Yanno, one of the things I find myself chuckling about as we watch the Syria fiasco unfold... is the role reversals.
Even some of my staunch "We are a Republic, not a democracy!" friends are all "You must follow the will of the people!" I.e., bend like a reed in the storm of public opinion polling. And not a few of the "You must utterly submit to the will of the 51%!" are now all, "Hey, we elected you to be a *leader* - so firm up, and lead, damn you! Ignore the sheep and fight!"
But the Right/Left divide in that group is not as clear as it usually is.
Heh.
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2013/09/passing_observa.html
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Sep 05 2013, 06:46 AM
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