Protestantism

» Brian Tubbs - Founding Fathers and Mobs

In response to Answering Pink posted by pink101:

Pink, history has often been used to support different positions. Your implication that this is unique to conservative politics is outlandish.

The truth is that the CONSENSUS which emerged from the American Revolution is that the people should govern THROUGH their elected leaders and ACCORDING to the Rule of Law.

I can prove that consensus with two words: ELECTORAL COLLEGE. It's there as a filter - to regulate our democratic system. To balance the will of the people en masse with the will of the states.

But it's not the only one. We are a REPUBLIC. Not a direct democracy. Granted, New England has a tradition of town meetings and more direct democracy. But that is NOT the direction that the United States went overall. We are a REPUBLIC!

And our Founders warned against mob rule. You are basically holding up mob rule and mob violence as a badge of honor. The Founding Fathers would NOT agree with you.

One common tavern toast during the Revolution was "Freedom from mobs as well as Freedom from Kings."