CNN: Calling the US a Republic Is “A Conspiracy Theory”
(www.independentsentinel.com)
🧠 CNN people are stupid!
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Exactly.
Amen.
they dropped the "under God" part as well
They hate the flag, the republic, God and justice. The only liberty they like is to murder babies and to groom and mutilate children.
AMEN! A Republic under God!
u/#lord u/#Ridetofreedom
And propagandists at CNN haven’t said the pledge of allegiance in so long that they forgot it states we are a republic. Civics 101 should be a requirement for all media
Well we've reached the height of absurdity now. I suspected all along that the Dem's insistence that we are a "democracy" would end like this. Nope, CNN, we ARE a Constitutional Republic, no matter what you all say.
I mean, right now we kinda aren’t (among other things, direct election of senators and removal of property ownership as a requirement to vote ended that - “re-public”), but we also expect that it’s gonna be fixed before this is finished.
I was wondering if someone would go in this direction? Thank you for your keen insight. We are not a Republic, certainly not since...well...ever really. If you use a modern dictionary to define Republic, you find this: a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law.
Our current Constitution is far from this (although most people don't realize it). What we have now and have had since 1787-88 is what the Anti-Federalist Papers (Patrick Henry) called a "Masked Aristocracy." It was the same bankster, satanist, Freemason, Illuminati players who ultimately gave us the Federal Reserve Central Bank and the IRS who supported Alexander Hamilton and two other disingenuous players to hijack a convention of the States who's mandate was simply to strengthen the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they, using subterfuge and while hiding behind fake names, convinced the states with demonstrable lies that what was needed was and entirely new Constitution to replace the Articles...which were actually better than a Republic in my opinion.
One amazing fact is that very nearly EVERY American under the age of 50 currently alive has never read the Articles of Confederation or the Anti-Federalist Papers. As with so many other documents, this should be required reading in high school and certainly college. Suffices to say (because I don't have the time or space to explain in detail) that everything the Anti-Federalists were concerned would happen if we adopted the new Constitution has indeed happened in spades...EVERYTHING! So, what Patriots need to know is that our current Constitution IS THE REASON we are in the situation we are in by design. Many of our Founding Fathers like Patrick Henry tried to warn their contemporaries, but were ultimately unsuccessful. The "Coup" was successful and now here we are. As a side note, the ONLY reason the states went along with the rouge was because of addition of the Bill of Rights as an afterthought. Even this, disingenuous men like Alexander Hamilton, were against! Can you imagine how much farther we would be down the road to complete slavery were it not for the Bill of Rights being added? I shudder to think!
My favorite part of Hamilton’s biography was the part where he found out Aaron Burr was faster.
A very interesting read in this vein is called "How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America" by McClanahan
If you ever want to have your brain messed with, listen to Michael Malice debate Tom Woods on Hamilton.
The dude actually won the debate, not that it changed my mind.
Lmao
kek
Isn't this what we have? Eligible voters elect representatives who govern according to the law? Well somewhat ignoring the last part about govern according to law as I believe most of our elected representatives are crooks.
I thought same thing. "We're not a republic anymore". You took it a lot further. Im in my early 50s, and I remember my 5th grade, err... 6th grade teacher going over The Articles of Confederation.
We cannot let the bastards win.
Does anyone really watch CNN at this point?
The commies labeling something as a "conspiracy theory" has just proven to people, over and over again, that the conspiracy theory is in fact true.
On a side note, over on X, some of the "awakened" accounts were also parroting a variation of this same anti-republic bullshit. I sent one such account a little goodbye message as I unfollowed them, and got a reply asking why I rejected their argument... like they were doing some sort of research or something. It was weird.
I just forwarded them a link to this article on The Federalist that explains it pretty well...
https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/17/why-the-left-hates-it-when-you-point-out-were-a-republic-not-a-democracy/
Excellent. Hope they learned something.
Wake up some to go look it up.
Just shows all their college "education" is shit and they should be shamed for either attempting to propagandize or being retarded, either way the shame needs to be laid on thick for this one.
Sorry, Democrats. Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution literally GUARANTEES a “republican form of government”. That’s also the pesky part that requires the federal government to protect the states from invasion. So the Dems who advocate “open borders” are not just traitors but explicitly violating the Constitution. Literally lawless.
https://shorturl.at/yoWhz
Guess how many times the Constitution mentions “democracy”. I’ll wait…
Guess these people don’t know the pledge of allegiance.
CNN’s allegiance is to the US?
I figured their daily pledge involved some form of “heil”.
"The pledge of the whut whut?" -- CNN
Nope.
They also forget there are provisions for amending the Constitution.
Yes. I actually believe we do not need to do anything with the Constitution. It's a very well thought out and put together CORRECTLY.
Try reading the Anti-Federalist Papers and then tell me you feel this way....
I understand.
I think that is why they quit teaching cursive. These kids cannot read the constitution and other historical documents. It had made it easier to pull the wool over their eyes.
Agree. They used to teach Latin in public schools. Cancelled, same reason, cut people off from their heritage and the history of civilization.
That's right! I forgot about that! Good point.
My son told me about a year or two ago that schools aren't teaching cursive to his stepchildren in elementary school. I told him they (him & his wife) better start teaching them at home then, it's important. And as much as my son hated cursive writing when he was in school, he agreed with me and said they had already started teaching the kids at home to write in cursive.
They only remember that when they want more gun control laws.
The way the reporter framed this is rhetorically strategic, and we need to combat this.
We are NOT a democracy, because there is no such thing as "a democracy" ... instead, democracy is a voting mechanism within a form of government. Our form of government is a Constitutional Republic which means that the Constitution is the highest law of the land, and we use democracy (democratic voting process) within our government system.
The Cabal has pitted the two against each other, knowing that most Americans are too ignorant to understand that they are not opposed but go hand in glove. But "muh democracy" is so entrenched in the sheeples minds as their form of government that they are easy prey for this Cabal tactic.
My point is that we need to tear down this CNN spin (which I would guess will get picked up by all leftist news orgs) and use it to educate people. If we sit back and be smug in our knowledge, we risk allowing the Cabal to gain back some ground.
The government in D.C. under the municipal corporation named the United States of America Inc. is a democracy. That is what they are talking about. But that Corp is dissolved and no more so they are right when they say they are losing their democracy.
Do you know of any good articles or videos about the dissolution? I'm interested in learning more
I guess they didn't do a good job of titling "Battle Hymn of the Republic".
LOL
What does the Pledge of Allegiance say?
Leftards do not know the words.
CNN is clueless. The protection from a Representative Republic are what protects the minority from the majority. Wait until they figure out they are the minority.
If we treated them like they treat us, they'd be screaming we're a Representative Republic. We won't. They will be treated fairly once the no longer Silent Majority takes over.
Yes. Love it when we can do that.
CNN has a perpetual ID-10-T problem
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America And to the DEMOCRACY for which it stands.
Oops. That's not it.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America And to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.
Exactly. Not Democracy. It's a Republic.
Democracy bad, Republic good. Republic: individual rights and rights of the minority trump the mob majority. Democracy is just mob majority rules and tends to end up with a form of dictatorship.
You summarized it very well.
demonrats gonna demonrat
Howls.
You mean demonrats, right?
Why would we care what CNN reporters think, since they routinely take it up the arse from their leadership.
We don't but it's entertaining.
TIL The Federalist Papers are a “a conspiracy theory”. It uses the phrase “republican government” and talks about the features of a “confederate republic” over a democracy.
Of course calling the US a republic is an assault on democracy, as the essence is a Constitution PROTECTING individual rights instead of a democracy where rights are subject to political convenience (national security, public health, public morals, pubic order)
But more to the point: it is an assault on THEIR DEMOCK CRAZY.
Love it.
“A national government is a government of the people of a single state or nation, united as a community by what is termed the 'social compact,’ and possessing complete and perfect supremacy over persons and things, so far as they can be made the lawful objects of civil government. A federal government is distinguished from a national government by its being the government of a community of independent and sovereign states, united by compact.” ~ Black's Law Dictionary Piqua Branch Bank v. Knoup, 6 Ohio St. 393. [Black's Law Dictionary, Revised Fourth Edition, 1968, p. 1176]
[John Adams, Letter to Jonathan Jackson, October 1780, referring to the Constitutional Convention which introduced the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780](“There is nothing I dread So much, as a Division of the Republick into two great Parties, each arranged under its Leader, and concerting Measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble Apprehension is to be dreaded as the greatest political Evil, under our Constitution. ” ~ John Adams (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President John Adams, Letter to Jonathan Jackson, October 1780, referring to the Constitutional Convention which introduced the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780)
They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men. ~ John Adams
“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.” ~ Samuel Adams (1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution."
“If every person has the right to defend -- even by force -- his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that a group of men have the right to organize and support a common force to protect these rights constantly. Thus the principle of collective right -- its reason for existing, its lawfulness -- is based on individual right. And the common force that protects this collective right cannot logically have any other purpose or any other mission than that for which it acts as a substitute. Thus, since an individual cannot lawfully use force against the person, liberty, or property of another individual, then the common force -- for the same reason -- cannot lawfully be used to destroy the person, liberty, or property of individuals or groups.” ~ Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) [Claude Frederic Bastiat] French economist, statesman, and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before -- and immediately following -- the French Revolution of February 1848 "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat (1848)
“Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Thus the beneficiaries are spared the shame and danger that their acts would otherwise involve... But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them and gives it to the other persons to whom it doesn't belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish that law without delay ... No legal plunder; this is the principle of justice, peace, order, stability, harmony and logic.” ~ Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) [Claude Frederic Bastiat] French economist, statesman, and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before -- and immediately following -- the French Revolution of February 1848 "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat, 1850
“Government should allow persons to engage in whatever conduct they want to, no matter how deviant or abnormal it may be, so long as (a) they know what they are doing, (b) they consent to it, and (c) no one -- at least no one other than the participants -- is harmed by it.” ~ Hugo Adam Bedau (1926-2012) Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University (Emeritus)
“The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of Rights were intended to curb all branches of the Federal Government in the fields touched by the amendments—Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.” ~ Justice Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice Adamson v. California, 332 U.S. 46, 71 (Dissent) (1947)
Famous Ramsey Clark Quote “A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.” ~ Ramsey Clark (1927-) US Attorney General (1967-69) New York Times, 2 October 1977
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. ~ Justice William O. Douglas
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom. ~ Justice William O. Douglas
If it be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would be, An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws. ~ Alexander Hamilton
Direct link to the CNN video segment: https://x.com/DailyCaller/status/1802684855496376813/
They really picked the worst clips of Trump supporters, ones which made them look stupid. Surely some people they interviewed from that crowd gave succinct, logical breakdowns of the difference between a Constitutional Republic and a Democracy!
Thanks for the clip. Nice.
Did anyone on CNN even graduate High School? Doesn't look like it...
DEI hire
They keep on waking up more of the people. And this is EXACTLY why they keep trying to remove the pledge of allegiance in our public schools.
LOL. Great.
They believe that by saying "an attack on our democracy" we will rally around them through Patriotism to defend their treasonous plans. It always used to work.
But the People have awakened. For the last 8 years Patriots have been correcting anyone on the net or in their lives that we do not live in a democracy but a Republic and why it is a Republic and not a democracy, and its taken hold. They think we are stupid. Underestimating your enemy is the quickest way to defeat. We are not stupid and we will prevail and see Justice done.
Yeah, loads of people waking.
I wandered into the online source territory for this idiotic assertion just to inform them of their errors, but it wasn't necessary. Plenty of others piled on and told them that we are actually a republic and not a democracy.
Nice.
Pretty sure the only ppl that pay atttention to CNN anymore are right wing journalists just so they can trash them in news articles. Aside from that, cNn can eff off.
Fact Chevk: The people who grant government power are conspiring to hamstring the MSM and Government and put things back the way the fathers intended.
You mean white hats.
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Maybe they don’t read cursive? Ooops already mentioned
They tend to forget that a republic protects smaller states from being over run by the popular vote (bigger states). States have control over federal government. A republic protects the states power.
I agree. You summarize it well.
A Republic is a type of democracy. It's a representative democracy. Saying that the US isn't a democracy because it's a Republic is like saying Pepsi isn't a soda, because it's a Pepsi.
It really is that simple. Democracy isn't just "mob rule".
A democracy is a system of government in which the people govern. It's different than a monarchy, where there is a single head of state that rules until death or abdication. There are different types of monarchies, such as a Sovereign Monarchy, where all power lies with the ruler. Saudi Arabia is a type of Sovereign Monarchy. It's also different from a dictatorship, which has a single ruler or a small group that rules, and has complete control over all decisions made for the country. North Korea under the Kims is an example of dictatorship. It's also different from a theocracy, where a religious leader holds control of the country and rules based on the religious ideals of the country. An example of a theocracy is Iran.
Remember that whole "of the people, for the people, by the people" saying about the US?
It could mean a direct democracy, or "mob rule", where people get equal votes. This would be like classical Athenian democracy.
It could be a a guided democracy, which have an authoritarian lean to them. The people are able to vote (mainly in order to legitimize the election of a ruler for the country), but most important decisions are made by the ruling class. Russia under Putin is an example of a guided democracy.
Or it could be a representative democracy, where the people elect representatives to vote and make governmental decisions for them. Such as governors, senators and those elected to the House of Representatives. This is the type of government the US has. A representative democracy. Also known as drumroll, a Republic.
All of this has formed over thousands of years, starting with ancient Greece and Plato's Republic. Entire college degrees are based on how different governments work. So, it's a bit more complicated than "durr hurr, the Pledge of Allegiance says we're a Republic, and that's all I know, so it's good enuf fur me!! Muh Republic!"
It's shit like this that gives us all the stigma of being uneducated yokels.
Pick up a book or two about the subject before running online and spreading this bullshit far and wide, please.
Or it could be a representative democracy, where the people elect representatives to vote and make governmental decisions for them. Such as governors, senators and those elected to the House of Representatives. This is the type of government the US has. A representative democracy. Also known as drumroll, a Republic.
Do you actually believe that's what we have?
Now do constitutional Republic
It's not an "either/or, all or nothing" thing. Yes, we're a constitutional Republic as well, because we have a Constitution. But that doesn't mean we aren't a representative democracy as well.
Anytime you talk about a Republic, you're also talking about democracy. Because a Republic is a type of democracy. There are many ways to describe our system of government. But no matter what, if you're talking about a Republic, you're also talking about a democracy. Because, yet again, a Republic is a type of democracy. No matter what type of Republic it is, the root of it is still a democracy.
Let's go back to the Pepsi analogy. Saying that a Republic isn't a democracy is like saying a Pepsi isn't a soda.
If you're talking about a Pepsi, you're also talking about soda. Because Pepsi is a type of soda.
It doesn't matter if you're talking about a Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Natural, Pepsi Zero, Pepsi Blue, Pepsi Vanilla, Pepsi Cola Wild Cherry, whatever else they have. They are ALL sodas.
You don't have to tell everyone that Pepsi is a soda every time you talk about it, because everyone already knows that. It doesn't matter if other people call it "pop", "soda", "cola", or COKE (if they're from the south). Unless they live under a rock, people should understand that Pepsi is still a soda.
All this "the US is a Republic, not a Democracy!" stuff starts up everytime liberals start whining about the Electoral College. They start complaining that everyone's vote should be the same, no matter what. What they are wanting is a form of direct democracy. But that's not what we have. We have a representative democracy. We elected people to represent us in government and make laws. That's one main reason we have the Electoral College, so that we don't have majority rule, or "mob rule". And liberals whine about that whenever a Republican wins the Electoral College, but not the popular vote.
And I think much of this "We're not a democracy, we're a Republic!" nonsense started as a backlash against all the liberals screaming and crying that "Trump is going to ruin/end democracy!!!. And I think some people think Democracy is equal to Democrats and Republic is equal to Republicans, because of the roots of the word, but of course that's not true.
I can't express how important it is that people understand the basics of how our government is run, and the basics of things like democracy vs monarchy, and theocracy and autocracy before they run around talking to normies (or anyone else, really) about it.
This is one of the main things we're ridiculed about, incessantly. It doesn't help with red-pilling people, if we don't understand the basics of what we're talking to them about. Why would they value our opinions or anything we tell them if they think we don't understand the basics of what we're talking about?
Seriously, go to your nearest library and ask a librarian to help you pick out some books on government and the history and philosophy of democracy.
For God's sake, don't just peck out "Is the US a Republic?" in your search engine and find some random site that says "yes", and then come back thinking you did some research on the subject. Because I swear, I think that's what many people here think research is. It's embarrassing.
Might want to take a look at Ancient Greek Democracy - where it actually started. Even the ancient beginning, you can see the democracy was different than what we have today.
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/ancient-greece-democracy
I'm not sure what you think you're telling me that would be news to me. I'm aware of where democracy began. I said so in one of my previous posts.
And I know that the form of democracy that was practiced in ancient Greece, called classical Athenian democracy, is different from what we have today. I also mentioned that in one of my previous posts.
I'm not sure if you're agreeing that the US is a democracy here or not. I'm also not sure if you understand that there are several forms of democracies.
Anyway, thank you for the link. Did you happen to read it? Here is a quote from it that might help those still struggling to understand:
No. I didn't see any of that. I will go check out. I was a democrat before and they have completely changed the system and I called them demonrats now.
You didn't see any of what? What I posted, or the article you linked?
The part about Canada and South Africa.
And the US...
Why did you link an article you didn't bother to read?
All you did by sharing that link was to support my argument. Do you realize that?
Edited to add:
This is exactly why I post the things I do. I'm trying to get people to improve the quality of their discussions/arguments when they're trying to redpill normies or they're trying to knock some liberal down a peg or two.
Imagine if I were a normie, having this same discussion. And you dropped in a link to an article that flat out says you are wrong and the normie was right. You've just lost any sort of respectability and credibility you had with them. Why would they bother listening to anything you say now?
Lots of Anons need to up their game when it comes to this stuff. A lot.
I read the article. Where did you see that I did not read the article.
The ancient democracy in Greece is different than where we are today. They do not vote in their representatives. They get a lottery system. It's more random chance (without cheating that is). And those representatives only get one term.
Where are we today with Schumer and Pelosi?
That's democracy back then.
We are not.