Okay, if you feel that you make a judgment about my entire belief system based on my use of a common word which is commonly understood to mean what I intended to convey, I can't stop you.
However, you might be interested to learn that the meaning of words do change over time as they are commonly used. I hope that doesn't cause your head to explode.
"However, you might be interested to learn that the meaning of words do change over time as they are commonly used. I hope that doesn't cause your head to explode."
As far as democracy and republic are concerned that is pure bull crap!
The public "education" system might like it to be so but it isn't.