2006-06-26 20:51:25 · 11 answers · asked by ClintH 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
During Highschool while doing speech and debate,
and extemperanous speaking.
you had to read the economist, Atlantic monthy, the freerepulbic, Time Newsweek,
Once you get a bunch of views you start to see nothing is black and white.
Having a great college education made my world view more sincere, and informed.
I never understood why some just accept without questioning?
2006-06-26 21:18:53 · answer #1 · answered by nefariousx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I moved from my home State, 16 years ago, ran into a group of hungry people in Government office that seemed not be of any help to anyone that tried to make a living but instead had to hope those that did not want to work for the bread on the table did get a welfare check so they would not steal what I had on mine.
# 1 answer:
Cultural liberalism focuses on the rights of individuals pertaining to conscience and lifestyle, including such issues as sexual freedom, religious freedom, cognitive freedom, and protection from government intrusion into private life. John Stuart Mill aptly expressed cultural liberalism in his essay "On Liberty," when he wrote, "The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant." Cultural liberalism generally opposes government regulation of literature, art, academics, gambling, sex, prostitution, abortion, birth control, terminal illness, alcohol, and marijuana and other controlled substances. Most liberals oppose some or all government intervention in these areas. The Netherlands, in this respect, may be the most liberal country in the world today.
However, some trends within liberalism reveal stark differences of opinion: Again,
what has all this got to do with sex, school and God?
In the 6th grade, you must have had to raise your self. So Sad. To be that young and have it so rough that you have no one to depend on or had a great role model. So Sorry. This part was not an answer, only a shocked response.
2006-06-27 04:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by pdbpb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I graduated in '81.The government was in the news all the time while I was growing up.The government is what I was taught.Of course then they taught about the electoral college and states rights and the constitution.We were taught from the start this is a representative republic and why democracies fail.
What were you taught?
2006-06-27 06:33:55 · answer #3 · answered by Tommy G. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After being in DLI when I was 18, sitting next to an almost retired LTC that had worked in several government agencies dealing with propoganda towards the American people, how censorship was conducted, how our views and attitudes are calculated and molded by think tanks since our birth. Over the course of a year in off-topic class conversations with my deskmate, I realized just how much power our government really had over people that were supposed to be free to choose.
2006-06-27 06:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by lostinromania 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was thirteen and my mother was imprisoned for speaking against the government...
Which third-world, tin-pot dictatorship did this happen in ?
Australia.
In Queensland at the time under Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen any group of four people in public could be classed as an illegal gathering and arrested. People were imprisoned for voicing opinions that disagreed with the government's.
2006-06-27 04:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
6th Grade, I started to question all the liberal propaganda and I was yelled at for not understanding the real issues. Since then I have bounced between Democrats and Republicans until I then realized the two party system is to blame for the sorry state of America.
2006-06-27 04:07:40 · answer #6 · answered by Jon H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i saw that there is no justice for those who are not part of the elite or rich element of society. when i saw my friend's murderer get released, solely based on socioeconomic status. when i realized that it is not right to be treated like a second class citizen and watch a savage murderer go free. that is when i realized that this government or any government was not what i was told that it was.
2006-06-27 04:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by Ms. L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as soon as I walked out the doors of the school at the end of the day, just one look around a city and that answer is in plain site.
2006-06-27 04:14:55 · answer #8 · answered by cbb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2000 presidential election
2006-06-27 09:22:46 · answer #9 · answered by david c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my parents clued me in at about age 3
2006-06-27 03:58:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋