Y'know how "#realist" became a synonym for "#asshole?" As in, "I'm not a racist, I'm just a #RaceRealist?" That "realism" is also used to discredit the idea of democracy, among a group of self-styled "#LibertarianElitists," who claim that social science proves that democracy doesn't work - and can't work.
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For anyone who doesn't know, in the UK at least, Piers Morgan is infamous for hacking the voicemails of a child that was abducted & murdered which led police & her family to believe she was still alive.