Seriously. Every time you say that "this is against democracy, you can't do that", their response is "America is a republic". Why do they think that they are mutually exclusive? Actually why do they think that they are even related?
Why do Americans think that "republic" and "democracy" are mutually exclusive?
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^ In the world where 'republic' denotes representative government
*looks around*
Oh, look that's this world
(and this isn't even my definition. there's a libralbro running around here who swears this is the definition of republic, so if you want to argue about it, go find him and y'all hash it out).