Staff Reports
The liberal media, much like their echo chamber of supporters, have turned a nasty habit into a spectacle—the ingrained obsession with explaining things to people they deem educationally inferior. It’s not that they are out of touch; it’s just that everyone who disagrees with them is wrong. The pervasive condescension that has infected liberal circles is baffling and relentless. They can’t stand differing opinions, even when those opinions are perfectly valid. In America, one has the right to be wrong, yet liberals feel it is their duty to correct everyone, making them insufferable killjoys who have lost grasp on reality completely. This has now reached a point where intentional trolling is often mistaken for intellectual discourse.
CNN decided it would be a fantastic idea to spend an entire segment debunking the so-called “conspiracy theory” that the United States is a constitutional republic. Newsflash: it’s not a conspiracy theory; it’s a historical fact. The difference between democracy and republicanism is well established. While the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, it’s an intellectual misdemeanor to do so. Of course, the liberal media attempting a history lesson is more comedic than educational, especially considering their ongoing struggle to grasp historical concepts. It’s even funnier to see a liberal journalist being anointed as the ultimate authority on democratic systems during this spectacle.
CNN Steps on a Rake With This Segment About Trump Supporters https://t.co/LiqgfngLri
— JohnnyGuitar (@JohnPalumb60539) June 18, 2024
The hilarity peaked when CNN aired a five-minute segment essentially conceding that Trump voters have a better understanding of the United States’ governmental structure than CNN does. Interviewees correctly emphasized that the U.S. is a republic, not a democracy. But, in typical CNN fashion, the network spun this straightforward explanation into an existential threat against democracy itself. This isn’t a debate about government structures; it’s CNN’s desperate attempt to paint a rational observation as an anti-democratic assault.
And yet, we are, indeed, a constitutional republic. Yes, it incorporates democratic principles but calling it a pure “democracy” is misleading, if not outright negligent. The critical point of the Constitution is to impose checks on raw democratic impulses. The Founders inserted this safety net precisely to prevent the tyranny of the majority, a nightmarish scenario they feared. They equipped the system with numerous mechanisms to create a deliberate, well-considered governance process that prioritizes stability over rapid and reckless action.
The segment’s closing line, absurdly asserting that a constitutional republic is merely a form of democracy, reveals CNN’s confusion. Democratic elements do exist, but we are not ancient Athens with its pure direct democracy—our Founders abhorred that idea. The Constitution was painstakingly designed to thwart such tyrannical majorities. The goal was to slow down massive, sweeping changes and to ensure a balance that protects individual rights over mob rule. Liberals’ aggressive push to dismantle the Constitution’s safeguards, such as wanting to abolish the Electoral College or neuter the Supreme Court, are attempts to bend institutions to their will, all under the guise of “progressivism.”
What’s crystal clear is that this obsession with shoehorning America into their utopian fantasy has blinded liberal media and their followers. They ignore foundational principles to push a dogma of majority rule, which, funnily enough, seems not so different from extremist ideologies that they frequently denounce. The real threat to democracy may not be the misinformed voters they disdain but the ideologues masquerading as journalists, frantically rewriting history and eroding constitutional truths. Republicans can see through this smoke and mirrors act, maintaining a steadier grasp on the reality of America’s foundational structures.
