Muslim PA state rep who was offended by Christian prayer is charged with stealing

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That's what seperates America and the rest of the Western democracies from dictatorships and autocracies. I'd prefer we keep it that way.

America is not a democracy. When are we going to get that fundamental fact straight?

Words matter. Noah Webster spent 28 years compiling the landmark 1828 American Dictionary and in his writings and correspondence took a contemporary to task for calling this country a "democracy" and not distinct from rot of Europe that precipitated the whole experiment.

He felt that demagogues would use and twist language to subvert freedom and morals -- hence the need for a distinctly American dictionary.

Democrats can't seem to bring themselves to support the idea of a "Republic" and the resulting linchpin of the Electoral College.

Words matter.