If you punish speech that isn't causing an immediate threat to life and limb you're not a democracy. It doesn't matter how you government is structured or what your other laws say.
That is literally the hallmark of an oppressive regime.
I'm not seeing the inconsistency. Why couldn't a democracy be an oppressive regime? All democracy means is everyone gets to vote. I don't even think we've reached the true depths of democratic tyranny yet.
If you punish speech that isn't causing an immediate threat to life and limb you're not a democracy. It doesn't matter how you government is structured or what your other laws say.
That is literally the hallmark of an oppressive regime.
I'm not seeing the inconsistency. Why couldn't a democracy be an oppressive regime? All democracy means is everyone gets to vote. I don't even think we've reached the true depths of democratic tyranny yet.
Cue that saying about democracy being two wolves and a sheep voting about what to have for dinner.
"Gang rape is a democratic process."
Damn, that's apt.