@[email protected] to Not The [email protected]English • 1 year agoGay Republican candidate melts down when he figured out that his party is homophobicwww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1760cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1760external-linkGay Republican candidate melts down when he figured out that his party is homophobicwww.lgbtqnation.com@[email protected] to Not The [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square98fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish89•1 year agoNo he didn’t: …and arguing that they don’t represent Republican views. He’s still in fucking denial.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI’m just thinking. Isn’t republic fancy word for representative democracy? As opposed to direct democracy. In representative democracy people vote for people who vote for law, while in direct democracy people vote for law.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoYes a republic is a democratic state by definition, as opposed to a monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, etc. But for people whose words have no meaning outside of being used as weapons, it can mean anything they want to their ignorant hate filled fans.
minus-squarexorlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoThere’s a big distinction between being republican and capital-R Republican, and between being pro-democracy and a capital-D Democrat
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoThe gay Republican I know is also deep in denial. Sad to see in all honesty
No he didn’t:
He’s still in fucking denial.
I’m just thinking. Isn’t republic fancy word for representative democracy? As opposed to direct democracy.
In representative democracy people vote for people who vote for law, while in direct democracy people vote for law.
Yes a republic is a democratic state by definition, as opposed to a monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, etc.
But for people whose words have no meaning outside of being used as weapons, it can mean anything they want to their ignorant hate filled fans.
There’s a big distinction between being republican and capital-R Republican, and between being pro-democracy and a capital-D Democrat
The gay Republican I know is also deep in denial. Sad to see in all honesty