Should Dumb Americans Have political Opinions?

Question

I notice alot these days that everyone and their brother has a political Opinion, whether they are bashing bush or kerry or someone. But why are they so ignorant to our history? For example...a group of guys I saw the other day were arguing about Dems and Repubs,Some were against Bush..Some were for him...so I butted in and said...So you guys are having a debate about politics huh? And they said yeah, one of them mentioned that if you don't support the govt you are Un-American...So I asked them a few ?'s myself..Such as Can any of you recite the entire National Anthem? Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?..ect..simple ones. And none of em knew...Im not trying to be a jerk or anything but I think that Not knowing anything about the history of our country is Un-American....Should these people have an Opinion if they don't even know what they are talking about? Who else agrees?

Answer 1

Well it looks like you found all thoes dumb people be asking thoes questions. I think agree with you that if you don't anything about the history of our country then Shut your mouth! People love to act like they know what they are talking about and love to argue but the truth is, it is un-american to not know anything about where you come from. If you are gonna defend something then know what your defending. Thats the biggest problem with American's these days. Haven't you ever seen Jay walking on NBC? People are dumb...they have all the opinions in the world but no common sense to back any of it up. I mean sometimes people are put on the spot but have you seen people at sporting events singing the wrong lyrics?? it irritates me too man...

Answer 2

O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming!
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there:
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston were designated to be on the committee to create the draft of the declaration of independence, you are right Derek J in the fact that Thomas Jefferson wrote the final draft...

There now do I get an oppinion? I don't like Kerry, Go Bush all the way!

Answer 3

Well, our President is pretty stupid,at least he should know more than those stupid debaters whose lives are on the line long after he toddles his multi millionaire as$ back to Texas. Read and weep,despair of his stupidity before us:
"For the past six years George W. Bush has been the target of ridicule from liberal circles. But now, instead of laughing at Democrats’ ill-directed arrogance, Republicans are quietly joining the left in questioning the President’s intellectual prowess.

The biggest knock on Bush’s brain is his lack of intellectual curiosity. Former administration officials still close to the White House will tell you Mr. Bush detests dissent, embraces a narrow world view and is intellectually incurious
Worse for this White House is the fact that George W. Bush has daily smackdowns with the English language and the English language usually wins.

His gaffes are funnier than most SNL skits. But more disturbing are his rambling, disjointed press conferences like the one he held earlier this week.
Friends and foes alike agree that George W. Bush is one political figure who gets worse with age. Look back at his performance as Texas governor and you will see a funny, self-assured public figure who inspires confidence. But these days, the mere opening of Mr. Bush’s mouth makes many GOP loyalists shake in their tasseled loafers."

Answer 4

You missed the real question. Why did the US fight for independence? Freedom from taxation, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, etc, are the reasons. It doesn't matter who wrote the National Anthem. It does matter when people don't know why this country was formed in the first place.

Everyone should have freedom to express themselves, not just the people that another defines as worthy.

Answer 5

i agrees with i m not american but i have studied them little bit n i just wanna say that they are relaxed, nothing to achieve much, all facilities in hand, every relife at a end which can be achieved by litlle effort ... and so many other things to support that they are living better lives than people in under-developed countries so they have not much to talk about real matter and specially to thing specially about any matter.....i don't want to say that they don't they ... how could I america is ruling right now !!! i just want to say that people of underdeveloped country wether do or not do anything but THEY TALK ABOUT MATTER infact CRITIC people .... and americans are not realizing thier duties and responisbility i must say thier good position!!!... so what do u SAY ?????? did my analogy work with u??

Answer 6

Opinions are like A**holes , everyone has one .
But, informed opinions are much rarer .

As an example.
President Bush and WMD"s in Iraq
.France , England , Germany , Russia , The CIA , and others said " Yes , They have them " .
Saddam threatened to use them , as he did on the Kurds .

Given this information and saddams history , what might your opinion be ?

Answer 7

Dumb people can vote, that's why there is a democratic party. Knowing what happened in 1776 is important, but we cant change the past. Knowing the present political issues and how your vote will effect the future is even more so.

Answer 8

I hear you - they can have opinions, but don't try to debate them like they know what they are talking about. I am very close to a person who served in the US military for many years, is as 'American' as they come supposedly, and yet he has never voted a day in his life, and he's 46 years old - to me, that's not 'American'. Whether voting will make a difference or not.

Answer 9

the best answer to this question might be the response ADALAI STEVENSON gave to a voter who told him dring his presidential campaign in the 50s not to worry all the intelligent people were voting for him. STEVENSONS reply was something like this" thats not nearly enough i need all the voters to support me. if you are waiting for truly wise people to vote for the fetid crap of washington politics you are not rowing with both oars in the same direction.

Answer 10

I think you are wrong. The reason is that having a political opinion is more than just knowning our past. It is also knowning what is going on now.