In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city became the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council. They viewed the power shift and diversity as a meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign. This week many of those same residents watched in dismay as a now fully Muslim and socially conservative city council passed legislation banning Pride flags from being flown on city property that had – like many others being flown around the country – been intended to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

  • Nesuniken@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Constitutional republics are just a type of democracy, and the US is already both. What distinction are you trying to draw?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah but aren’t they one that specifically is about the protection of rights decided by a super majority and not much else?