No, that's not right Fuzzy - there is at least one govt on earth
that doesn't have that power - ours. That is the entire point of our system of checks and balances, the BOR, all sorts of things to ensure against a "tyranny of the majority".
And in fact as a general statement, the "people" don't generally choose to empower the Hitlers and Stalins of the world. Hitler was elected, but the people were duped into making him dictator with a staged fire and scapegoating. Generally, the evil fascist racist dictators of the world are evil strongmen, and the people don't have a choice.
But in this country, whether there really is a majority in support of rolling back some right or another or they are just being tricked, the Constitution stands in the way.
I'm sorry if I am coming across preachy, but this is at the core of a lot of the arguments in favor of allowing all kinds of objectionable speech, and also why allowing free speech is among the best protections against the evils of the people speaking.
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Posted: 09/21/2017 at 1:51PM