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Re:Boeing Starliner launches first crewed mission by jay-barronville on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @10:06PM (#40592692)
The leftist definition of democracy seems to be quite literally the opposite of everything a democracy is supposed to enable and empower.

Allow the right to have opinions and speak their minds just like the left does? No! They’re dangerous, so we should silence them. Okay, so let’s just silence half of the American population. That’ll do it. Democracy.

Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, so let’s do the most pro-democracy thing by using the law and the justice system to persecute him, even though he’s leading in the polls as Biden’s opponent. You know, the same type of behavior we usually lecture other nations about (e.g., Russia), because we consider them undemocratic. Totally the pro-democracy move right there.

The most fascinating one for me was Colorado’s attempt at disenfranchising their Republican constituents in order to “save democracy” [0]. Truly incredible and democratic stuff.

The worst part is, the irony of it all completely escapes them.

[0]: https://www.npr.org/2024/03/04/1230453714/supreme-court-trum...

Re:Boeing Starliner launches first crewed mission by paulryanrogers on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @11:29PM (#40593133)
So the Senate says don't impeach, let the law take care of it. Now they say don't prosecute, let the House and Senate impeach and convict first. It's quite a system they've got there!