Who needs civility?

I read with interest the essay ‘Nation’s canary’ by two people who ask, “Democracy believes in us; do we believe in ourselves?” Democracy doesn’t believe in anything. Never has, never will. Anyway, the form of government here is a constitutional democratic republic. Pure democracy as a form of government would be impossible to implement in a country the size of the USA.

The two spew such tripe as, “each citizen [is] a cornerstone of democracy.” Many citizens can’t vote or don’t vote, or don’t care and the “democracy” is doing just fine. The true cornerstone of a democratic republic is the rule of law. If there is no law, there can be no democratic republic.

They claim a sign of a weakening “democracy” is that the second-leading cause of death for 10- to 14-year-olds is suicide. This is a specious argument because there is no causal or logical link between the two. The increase in suicides may be more likely due to a disordered society that promotes the woke and transgender agendas.

The pair makes the claim of increased authoritarian governments is a sign of a weakening “democracy.” In the USA, the Congress writes laws that give the executive branch broad power to regulate with carte blanche authority. The legislative branch willingly cedes power to the executive; that is the cause of authoritarianism.

The fearmongers also claim a “democracy“depends on civility, respect, dignity, and hope. They conveniently don’t enumerate the God-given rights in the Constitution or Declaration of Independence. “Democracy” doesn’t require anyone to respect the pronouns of attention-seeking undignified snowflakes, and the sooner the uncivil woke and transgender agendas are ended, the sooner the canary will breathe easy.

JOSEPH GRAHAM BARSOCCHI

Sherwood