I'm not pro democracy, I am pro freedom. If democracy erodes freedom than it's not something to celebrate.

Of course many people use the term 'democracy' interchangeably with freedom in good faith. But many people don't. To them, majoritarianism (you know, now that it's convenient) is what matters because it's another way to gain more power.

There is great value in self-determination, but if progressives destroy local control, grow centralized national government, and ignore individual rights, then the minority is stripped of control over their own lives.

David Harsanyi “Local control?” Don’t you mean state level? Because Republicans have never had any compunction over-riding counties and cities that enact local measures.

@gwshel David Harsanyi 'All government power should be held at exactly the level that agrees with me most' -Republicans, probably