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Originally Posted by alansmithee
I would like to give my personal thanks for yet another of your constructive, well-thought out posts. Keep up the good work!
The issue wasn't my personal opinion, but people who complain about Bush's supposed anti-democratic actions and then turn around and argue against democracy when Bush comes out in favor of it.
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So the issue was ...
other people's opinions ... and not
your opinion.
Naturally.
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Since we're all defining "democracy" as whatever we personally feel it is, it is quite easy for me to "prove" that Bush is anti-democracy. He's lobbied for discrimination against gays - this is anti-democracy. He's lobbied for a useless social security reform - this is anti-democracy. He's started a useless war - this is anti-democracy. He's lobbied for and implemented increased surveilance of American citizens - this is anti-democracy. He's defended business at the expense of the environment - this is anti-democracy. He is the epitome of how cronyism has destroyed any remote semblance of democracy in the U.S. He's manipulated political discourse to polarize it to such a degree that when he says "democracy" 50%+ of the people ACTUALLY think he means democracy.
I could easily go on.
So, if we're not going to agree, or even begin to discuss, what democracy is and whether Bush is doing anything with it internationally, not a single one of you can demonstrate that Bush, and therefore American gov't, is not categorically in opposition to it.
We might as well just start making up words and arguing about what they mean.