[barrow-rider]

> What I struggle with is how does one make the leap from being a democracy to being a democracy which protects the rights of minorities?

The Federalist Papers deal with both the Tyranny of the Majority, as well as the Tyranny of the Minority.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Federalist_Papers