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To: ShadowAce

Don’t be so pedantic. Republics and democracies both have the same problem this guy is discussing. If you pretend he is saying “republic” it will mean the same thing.

In this particular case, he is using the term “democracy” to refer to all Western countries—not just the US.


Words mean things - democracy and republic are NOT interchangeable. Falling for the leftist meme is what they want ... pedantic, by the way, does not apply to the correct use of a term.

When someone cannot use the correct language to describe a situation, then they are being deceptive, deliberately or in ignorance. Like saying centimeters when you need to use inches - both are measures of distance so what’s the harm?


38 posted on 12/17/2018 12:27:57 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF
Words mean things - democracy and republic are NOT interchangeable.

So tell me--which word would you use to describe all the governments of the "West?" There are republics, parliamentaries, and I don't know how you'd describe Italy's gov't.

He used one word to generally describe "the West" and it is used by most people to cover all of those--even if it is not *technically* the correct term for any of them.

41 posted on 12/17/2018 2:14:25 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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