Christy D
@tickettopride.bsky.social
Proud mom of 4, evangelical/exvangelical(? it's complicated), urban planner and municipal advisor, local activist, LOTR and board game nerd, Wisconsin farm girl
Between a republic and a democracy?
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Between a republic and a democracy?
not a democracy. That kind of argument is making a comeback as well. Heard it from my local school board a few months ago.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
not a democracy. That kind of argument is making a comeback as well. Heard it from my local school board a few months ago.
not on unjust systems. I think that kind of thinking still clouds thinking/ is leaned on to avoid responsibility for unjust systems.
2. I recently learned about a 1955 pro-segregation by Herman Talmadge, ‘You and Segregation’ in which he makes the argument that the US is a republic 2/
2. I recently learned about a 1955 pro-segregation by Herman Talmadge, ‘You and Segregation’ in which he makes the argument that the US is a republic 2/
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
not on unjust systems. I think that kind of thinking still clouds thinking/ is leaned on to avoid responsibility for unjust systems.
2. I recently learned about a 1955 pro-segregation by Herman Talmadge, ‘You and Segregation’ in which he makes the argument that the US is a republic 2/
2. I recently learned about a 1955 pro-segregation by Herman Talmadge, ‘You and Segregation’ in which he makes the argument that the US is a republic 2/
Two other parallel things I’ve been thinking about.
1. The Southern Baptist convention was formed because slaveholding Christians wanted a theology that supported their slaveholding. Robert P. Jones does a great job of explaining how that led to focusing almost entirely on the individual and 1/
1. The Southern Baptist convention was formed because slaveholding Christians wanted a theology that supported their slaveholding. Robert P. Jones does a great job of explaining how that led to focusing almost entirely on the individual and 1/
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Two other parallel things I’ve been thinking about.
1. The Southern Baptist convention was formed because slaveholding Christians wanted a theology that supported their slaveholding. Robert P. Jones does a great job of explaining how that led to focusing almost entirely on the individual and 1/
1. The Southern Baptist convention was formed because slaveholding Christians wanted a theology that supported their slaveholding. Robert P. Jones does a great job of explaining how that led to focusing almost entirely on the individual and 1/
I recently learned about Talmadge’s 1955 pro-segregation book, ‘You and Segregation’. On page 17 he makes the argument that the US is a republic, not a democracy. That was another common subject of newspaper articles and opinion pieces from that era that is making a comeback today.
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I recently learned about Talmadge’s 1955 pro-segregation book, ‘You and Segregation’. On page 17 he makes the argument that the US is a republic, not a democracy. That was another common subject of newspaper articles and opinion pieces from that era that is making a comeback today.
I go to the Y and see how much I can lift and how far I can run.
December 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I go to the Y and see how much I can lift and how far I can run.
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