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"TRUE DEMOCRACIES AREN'T AFRAID OF CRITICS". We know Israel is not a true democracy nor is the USA. What are they? Mystery meat?

Posted - August 16, 2019

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  • You're absolutely right and on target. The two countries in question are not DEMOCRACIES. Never have been and we pray to God that they never will be. We are a representative republic, as is Israel. If we're referring to the move to block certain "US Representatives" from "visiting" Israel, I applaud the move as one that takes into consideration the security of both nations. The complainers have revealed which side of safety and security they're on. Some "governmental emissaries" bear a lot more watching that most others.
      August 16, 2019 10:28 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Of course you do.  The sound of one hand clapping.  That's the effect your logic has.  It has no fact. It has nothing but?  The opinion of YOU.  

    If you are an AMERICAN?  You do not applaud this.  You respect the power of the places these CONGRESSWOMEN HOLD.

    They are NOT being banned for any REASON that is valid.  They are being BANNED because TRUMP hates them. They hate TRUMP and they told him off.

    THAT IS WHY THEY ARE BEING BANNED and you are applauding a dictator and YOU DON'T EVEN SEE IT.  


    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at August 16, 2019 1:58 PM MDT
      August 16, 2019 12:42 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply Sharon. The degree of dumb in some astounds me. SIGH. You too I betcha.
      August 16, 2019 1:59 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    I applaud the Right of a sovereign nation (Israel) to make their own decision as to who is welcome in their country, for whatever reason.
    (Even though I don't agree with many of their decisions.)

    The people of Israel support their current government, and that matters more than what the people of America wish.
      August 16, 2019 2:14 PM MDT
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  • 2706
    Israel's official title is The State of Israel. The name “The State of Israel” has much to do with linguistic pride and little to do with political philosophy or government structure. Parliamentary Democracy would describe what Israel is rather than a simple democracy. America is not now nor has it ever been any sort of democracy, true or otherwise. America is a Republic. Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution states, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government.” Yet many people often mistakenly refer to America as a democracy. One of the most glaring examples of this misperception was made by Hilary Clinton in a debate with Donald Trump when she accused him of  "Taking down our democracy". In a democracy, all laws and decisions of government are made by the majority. This is "not" how the United States is governed.

      The key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on those in the government by the law. In a republic there exists a constitution, or charter of rights, to protect certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away— even if a majority of voters demand it. For Americans, these protections include individual, minority, and states rights. In a “pure democracy,” the majority is not restrained in this way and can impose its will on any group with fewer votes. 

    The Framers of the Constitution were altogether fearful of pure democracy. Everything they read and studied taught them that pure democracies “have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths”  (Federalist number 10).
      August 16, 2019 10:33 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    ... a true democracy is mob rule.
    They can't exist on a large scale.
      August 16, 2019 10:44 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    Not sure where you got that.  A democracy is fragile and if all people do is criticize and hate rather than pulling their weight it cannot exist. 
      August 16, 2019 10:51 AM MDT
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