Something else I tell them is that our Constitution does not give us any rights. When we are born we already have those rights. God given rights. What the Constitution says is that, in America, those rights are unalienable (cannot be taken away by anybody) and that anybody elected to a government position is a public servant. We are the public. They are our servants. They have to do what we tell them to do and they are supposed to take an oath of office agreeing that they understand these terms.
People in government are not "government officials". They are not in a position of authority. We are above them and their position of servitude is temporary. We lost sight of this along the way.
I do not pledge my allegiance to the flag which is merely a symbol of this ideal, but I pledge my allegiance to the Republic itself.
Being a non American, I do not have the depth of knowledge you have but I have learnt by being on this site who the USA is meant to 'work' and yet I seem to have more knowledge than a lot which is pretty sad.
The key term the left uses is 'our democracy'. They are admitting theirs is different to yours. They never get picked up on this, but they should. The simple question of what is 'your democracy' would expose them but the media covers for them and lets them lie.
Wow. Interesting take that I have never picked up on before myself. You make a great point.
The American 'Left' does not say "Democracy" they say "Our Democracy" that excludes any American who doesn't agree with them. They/them. The progenitors of Democracy in their mind.
When the left says democracy or our democracy, they just mean the democrat party. That's it.
The democrat party as we know it is under serious threat of extinction. Not democracy itself, which every dictionary defines as rule by the people through elected representatives (among other definitions)
Exactly!
I tell people this all the time.
Something else I tell them is that our Constitution does not give us any rights. When we are born we already have those rights. God given rights. What the Constitution says is that, in America, those rights are unalienable (cannot be taken away by anybody) and that anybody elected to a government position is a public servant. We are the public. They are our servants. They have to do what we tell them to do and they are supposed to take an oath of office agreeing that they understand these terms.
People in government are not "government officials". They are not in a position of authority. We are above them and their position of servitude is temporary. We lost sight of this along the way.
I do not pledge my allegiance to the flag which is merely a symbol of this ideal, but I pledge my allegiance to the Republic itself.
The Republic.
There is not and never has been a Democracy.
Being a non American, I do not have the depth of knowledge you have but I have learnt by being on this site who the USA is meant to 'work' and yet I seem to have more knowledge than a lot which is pretty sad.
The key term the left uses is 'our democracy'. They are admitting theirs is different to yours. They never get picked up on this, but they should. The simple question of what is 'your democracy' would expose them but the media covers for them and lets them lie.
Wow. Interesting take that I have never picked up on before myself. You make a great point.
The American 'Left' does not say "Democracy" they say "Our Democracy" that excludes any American who doesn't agree with them. They/them. The progenitors of Democracy in their mind.
When the left says democracy or our democracy, they just mean the democrat party. That's it.
The democrat party as we know it is under serious threat of extinction. Not democracy itself, which every dictionary defines as rule by the people through elected representatives (among other definitions)
Yep, the have a their own definition.
The 'democracy' that liberal/communists scream about is very clear. It Means DC., NY City, Cal. and MSM OWN and RULE OVER the entire US.
Democracy is communist dictatorship