How Historical Illiteracy Fuels Political Polarization

[Weatherman2020]

I couldn't agree with this more. Leno, Waters and others made a killing with their man on the street videos showing the ignorance of, yes I will say it, the left. Millennials are especially naïve and guess what party they vote, so yes, I can say left.

Those that know history are doomed to watch society repeat the failures of the past.

Historical Illiteracy and Political Polarization — Acculterated

 

[JakeStarkey]

Yup, the far right's historical illiteracy and the alt right's out right lying about history are out in the open.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Yup, the far right's historical illiteracy and the alt right's out right lying about history are out in the open.

Waters is rich because all he has to do is ask you lefties a few questions on camera.

 

[Weatherman2020]

"For example, in a 2012 survey commissioned by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), fewer than half (48%) of college graduates knew that George Washington was the American general at Yorktown; only 20% knew that James Madison was the “Father of the Constitution” (half thought it was Thomas Jefferson); only 17% knew what Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation actually said; and only 17% knew that the phrase “Government of the people, by the people, for the people” came from the Gettysburg Address (76% thought it came from either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution).

Those numbers signify a broader dearth of historical, constitutional, and civic knowledge. In the same survey, only 42% of college graduates knew that the Battle of the Bulge occurred during World War II (half thought it occurred during the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, or World War I), and only 38% knew that U.S. senators serve six-year terms while House members serve two-year terms. In a more recent ACTA-commissioned survey, conducted in 2015, fewer than half (48.7%) of college graduates knew that presidential impeachment trials take place before the Senate, and even fewer (41.6 %) knew that proposed constitutional amendments must be ratified by three-quarters of the states to become law."

 

[Fenton Lum]

"Those that know history are doomed to watch society repeat the failures of the past."

The most doomed of which is to continue believing in a failing system and doing nothing about it but voting democrat or republican while clamoring for something different.

 

[hadit]

Here is an example of Alt Right lying catching up.

With revelations that Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions apparently perjured himself regarding contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, another key Trump appointee appears to be on the verge of going down in flames like national security adviser Gen. Mike Flynn.

Nice deflection, but doesn't address the point of the OP, which is the historical illiteracy of the American snowflake generation.

 

[Weatherman2020]

"Those that know history are doomed to watch society repeat the failures of the past."

The most doomed of which is to continue believing in a failing system and doing nothing about it but voting democrat or republican while clamoring for something different.

Sad times for you anarchists.

 

[Fenton Lum]

"Those that know history are doomed to watch society repeat the failures of the past."

The most doomed of which is to continue believing in a failing system and doing nothing about it but voting democrat or republican while clamoring for something different.

Sad times for you anarchists.

Ha ha ha, yeah? Look around pard, chaos.

 

[Weatherman2020]

"Those that know history are doomed to watch society repeat the failures of the past."

The most doomed of which is to continue believing in a failing system and doing nothing about it but voting democrat or republican while clamoring for something different.

Sad times for you anarchists.

Ha ha ha, yeah? Look around pard, chaos.

Call Siegfried. The only chaos going on is on Get Smart and inside your head.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Here is an example of Alt Right lying catching up.

With revelations that Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions apparently perjured himself regarding contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, another key Trump appointee appears to be on the verge of going down in flames like national security adviser Gen. Mike Flynn.

Nice deflection, but doesn't address the point of the OP, which is the historical illiteracy of the American snowflake generation.

That can be expected when they don't teach U.S. History in k-12 schools as often anymore.

Not sure if Civics class is still there or not, either.


“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana)

 

[Weatherman2020]

Here is an example of Alt Right lying catching up.

With revelations that Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions apparently perjured himself regarding contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, another key Trump appointee appears to be on the verge of going down in flames like national security adviser Gen. Mike Flynn.

Nice deflection, but doesn't address the point of the OP, which is the historical illiteracy of the American snowflake generation.

That can be expected when they don't teach U.S. History in k-12 schools as often anymore.

Not sure if Civics class is still there or not, either.


“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana)

Civics is not longer taught in Calif. And the way they teach history is in first grade you learn this period of history, next grade you learn the next period.

Like who the hell remembers what they were told in first grade? You learn through repetition. Schools are intentionally dumbing down kids.

 

[guno]

Fundamentalist Christianity has retarded children who have been exposed to it

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Here is an example of Alt Right lying catching up.

With revelations that Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions apparently perjured himself regarding contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, another key Trump appointee appears to be on the verge of going down in flames like national security adviser Gen. Mike Flynn.

The basic facts: This story is about the sale of a controlling stake in a Canadian company called Uranium One to Rosatom, the Russian atomic energy agency. Because Uranium One controlled uranium mines in the United States, the sale had to be approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment In the United States (CFIUS), part of the executive branch.

A number of investors in Uranium One gave donations to the Clinton Foundation during the time the sale was being considered (between 2008 and 2010), in part through the participation of Frank Giustra, a Canadian mining magnate who was a large donor to the Foundation and who had controlled a company that eventually bought Uranium One (according to the Times, Giustra sold his interest in the company in 2007, before the Rosatom deal).

Damn Jake, what you want for perjury is just so not what the Clintons did. You Jake are a fucktard...

 

[Marion Morrison]

Fundamentalist Christianity has retarded children who have been exposed to it

Funny how Parochial school children consistently outperform public-school educated ones academically.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Fundamentalist Christianity has retarded children who have been exposed to it

Liberal "Christians" abort their babies because they don't want to be found out how fucked up their liberal genetics really are(all that inbreeding and such). Thank God there is abortions, because can you imagine how many whiney ass liberals, there would be today, if those millions were executed for all those years. Whewwwww.......

 

[hadit]

Fundamentalist Christianity has retarded children who have been exposed to it

Irrelevant. Go away.

 

[jillian]

I couldn't agree with this more. Leno, Waters and others made a killing with their man on the street videos showing the ignorance of, yes I will say it, the left. Millennials are especially naïve and guess what party they vote, so yes, I can say left.

Those that know history are doomed to watch society repeat the failures of the past.

Historical Illiteracy and Political Polarization — Acculterated

So what are you going to do about your lack of education?

 

[Weatherman2020]

Fundamentalist Christianity has retarded children who have been exposed to it

 

[Weatherman2020]

Fundamentalist Christianity has retarded children who have been exposed to it

Home-Schoolers Dominate Spelling Bee

 

[Marion Morrison]

I have a theory on this topic: They don't want the children to draw parallels between past Communist follies and the left's plans for modern day America