti-democratic." You >>>> see, when they say "anti-democratic," they actually mean
"authoritarian" or even "fascist."
Just to rub it in, O'Donnell went on to call the Senate "American
democracy's most structural flaw."
Sadly for O'Donnell and his fellow radical leftists, however, America
is not now and has never been a democracy. It's a constitutional
republic. The Founding Fathers made that choice very deliberately
because they understood that real, full democracy is actually extremely >>>> dangerous.
As Levin explained on his show, the Senate was actually meant to
protect the interests of the individual states. "The 17th amendment"
was, Levin explained, a "disaster." Back in the day, if an attorney
general from a state took a specific position, the state's senator
would follow suit in the Senate (which would've shot down ObamaCare).
Now, however, senators can do as they darn well please. This
"democratization" has severely weakened the American system.
"They wanted to set up a government," Levin said about the Founding
Fathers, "that would protect us from tyranny; from as many forms as
tyranny as they could think of. Whether it was centralized
monarchical-type tyranny or it's one branch overpowering another
branch, but they certainly didn't support democracy, little 'd'
democracy. They weren't populists. They weren't democrats. They were
constitutionalists. There is a huge difference."
One of the main reasons that the framers were less than positive about >>>> democracy as such was the French Revolution. For ten years, the French >>>> revolutionaries were slaughtering each other. It started with the king >>>> and his queen, but over time, just about everybody was fair game if
they were deemed to stand in the way of "the people."
America's Founding Fathers wanted to protect their people from a
similar fate in which the majority oppressed and even murdered the
minority.
Next, Levin drew attention to the Declaration of Independence. "What
does the Declaration stand for?" he asked rhetorically. "Democracy?"
No. "Unalienable rights. How do we protect your God-given natural
rights: to life, to liberty, to private property, to defend yourself.
How do we protect that?"
That was the framers' guiding question, and it's why they eventually
devised a system with an independent judiciary, a Senate formed by the >>>> states, a House of Representatives directly elected by the people, and >>>> a president who was to be the executive.
As Levin went on to say, "you don't protect [those unalienable rights] >>>> by pure democracy." In a "democracy," 51% of the people can vote to
kill the other 49% just because they dare hold different political
views -- which is basically what happened in France, by the way. The
framers wanted to prevent that from happening... and knew that this is >>>> where pure democracy can lead to. This is why they designed the system >>>> the way they did.
O'Donnell doesn't care about any of that, however. Why? As Levin put
it, "this guy is a diabolical idiot."
--
Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
love this country.
Levine is absolutely
Wrong.
which brings us back to the question of why do so many people insist
that the USA is a democracy?
Because it *is* one, as the founders plainly called it.
You never learn.
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