Comments by "D. San" (@DSan-kl2yc) on "President Biden: There’s no place in America for any violence" video.

@whitejosh444 there's no other way to define it. Trump is a threat to democracy because he's shown some anti democracy values from being a sore loser. But you don't defend a democracy by bypassing it. And it's not like Trump is the president currently. It just wouldn't make sense.
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@zedeles9929 yea it's clearly ballot. You can hear the lot part clearly. Then there's the context, talking about electing. and how much he's calling for cooling and peace. Literally doesn't sound like Battle in a normal English dialect, especially not northeastern or neutral.
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@mrswilbert Britannica: Institutions of a representative democracy: A written, documented constitution that specifies the process of election and the eligibility of voters as well as candidates. It also establishes how much power elected representatives can claim. A constitution can also provide for situations of direct democracy, such as referendums or recall elections. Pericles: Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighboring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves. Its administration favors the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. _ Representative democracy, political system in which citizens of a country or other political entity vote for representatives to handle legislation and otherwise rule that entity on their behalf. The elected representatives are in turn accountable to the electorate for their actions Republic, form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body. though modern representative democracies are by and large republics. The term republic may also be applied to any form of government in which the head of state is not a hereditary monarch
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@RobtheAviator he said they should focus on Trump over the debate or issues with his candidacy. No one thinks political violence is good. the guy that did this is possibly a Republican No one knows his motives
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 @jwdory You need to find it in a dictionary
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@lindataylor6512 people who say this incorrect stuff, y'all give credence to the idea that Trump is bad for democracy. Because this sounds like the set up, and is, to wanting to suppress democratic rights.
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 @spookshilljoe7376 he's alive and already worm food
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 @gradius12 when he was constantly trying to stay in power.
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@Delimon007 I'm tired of explaining this. A republic just means you don't have a king. A democratic republic, a representative republic. If the constitution doesn't allow the people to have a day in the government it wouldn't be a democracy. If the republic does via the ability to vote, it's a democracy. Anything where people can vote is a democracy. North Korea is a constitutional Republic that isn't a democracy. The US is a democracy. Democracy doesn't exclude representatives, it doesn't exclude a constitution... That would be ridiculous(the first democracies all had constitutions). It's a constitutional democracy, a democratic republic, whatever. The point is that it's a democracy. The UK is a democracy that isn't a republic. Most Republics are democracies to the point that they're synonyms. The founders referred to the US as both a republic and democracy(because it's both).
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@bornkinggamer3347 best case scenario they just hate that it sounds like Democrats which is silly, childish, and petty. Worst case is that some truly think that suppressing or limiting voting rights is ok. And the people that mean the first one don't realize that they're associating with the second and there's no way to distinguish them
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 @stevebishop9468 the summer of love was in the 60s man
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 @ThinRedLine_Matt that language can justify limiting democracy. If these people put they're political opinions into action, political or violent.
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@PattyWinters123 when a violent crowd was willing to force Congress to stop the transfer of power. Maybe they didn't think it through but that was clearly the intent. Maybe in their minds it was a talking to, or protesting. But it would have been a hostage situation that could turn dangerous really quick
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 @daishahr are you a Russian bot here to spread discord? Look up the context and it meant that he wants people to focus on trump and not him.
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 @vivianp5962 it's not about sides. That's what you don't get.
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 @Rearmostbean you have to ignore everything he said to come to that misunderstanding.
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@mrswilbert you're just wrong. That's a made up definition. Democracies have constitutions. Constitutions defined the government. How would it be a democracy otherwise. A democracy doesn't mean people make the laws on the spot, so it doesn't exclude rule of law. And a democracy can be representative. They all have been to some extent. Even the ancient Greeks voted for representation, for positions of power. A democracy is where the consent comes from the people. A republic just means there isn't a king..sometimes people like to add the definition for democracy to it, but that's just a representative democracy.
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@Steve13lb12oz and what do those " laws" form, what mechanism do they enable for government It's a representative democracy. It's a democratic republic. As oppose to a dictatorial republic, illiberal ones.
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@mrswilbert you are just wrong. The republic is a take on democracy. What you're calling a republic is a representative democracy. They are not two forms of government in as much as they describe different things about the state. Or they mean literally the same thing. democracy can be viewed as descriptive. And republic as a type of democracy.
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@linbat6148 I've been over this. Every government can have a constitution, so let's drop that because it doesn't explain much. A republic is a type of democracy. Or it just refers to there not being a king. Democracy is the means by which power comes from. Anything where the power comes from people is a democracy, where legitimacy and consent of government comes from people. We are by definition a representative democracy. And it's important that when you dismiss a democracy, you realize that it's not about semantics but you dismissing that power of the people. When everyone brings up democracy, it's to bring up the will, consent, of the people. It's not because anyone thinks it sounds like Democrat. Most Democrats don't have a strong affiliation, a sense of tribe ect. It's about a government of the people, about that inherent right to consent/legitimatize via vote.
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