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by carimura·2y ago·view on hn ↗
Ira Glasser (led the ACLU during some very interesting times in the US):

"Democracy means a system of government where people vote for representatives and majority prevails. But liberty means that the majority doesn’t prevail about everything. And the Bill of Rights defines – it’s basically a list of limits on majoritarian rule. If you look at the way the Bill of Rights is written, it’s all phrased negatively."

[1] https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/so-speak-podcast-tran...

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Connect the dots for me: what does this have to do with this proposed legislation by members of the Canadian government?