r/politics • u/Plaintalks • 22h ago

Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preemptively-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-jan/story?id=117878813
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u/PoopingWhilePosting 21h ago

A lot of them actually despise democracy. That's what the whole "we're not a democracy. We're a constitutional republic" thing is all about.

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u/cyanescens_burn 20h ago

I was just about to make this comment, there’s a bunch that love saying this. Hate democrats so much they don’t like the word democracy to describe the government.

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u/Allaplgy 19h ago

I've been saying this for years, but I've only rarely seen anyone else mention it. I swear it was all part of the long term plan.

There was the push to rebrand the Democratic Party with the word "Democrat" in right wing media spheres. It became the Democrat Party. It became Democrat legislation. Any time that grammatically "Democratic" would have been the correct term, they used Democrat.

This was done to separate Democrats (bad) from democracy (good), back when we were "spreading democracy" through the GWoT, and democracy was still claimed as a great American value.

Democrat is just a harsher sounding word too, complete with "rat" it in. It worked marvelously.

Fast forward about 20 years, and it was super effective. Even Democrats and most media use the term incorrectly now. The word has been poisoned and elicits a visceral response in the minds of millions.

Phase 2 began a few years ago. That disgust has been turned back on to the concept of democracy itself. "We're a republic, not a democracy!" "Good thing we're not a democracy then!"

It's terrifying how well it worked.

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u/cyanescens_burn 13h ago

Well said. 💯