tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203081344028906101.post6054028783163957599..comments2024-03-23T09:53:42.844-03:00Comments on A Yankee at Large: CRISTINA’S 9D ROCK BASHDan Newlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808659212364459371noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203081344028906101.post-13740089859497949532013-01-04T19:51:25.225-03:002013-01-04T19:51:25.225-03:00Unfortunately, "liberal" is used as an i...Unfortunately, "liberal" is used as an insult by people who think this way. You would be surprised to learn how many simply do not know Hitler came to power through the electoral back door.<br />You are absolutely right that accountability is the key.rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16268785718790498464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203081344028906101.post-61960003684975475412012-12-31T19:34:22.889-03:002012-12-31T19:34:22.889-03:00Well, if they labeled you that, Rab, they got it w...Well, if they labeled you that, Rab, they got it wrong, because that's a phrase spoken like a true liberal. And I couldn't agree more. The idea that once elected a government can do whatever it pleases and answer to no one because it has majority backing provides an open door to the tyranny autocracy or the ruthless rigors of totalitarianism. <br /> Dan Newlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808659212364459371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203081344028906101.post-88478641829501940122012-12-31T19:19:11.451-03:002012-12-31T19:19:11.451-03:00I am working my way back through your blog, having...I am working my way back through your blog, having just found it yesterday.<br />Recently, I found myself trying to explain "democracy" to a young man in his twenties. I asked him: what do think democracy means?, which he promptly answered by "the rule of the majority". To which I added: "only with the consent of the minority and the limits of that consent are spelled out in the Bill of Rights".<br />I am afraid all I got for my efforts was a label of "reactionary" but it serves to illustrate how hard it is to communicate. Nobody questions the value of democracy, but clearly we mean different things by it.rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16268785718790498464noreply@blogger.com