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Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-two-of-three-wives-agree dept.

0ryan0 writes "Utah lawmakers passed a bill today to force public school teachers to teach that the USA is a republic, not a democracy, because a 'Democracy' would have 'Democrat' in it." The good news must be that all issues of unemployment, finance and social service must be resolved in Utah for their legislature to spend time on this. It must be a utopia!

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  1. Re:Technically... by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 1, Troll

    The ignorance displayed in this story is astounding. One, you're arguing that the morphing has not occurred, when immediately afterwards, you argue that there was an original meaning (which requires a later meaning). Two, no one but historians and paleolinguists care what the meaning of a word 3000 years ago was. The discussion is what a democracy means right now, and any fucking dictionary will tell you that. Have you opened one recently?

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