GoCubsGo wrote:From a country where only 50% of eligible voters can't take a couple of hours of their day every four years, but could tell you all about Miley, Kim or Caitlin?
Sad, but not at all surprising.
Or how many gigs their IPhone is, and how many pixels the camera has . . . how many friends on facebook, etc.
God Bless America.
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000000101010202020303010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.
One has to be a little careful with those "gotcha" segments. They never tell you how many they had to interview to get what they aired or the percentages right and wrong.
Seth Milner wrote:... Hard to fathom that something this important in our history is forgotten, or not learned; yet a relic flag can stir up so much hatred. At this point, I'm willing to bet that over half of those, Black and White, had to be told why they were demonstrating against the flying of the Confederate flag; just as the story below begins: "It’s easy to get caught up in the trappings . . . "
Sad. But regarding your comparison to the "Confederate" flag issue, I saw a study that showed those who thought the flag was more a symbol of "southern heritage" than "racism" tended to be those who knew the least about the Civil War. In fact, many of those finding the flag to be non-racist couldn't identify who Sherman was, nor could name two Civil War battles. (Not even Gettysburg? Antietam? Shihloh? Vicksburg? seriously? Yes, seriously) Ignorance abounds. Nice to see the NC Republican legislature is trying to improve education in the state.
Didn't go looking, just stumbled on the link to the article on Yahoo!'s news page:
... (This wasn't just because less-educated Georgians were more likely to support the Confederate flag, either; the researchers controlled for education level and income, and there was still a correlation between liking the Confederate flag more and knowing less about the war.)
So, how about the hate side of the equation? More bad news for the "heritage, not hate" slogan. Confederate flag supporters were much more likely to oppose interracial dating, and to believe that African Americans aren't discriminated against for jobs, than opponents were....
Does that mean that ignorance is part of "southern heritage"?
Now we can "fathom" why some people "get caught up in the trappings" of the slaver flag debate. It's more than twice as likely to be the ones demonstrating for it that have to "be told why".
Kind of like saying, "over half of those, Black and White, had to be told why they were demonstrating against the flying of the Confederate flag," and seeing how many people believe it, right?
Take the quiz first and then see details about my answers:
Spoiler:
I guessed right on #22, didn't know #23 but knew the other options were incorrect, got #s 8 & 29 wrong.
Thank goodness for Seth's page 5 quiz or I would have gotten #10 wrong.
No matter what one thinks on other issues, no matter whether s/he's got any kids in school or not, how anybody can read that and think voting Republican is a good idea is totally beyond me. It's outrageous what they've done, and continue to do.
I wouldn't do well on such a test. Independence Day itself for example. I'm not sure if America won its independence on September 3 (1783) when the Treaty of Paris was signed, or on May 12 (1784) when it came into effect.
Go to YouTube and type 'Independence Day Questions' in the search box; totally amazing. 
