“Democratic” republic? Not in the Constitution. Hast thou been in California too long?
Attacking people’s beliefs for no reason and having no context for them is the nonsequitur.
I didn’t say a democracy, and I didn’t capitalize Democratic, and specifically said “republic”. A democratic republic is one where the officials are chosen by the people. The alternative is a non-democratic republic, eg. the USSR. Justice Scalia also refers to our system of government in the same way when he makes his point that the court’s ruling takes the issue out of the political process as being non-democratic.
And I never “attacked” anyone’s beliefs.