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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
So Textcritic's view is essentially that nobody who disagrees with him deserves a say, and powderjunkie's view is essentially that anyone who disagrees with him is ignorant.
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It’s a matter of practicality. The nature of a representative democracy is that we don’t always agree with our elected representatives. If you want to live in a direct democracy you can always go live in Switzerland. I doubt even they hold referenda on statue removal though.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Incidentally, powder, the reason why they did it this way is because it takes orders of magnitude more effort to reverse a bad decision than it takes to make it in the first place. To promise public consultation after executing a fait accompli rather than before making any decisions is disingenuous and underscores this as being nothing more than moral grandstanding.
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This is pretty melodramatic. I don’t think that’s the reason or even the correct timeline. Can you post the Victoria mayor’s statement and show examples of moral grandstanding?