"I think most Americans know the United States isnt a democracy"

Why did the Senate just vote on BBB if we are not a democracy?

Dude.

"three-quarters of Americans say democracy is under serious threat"

Congratulations, Republicans.
You Built That!

"No, we are a constitutional republic, with democratic traditions at the local level."

No?

How are you this wrong about such basic stuff?

But take away the No, and your stuck-up bitch attitude, and you're just about right.

We have democracy at the Local, State, and Federal level.

More to the point, being a Republic does not exclude being a Democracy. It's not an either-or. We are in fact both a Republic and a Democracy.

Is your brain really too small to accept these not even barely nuanced details?

"I cant talk to someone who doesnt understand that we are NOT a democracy at the federal level, we send REPRESENTATIVES to vote for us."

Now, you're on to something here, but you're just not broad enough in your understanding of what "democracy" means.

What we have is called "representative democracy." It's still democracy. Democracy has five definitions in the ol' dictionary. Maybe y'all oughta invest in one.

So Boaz it really does sound like you actually reject all of those definitions of Democracy.

But I think this is different than splitting hairs.
Instead, you have chosen to stand on principle.

There's something about democracy which you don't like.
So you don't want to acknowledge we are a representative democracy.