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		Redoubts 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Maine is about to become the first state to ban ma... We have rights and representative republics to restrain the will of the people for a reason.

eudamoniac 24 days ago [–]

The representatives proposed the legislation, and the people want this. This is democracy working as intended regardless of your preferred flavor.

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