Straw man argument. It seems disingenuous to immediately bring up some of the most extreme and heinous behavior from our national history, in a discussion about

Straw man argument. It seems disingenuous to immediately bring up some of the most extreme and heinous behavior from our national history, in a discussion about time shifts. The actions of legislators are not, in a practical sense, directly representative of the citizenry. Sure, some things end up going to popular vote, but some things are just proposed and passed with zero citizen input.