Are we foolish when we debate topics (flag burning,abortion,,,,.) as they are given to us by the Gov't?

Answer 1

yes these issues are not important, and are intentionally brought up at convenient times by both the politicians and the media who set the poliitcal agenda. The people need to be the agenda setters IMO. This is changing a bit, I believe, with increased access to and use of the internet, we should be holding out government accountable for declining health care, insufficient wages, and a destructive, isolationist foreign policy, yet Congress has taken the pressure off of itself by turning Americans against ourselves with gay marriage (really a non-issue) and abortion (which is fine as it is). Dupes actually fall for this, but we shouldn't, and hopefully are moving away from this nonsense.

Answer 2

No, but Congress is pretty foolish for debating random topics like flag burning and gay marraige when we have much bigger "fish to fry" like Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Abortion, etc.

Answer 3

You don't specify how the US Government "gives" us these topics and I don't see that they do.

We in the US debate whatever the heck we want to debate. It's what makes the country great and is one reason the Muslim Fascists hate us and want us dead.

Answer 4

If we are simply speaking and not acting upon what we believe or attempting to act then it's foolish and pointless. You can vote, write letters, protest whatever it takes to make an issue heard.

Answer 5

Everyone should be able to voice an opinion, the only problem is when people think that their opinon is the only correct one.

Answer 6

no because if the general population doesn't like a law the government passes, we can pressure them to change it. they represent us.