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Gay Republican candidate melts down when he figured out that his party is homophobic (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No he didn't:

...and arguing that they don't represent Republican views.

He's still in fucking denial.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

The gay Republican I know is also deep in denial. Sad to see in all honesty

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

There's a big distinction between being republican and capital-R Republican, and between being pro-democracy and a capital-D Democrat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No but yes but no.

I’m not sure you are serious/genuine here but I’m also not sure you deserve the downvotes and I have some time to kill.

“Republic” is “rule by the people” (Rex public). It means the same as democracy (“people rule”). The only difference is Latin vs Greek.

As used in the US, your description kinda-sorta covers the principles that the parties once maybe kinda stood for 150 years ago or so. (Something like “more federal power / less federal power”).

In reality these days they’re just labels for two different groups, and the words have no connection in this context, it’s just an historical note.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was talking about meaning in entire world, not american local dialect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That’s fine.

In that case you can feel free to ignore the US-specific portion and go back to the first “no, they are synonyms” statement.