Jussie Smollett

[Benton]

(02-21-2019, 01:07 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I think it was more based on the desire to have the "intellectual and educated" have the final say. 


I'm honestly not trying to shitstir, I'm pointing out that the majority opinion is not necessarily the right one.  These are all examples of this.  Yes, there is some historical relativism involved, which I am whole set against, but it illustrates the point that the majority opinion is not necessarily the correct opinion.  Is the second Iraq war a better example for you?

Intellectual and educated? Crap, don't make me take the low road here in regard to either one of those elections. 

Regardless, that's not the way the framers, I think, intended for things to be. They were soldiers, farmers and, in many cases, scholars. But they weren't just some high brow bunch of dreamers that thought the common man didn't have a say.


As far as the majority, come on man. Public opinion and the 'right thing' don't always line up.  Sometimes it takes legislation for the populace to realize the world isn't going to end. Hell, I live in a community that only two years ago went wet. Why? Because for decades the elected leaders said God would punish voters for ending prohibition.

But, end of the day, the majority of people should have a say in who represents them. Period. From there, if the person they elected doesn't legislate well, then voters have a choice. But just giving legislators carte blanche is never what was intended.