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Re:A Jigsaw Puzzle Was Given to Ellis Island Immigrants to T... by fiblye on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:11AM (#14264526)
And if the people vote for strict immigration restrictions, including those based on immigrants' beliefs, that decision should be respected as much as any other, should it not?
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Re:A Jigsaw Puzzle Was Given to Ellis Island Immigrants to T... by alphonsegaston on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:35AM (#14264676)
Not in America, no. This country was explicitly founded on a fear of majoritarian tyranny eroding what its founders saw as inalienable rights.

The reason why we have a constitution that permanently enshrines things like freedom of speech and religion is exactly because the founders worried that some form of "democratic despotism" would try to vote them away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority

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Re:A Jigsaw Puzzle Was Given to Ellis Island Immigrants to T... by systems on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:24AM (#14264606)
and the people who voted no, and lost the vote they are what .. non-owners

winnings the vote, doesnt give you owners ship of the country, it gives you ownership of the vote

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Re:A Jigsaw Puzzle Was Given to Ellis Island Immigrants to T... by strictnein on Thursday May 04, 2017 @10:34AM (#14265093)
Elections have consequences.
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