Tbh I kinda get it because I have so often seen americans on reddit say that the US "is a republic, not a democracy" so I'm assuming they're being bullshitted (bullshat? Idk that feels wrong) from somewhere and that seems worth correcting.
On the other hand the OP didn't even assert them to be opposed, just that people debate it, which is clearly true.
I distrust DeepL ever since I found out it translates "irritating" into german as "irritierend" (which means confusing, and is a common mistranslation for obvious reasons). Though I'm sure google translate does similar dumb things.