Rather dumb question?
So a few points to consider:
1) Eddie (and others) are using dissent as a tacit approval of violence, in so many words. This infers that "you should expect violence" if someone is angry about a decision you have made. I submit that this stance is morally bankrupt.
2) The "majority" of people were also against women's suffrage and integration/civil rights reform. This concept is known as the Tyranny of the Majority.
Tyranny of the majority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is incumbent upon the collective of our elected officials to vote their conscience and be true to their moral compass. It is a fallacy to assume that because 51% of the people in their district favor or oppose something, they are obligated to vote in that direction.
I'd be interested to hear why you disagree with this concept.
First I do not condone violence.BUT When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
They should fear the people when they do not represent them.That is the founding principal of our government.The reason we are a nation is that we had no representation.You are saying that is ok,i disagree.
I do not buy the Tyrant of the majority argument.THEY have the majority,and that is why there where enough votes.Not representing those who elected you is the opposite of what you are talking about in this situation. Here you have a majority,ignoring a majority.That has nothing to do with the concept of the "tyrant of the majority".We do not have a direct democracy either,which is where this problem largely occurs.The minority are better represented in our form of republic because we have the House and Senate. Concurrent majority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So to me the problem is through using reconciliation they have bypassed the protections of the concurrent majority and passed a bill that is most likely unconstitutional.It was the only way they could pass the bill,and that is why so many are so angry.
Here, Maxine sums up the health care bill:
Let me get this straight. We’re going to be gifted with a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it but exempts themselves from it, to be signed by a president who also hasn’t read, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes, to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that’s broke.