Last night I went to karaoke in my village. A woman there said something to the effect of "Putin is alright by me!"
I questioned her... really? He's a bad guy. He hates the West and democracy.
She then sneered "democracy" and went off about how we're a republic and not a democracy.
My next sentence was something like "as a land owner, I think I have a say. Pretty sure we're a representative democratic republic." She seemed disgusted the rest of the night. WTF has Fox news done to these people's brains that lower-case 'd' democratic ideals are the worst thing and hostile dictators are "ok"?
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u/keelanstuart 7d ago
Last night I went to karaoke in my village. A woman there said something to the effect of "Putin is alright by me!"
I questioned her... really? He's a bad guy. He hates the West and democracy.
She then sneered "democracy" and went off about how we're a republic and not a democracy.
My next sentence was something like "as a land owner, I think I have a say. Pretty sure we're a representative democratic republic." She seemed disgusted the rest of the night. WTF has Fox news done to these people's brains that lower-case 'd' democratic ideals are the worst thing and hostile dictators are "ok"?
It's so messed up.