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To: Sully- who wrote (459)7/24/2005 9:19:54 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 1233
 
Disliking policies is not the same as disliking the country. I don't know if you've noticed, but she loves lots of things about the US (just as I do; just as almost everyone on SI does, who lives in the US, regardless of their political view). She simply isn't very happy about our policies. And isn't dissent over policies a big part of being American? Our founding fathers thought so.

To be fair to Grainne, she's right that most people in the Us know almost nothing about the history of the ME. People in the US don't even know their own history. Remember, a huge majority are always unable to identify elements of the constitution, or the bill of rights, documents they've actually been exposed to. Most people in the US have no real exposure to ME history. (polls back up this dearth of knowledge, as I'm sure you know)

constitutioncenter.org

91% of Americans believe that the U.S. Constitution is important to them; and
84% believe that to work as intended, our system of government depends on active and informed citizens, BUT;
More than half of Americans don't know the number of Senators;
About 1 out of 3 don't know the number of branches of the Federal Government;
1 out of 6 believe that the Constitution establishes America as a Christian nation;
20% believe that only lawyers can understand the Constitution;
Almost one-quarter cannot name a single right guaranteed to us by the First Amendment; and
84% believe that the U.S. Constitution is the document that states that "all men are created equal", thus confusing it with the Declaration of Independence.
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