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Wounded Bear

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5. The number that I remember was 30%...
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 01:12 PM
Apr 2019

...in that about 1/3 of the population was for the revolution, about 1/3 was decidedly against it, and the other 1/3 were basically don't care, leave me the hell alone types.

The current 3 way split is not new in any sense. It's always been there. What has changed is that the 1/3 who just want to be left alone no longer have the frontier to flee to. The polarization we see, really isn't a 50/50 split and never has been. That narrative sells more papers and generates more clicks.

As for the citizenship test? The number of non recent immigrants who could pass it is pathetically small. It should be a requirement to get a High School diploma that students pass that. It's a pretty easy test for anyone who didn't sleep through American history.

The fact is that immigrants are usually the most patriotic in a truer sense because they chose to come here and work to become citizens. Far too many who were born here are infected with the malaise about it all you describe. What we end up with are political rallies that are about as substantive as local High School pep rallies before this weekend's game.

The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone should be required for all beachbum bob Apr 2019 #1
Why? His account is just as inaccurate, and slanted, as some of the official versions... Drunken Irishman Apr 2019 #6
some yes but the majority of the info was not beachbum bob Apr 2019 #18
So "everyone should be required" to watch a (at least partly) bullshit "documentary?" Archae Apr 2019 #23
goes back to how ignorant the people are in the first place, but yes beachbum bob Apr 2019 #24
They should be required to watch "Project Veritas" docs also. Archae Apr 2019 #25
take a break if you need one beachbum bob Apr 2019 #26
No. Facts are facts. Archae Apr 2019 #27
That is what burns me about exboyfil Apr 2019 #2
The Republicans' desire for a huge military and a tiny government runs entirely counter Aristus Apr 2019 #3
Yes,they would have. Conservatives now are authoritarians. SharonAnn Apr 2019 #16
"A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn ret5hd Apr 2019 #4
My children's A.P. history teacher required it. hunter Apr 2019 #7
Better than Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent? Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #10
I think American History classes should use it as the textbook. llmart Apr 2019 #12
This. nt artislife Apr 2019 #15
The number that I remember was 30%... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #5
I like your idea that all students should be required to pass a citizenship test geardaddy Apr 2019 #8
I believe that is the case now in Wisconsin Jimbo S Apr 2019 #14
Seriously? geardaddy Apr 2019 #21
Confirmed Jimbo S Apr 2019 #28
I read recently about the distribution of political discourse in this country captain queeg Apr 2019 #17
You mean this sadly easy test? misanthrope Apr 2019 #34
I'm a history professor at a major state university. a la izquierda Apr 2019 #9
I still remember qazplm135 Apr 2019 #11
What they teach as history in grades 1-12 is rather pathetic Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 #13
Well, I Think RobinA Apr 2019 #19
Except there's 8 years before high school Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 #20
despotic strongmen are in vogue these days Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #22
"I love the poorly educated" Mendocino Apr 2019 #29
The average American's knowledge of many things Harker Apr 2019 #30
Interesting that you give us an analysis of how Americans view history. former9thward Apr 2019 #31
Harbour rather than harbor? Don't know, maybe I'm bilingual. captain queeg Apr 2019 #36
You think? History in this country has always been taught to instill a narrative of progress and Nitram Apr 2019 #32
Find a copy of the test questions murielm99 Apr 2019 #33
Try this misanthrope Apr 2019 #35
18 correct of the 20 questions OxQQme Apr 2019 #37
20 for 20 kairos12 Apr 2019 #38
I also got 20/20. To be honest I was surprised but these were pretty easy. captain queeg Apr 2019 #39
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