10-06-2020, 08:25 PM
(10-06-2020, 08:23 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: This is why I avoided the phrase "majority rule". We currently allow for minority rule for those who disregard minority rights. If the minority ideology of this nation can dictate which rights are held by minority groups, while also refusing to consider legislation to aid the majority of people, we have a completely broken system.
I know why you avoided it; I was just trying to put that little explainer in there to avoid the inevitable retorts.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
