Democracy should be an expression of negative rights only

The difference between negative rights and positive rights is that with negative rights, we are able to protect ourselves, with force, defensively. If we are initiating force, or violence this is an (apparent) expression of positive rights.

As far as Democracy is concerned, we are able to vote for a Government which may, legally, impose claims to both positive rights and negative rights on the population.

As we see in courts where the outcome is referred to the view of a jury, sometimes it might be preferable for decision making to have more than one opinion. If the majority of people questioned view the actions as criminal, it might be justified to take responsive (defensive) action against the perpetrator. In this case, seeking a majority decision might be reasonable. It is not reasonable to seek the view of the crowd in the case of positive rights, and popularity does not justify aggression.