10-20-2004, 04:53 PM
CIdien and Mantis, you're both morons!
First of all, I AM a political science major in college and i'm already a Junior
Second, minority isn't refering to black people. It's refering to those not in the majority. An example would be the federalists vs anti-federalists. Should one get in power, they could use popular tyranny to destroy the other group by enacting laws that directly hurt the other. The founding fathers were happy that some sort of group with a specfic interest would be excluded from participation or whatnot due to this tyrannical furvor that a majority can hold. It's also known as mob mentality.
First of all, I AM a political science major in college and i'm already a Junior
Second, minority isn't refering to black people. It's refering to those not in the majority. An example would be the federalists vs anti-federalists. Should one get in power, they could use popular tyranny to destroy the other group by enacting laws that directly hurt the other. The founding fathers were happy that some sort of group with a specfic interest would be excluded from participation or whatnot due to this tyrannical furvor that a majority can hold. It's also known as mob mentality.