Inthemiddle
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I would much rather have them know practical things about social studies than things that make people feel better about themselves.
The Ignorant American Voter - US News and World Report
Unfortunately, Americans are doing little to educate themselves about their leaders and their policies, says bestselling author and George Mason University historian Rick Shenkman in his new book Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter. Shenkman cites some damning facts to make his case that Americans are ill-prepared to guide the world's most powerful democracy. Only 2 of 5 voters can name the three branches of the federal government. And 49 percent of Americans think the president has the authority to suspend the Constitution.
Yup. That's not important stuff. We need to tell them about a cross-dressing stagecoach driver...
You think that this is remarkable or the fault of the school system teaching about gays? You know just as well as I do that most Americans are intentionally ignorant on most things because they're rather pre-choose a position and they go to extraordinary lengths of stupidity to try to maintain and defend it. So your solution is to simply stop teaching children to consider "out-of-the-box" ideas?