You Think That, Do You?

Hello My Dear Friends! There's a new "campaign" afoot, calling themselves "Democracy Spring". It's not so clever spin on the "Arab Spring" which, as you know, ended in disaster. Hundreds of protesters marched from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. to stage a sit-in at the capitol. About 400 of them were promptly arrested because, in their quest to change the laws, they forgot about the law against illegal assembly. That aside, I watched in amusement as speaker after speaker educated the crowd about how this Democracy should work. What amused me most is the fact that none of them seemed to know that we don't live in a Democracy. The United States of America, last time I checked, is a Republic, not a Democracy. The difference? A little thing called the Constitution. Apparently they don't teach this in school anymore so indulge me. In a Democracy, like India, majority rules, period. There are no individual protections. This is never good for the minority. American is a Republic, governed by the rule of law. Both forms of government use a representational system where citizens elect politicians to represent them. However, in a Republic the constitution protects individual rights that can not be taken away by the government. In a Democracy the majority can impose it's will on the minority. One way to look at it is: A Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what's for lunch. A Republic is two wolves deciding what's for lunch and a well armed lamb contesting that decision. Anyway, my point is, before you demand a change in government you should probably find out what type of government you actually have!
Now, from Democracy to Hypocrisy! On Saturday at the Inner Circle, which is a media roast of politicians, NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Hillary Clinton closed the show with a little skit. In the skit, Hillary says to DeBlasio, "You could've endorsed me a little sooner Bill" to which DeBlasio replies, "Sorry Hillary, I was running on C.P. time". A reference to the incredibly racist "colored people time" implying chronic lateness. After some awkward laughter they went on to say "cautious politician time". Everyone had a good laugh and that was the end of it. Can you even imagine what would have happened if that same exact skit was performed by Donald Trump? Once again proving it's not what you say, it's who says what.
Finally, let me address these "bathroom" laws that have passed in North Carolina and Tennessee and are pending in South Carolina and other states. Supporters are hiding behind a "religious freedom" smokescreen. That's nonsense. I can't even fathom what religion and urination have in common. They're spouting off about predators posing as transgendered people, sneaking into bathrooms to accost little girls. Seriously? Unisex bathrooms are a necessity for many reasons with transgendered people being a small part. Mothers with young sons or fathers with young daughters need a place to go. It's far more unsafe to send a small child alone into a public bathroom than it is for their opposite sex parent to be in said bathroom. Also, there are elderly people who need assistance. If an elderly couple is out and the one who needs assistance has to go, what are they supposed to do? If not for unisex bathrooms they would have no where to turn. But the haters don't care about these folks. They're focused on persecuting people they simply don't understand. So, in their infinite ignorance, they pass laws that punish and discriminate. Let's face it people. You can call it religious freedom or gender protection but you're not fooling anyone. It wasn't about the water fountains in the 50s and it's not about the bathrooms today. It's about ignorance and hate. Stop hiding behind manufactured fears, reasons and causes. If you want to be a hater, just stand up and be one.
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