Music Banter - democracy part 2

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wow man roxy is a stone cold patriot.

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah (Post 1514087)

Goddamnit we live in a constitutional republic! With overtones of democracy.
Just to be sure we are talking about the Us right?! .....God's country ;)

And heavy undertones of socialism for the rich.

Majority rules motha****a. ...

i mean i think america is pretty good i'm not gonna knock it but i think i could do better than the founding fathers

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah (Post 1514102)

Now I am just gonna throw this out here because I really feel like it needs to be said. Why on earth are "we the people," so complacent? We put these people in power, we can uhhh like take it away. I am not trying to be blase about it either. I am just pointing out that the government belongs to us. And the government that governs less governs the best. Now we have gotten so, far away right from what was initially established 200 years ago. The framers of this country set up an iron clad guideline of what the government can and can not do to, or do for, the people. The problem is simply the government wants you to believe they have more power then the actually do. Simply put If you don't like what they are doing, to you, for you etc. GO TAKE BACK WHAT BELONGS TO YOU. And give it to those you feel could do better. But that gets into social initeria, and easier said then done. But it first requires that the mind set and mentality change.

I am sorry I get very patriotic at times.

Ah how I wish you wouldn't share our pillow talk with the world.

The problem with what you are saying is everybody is not included in "we the people" which is the point I am trying to make.

Your post is ideal.... but is not reality.

When I refer to this term, "We the people" I am mainly referring to African Americans/minorities specifically because my people and other ethnic groups are not treated the same as whites. We are not treated as an equal which that term "We the people" is suppose to represent.

Once again, this is not anything new but the latest devastating murders of two young black men by the hands of our own law system shows the true colors of America quite perfectly.

The truth is... we all are not included in "the people" of America because we as in black people and minorities were never represented in that group the fore fathers created.

With that being said,
You can't take back something that was never given to you in the first place.

i agree with you about some of the racial issues this country has but you seem like anytime there's a questionable case where a black guy is accused you take his side just cause he's black and you assume that white people are judging him based on that (which a lot of white people do, but a lot don't as well) and its like even in the face of obvious reasoning you'll stick with he's innocent just cause he's black. like the kind that would think that OJ really was innocent back in the 90's. i think honestly it limits your perspective cause it seems like you relate every topic back to your race. it's like getting caught up on just one aspect of things and that's all you know or care about.

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth (Post 1514930)

I am not taking any sides and if you agreed with my point than this post is quite pointless.

Black people are not treated equally as whites which you agreed with.

lol i am not addressing your one post in a vacuum. i've read more than one of your posts and some of your opinions i agree with but i think you go overboard with it and like i said there's more than one issue in the world which is what you seem to be missing out on.

your bill cosby post just proved my bolded point for me but i mentioned it in this thread because even though the thread topic is a hypothetical question about the merits of democracy you still found a way to make it about racism.

What does my Bill Cosby post prove?

I could see your assumption if he was found guilty of a crime but he has not. So its absurd to imply that he is a criminal without any evidence.

I never said that it was never a possibility but I think it is unfair the way he is being treated in the media.

oj wasn't found guilty either. casey anthony either. some times you just have to use common sense tbh.