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pangaia
(24,324 posts)3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)...hope they do NOT vote.
Maggiemayhem
(809 posts)Bring back school house rock...
spin
(17,493 posts)Do we still teach Civics and American History in high school?
Back in the early 1960s when I was in high school I considered my civics class the most boring of all my classes. That was because for some foolish reason the class was held in the auditorium and the teacher was the gym instructor. All he did was stand at a podium and read the text book word for word. We were required to take notes and the quality of those notes counted as a portion of the grade.
I fell asleep more times in that class than I did in all my other classes totaled. Still I learned a fair amount about how our government is set up and should work. With a halfway decent instructor Civics might have been one of my favorite classes.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)blue-wave
(4,352 posts)because why?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dice
Iggo
(47,552 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)this guy would normally be seen on InfoWars and Breitbart. DU doesn't seem like a good fit for his ilk. I feel like I need a shower after watching and listening to him.
IronLionZion
(45,434 posts)but in this case he is right to point out that many Americans don't know or don't care about important parts of our country's history.
I'm a big supporter of giving everyone the standard citizenship test in order to be allowed to vote in our national elections. I think a lot of Trumpsters will fail that test.
Official Practice Test
https://my.uscis.gov/en/prep/test/civics/view
3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)...stay in my native country, although just now it is tempting not to.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)those were some easy questions. I thought they'd be more difficult, but I'm sure Trumpanzees would have a difficult time with them.
Rhiannon12866
(205,320 posts)It's astounding that so many people are unaware of basic facts. Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel, I think, have asked simple questions of people on the street and the answers boggle the mind. Back in the day, they were stymied when they were asked who they voted for. If it wasn't for the scandals and controversy, many wouldn't know who was president now. And Trump is one of them!
Leith
(7,809 posts)I didn't know the year the Constitution was written (I was 2 years off which I don't think was a big deal).
It's a damn crying shame that there are so many people out there without even basic knowledge of how this country is supposed to work.
IronLionZion
(45,434 posts)It changes the questions if people want to take it again.
niyad
(113,293 posts)niyad
(113,293 posts)VWolf
(3,944 posts)blue-wave
(4,352 posts)Trumptards would fail a citizenship exam, but with the decades long attack on public education, a lot of our people might fail too. I couldn't disagree with you more. Because someone is from a less than privileged background does not mean their vote should be taken away. We really must argue this point on this forum? I'm aghast.
And Mark Dice does NOT belong on DU. He is featured on Alex Jones shows all the time. Again, we really must argue this here on DU?
IronLionZion
(45,434 posts)I wouldn't really advocate for a poll test of any kind to stop people from voting. I want our people to vote.
potone
(1,701 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)PJMcK
(22,035 posts)Question: Do they have a Fourth of July in England?
Answer: Yes, they also have a Third and Fifth of July.
I'm with you, George II. It's "Independence Day" and politically, it's the most important day of the year.
elmac
(4,642 posts)if I had a time machine I would go back and tell Jefferson not to bother with that independence thingy.
niyad
(113,293 posts)have gotten one of their fondest wishes-- a totally ignorant, uneducated populace.
hlthe2b
(102,247 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)rickford66
(5,523 posts)He's not going to show those. Also some people go blank when asked some out of context question by a stranger. If I run into someone I know, but in a place where I don't expect to see that person, sometimes I can't remember their name? But, there are a lot of low information people out there.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I always think these interviewer guys video tape a hundred folks
just to show the few idiots.
... an American video blogger, YouTube personality and author known for his conspiracy theories about secret societies such as
The Bilderberg Group, Bohemian Grove events, Satanists and the Illuminati control of the world.
In June 2008, Dice launched a campaign urging people to send letters and DVDs to troops stationed in Iraq,
which supported the theory that the September 11 attacks in 2001 were an "inside job".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dice
treestar
(82,383 posts)none of them seem to be at all concerned that they can't answer the question or the least curiosity to know the answer.