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That is a little harsh. Good that democracy is about respecting the opinions of other people.

• unethical_ban 2y ago
  No one criticized democracy, and it's not an attack on democracy to hold people with bad opinions in low regard.
  • f1shy 2y ago
    That low regard in the history has change to hate, persecution and qualified vote, to mention a few. Specially when not saying “they are wrong” but “they are incapable of thinking”. So per se both a bad thing, but I personally regard such expressions as dangerous for the long term democracy
    • unethical_ban 2y ago
      I respect your opinion, and agree that democracy is critical. "Democracy is the worst system, other than the rest". Ideally we would have an LSAT-like exam as a qualifier to vote, but any kind of testing to be allowed to vote would be manipulated eventually by corrupt administrations. Therefore, the only remedy to an ignorant society's decisionmaking is quality public education and broad suffrage.
• gambiting 2y ago
  No, democracy isn't about that. It's about respecting other people's choice - which I do. It's the old "I will defend your right to have an opinion, but I reserve the right to call this opinion stupid". I respect the Brexit vote - I still think anyone who voted for it is missing brain cells in critical parts of their brain - these two things aren't mutually exclusive.
  • f1shy 2y ago
    Actually, you are right. And even when I do think that the EU has many good and also many many bad things, I think is good all in all. My choice is still no to insult people who think differently, in a such complicated not-white-black topic.