Zach Williams

@GATechEcon grad. Longer tables, not higher walls. Pro Oxford comma, Atlanta sports, USA. 🇺🇸

[Zach Williams @zwilliams0]

@aimeeisthebest @JohnFugelsang @MattWalshBlog There is debate over whether the death penalty should be the law of the land, not whether the law of the land should be followed. Your response is either a non sequitur or implies that questioning the death penalty somehow violates a teaching of Jesus.

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@MadMadMadWorld_ @aimeeisthebest @JohnFugelsang @MattWalshBlog Mike, should they have slowly tortured her to death? They could have physically and psychologically tortured her for decades. With blades and hammers and such. Should they have done so?

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@Benaskren Ben... what the fuck

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@FreebieJms @CodfishJohnny Stop crying

[Zach Williams @zwilliams0]

@FreebieJms @CodfishJohnny Pitiful refutation. It's unfortunate you care so much you felt compelled to respond but are too retarded to do so compellingly.

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@JAlballero @jamestalarico Josh if you can't compose something this simple without using AI just get "I'm retarded" tattooed on your forehead

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@Ericrse37986 Thank god for these patriots

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston No, calling a system of government a democracy does not imply that it is a direct democracy. That's like saying that calling a square a polygon is implying that it's a triangle. I don't know why you would think that. Direct democracy is irrelevant to this discussion.

[Zach Williams @zwilliams0]

@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston I don't think a square and a triangle "must be the same." The distinction is the point.

The US is a representative democracy. The US is *not* a direct democracy. The distinction is the point.

Both representative democracies and direct democracies are democracies.

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston Representative democracy and direct democracy aren't mutually exclusive systems of government? How are they not? The screenshot you just shared contends that they're mutually exclusive. I'm not entirely sure you understand what some of these words mean.

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston "Representative democracy" and "direct democracy" are mutually exclusive subsets of "democracy" like "square" and "triangle" are mutually exclusive subsets of "polygon" which is, itself, a well-defined, meaningful concept. The US is not a direct democracy, but it is a democracy.

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston I'm not ignoring it. The US is a constitutional republic. It's also a democracy, as the AI is explicitly telling you.

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston The electoral college is determined by a majority vote of electors, bud. The idea that "majority" means a majority of the entire electorate is just a misunderstanding on your part.

Post your AI conversation in full because I know it has thoroughly explained all of this to you.

[Zach Williams @zwilliams0]

@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston "Representative democracy" and "direct democracy" are mutually exclusive subsets of "democracy" like "square" and "triangle" are mutually exclusive subsets of "polygon" which is, itself, a well-defined, meaningful concept. The US is a democracy like a square is a polygon.

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston Do the people not elect representatives to make decisions, policies, laws, etc? Is supreme power not vested in the people and exercised indirectly through a system of representation involving periodic free elections? Did you read this before posting it?

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston This is sad. If you can't (and we all know you can't) cite an existing definition of "democracy" (not "direct democracy" or "pure democracy") that excludes the US, you should stop responding.

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston This is sad. If you can't (and we all know you can't) cite an existing definition of "democracy" (not "direct democracy" or "pure democracy") that excludes the US, you should stop responding.

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston You can't do it? You can't cite any existing definition of democracy that excludes the US?

Our system of government is a democracy (and a republic). It is democratic. You should stop claiming otherwise because it makes you look retarded.

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@Justintime_42 @LuukeJohnston Welcome to politics. Is this your first day? "Democracy" and "constitutional republic" are not mutually exclusive. Do you know what "mutually exclusive" means?

Cite (produce here) an existing definition of democracy that excludes the United States or admit that you're retarded.