http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/25/free-speech-eh/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/25/free-speech-eh/comment-page-1/#comment-285159 Bill Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:48:19 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6375#comment-285159 I don't think moderation is a "glory" of democracy. In fact, the founding fathers were very concerned about the risk of extremism posed by democracy. Thus, a republican form of government. This may seem pedantic, but in the long run it is dangerous to attribute all the good stuff to "democracy" when too much reverance for democracy could, likely would, lead to extremism and tyranny. Just sayin'. I don’t think moderation is a “glory” of democracy. In fact, the founding fathers were very concerned about the risk of extremism posed by democracy. Thus, a republican form of government.
This may seem pedantic, but in the long run it is dangerous to attribute all the good stuff to “democracy” when too much reverance for democracy could, likely would, lead to extremism and tyranny.
Just sayin’.

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