Posted on 03/28/2023 6:23:31 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
These college students failed to answer basic American history questions during Spring Break!
Q: Whom did America gain its independence from?
A: Christopher Columbus
Q: What big terrible event happened during WWII?
A: The Boston Tea Party
Q: What year did America gain its independence?
A: 1974
Q: What document was signed at the Constitutional Convention?
A: the Declaration of Independence
Well, the new poll says the little bass turds aren’t interested in patriotism anymore. They all want to be like the Swedish Meatball Thurnburg or Taylor Not So Swift.
I gotta try this myself. No way these are fair examples of average intelligence of average Americans. Spring break on a beach in Florida? The average person there wakes up to coffee and xanax and first alcoholic drink by noon. This ain’t a fair test. Gotta luv the foxy reporter tho.
Your fourth question can almost be a trick question. We declared independence from Great Britain in 1776, but we still had to win the war, so technically it wasn’t until 1783.
It would be comical if it weren’t so sad!
“Your fourth question can almost be a trick question.”
Well, it definitely wasn’t 1974. So, they failed the trick and the question.
The questions are too hard. A more suitable question: Who is buried in Grant’s tomb?
What’s sad is that they likely vote.
I remember a number of years ago a female conservative was on Hannity (Can’t remember which one) who said she went to her niece’s high school graduation. She asked some of the graduates questions. For, “Who did the United States win its independence from?”, the number one answer was Vietnam. Blew me away.
Just a small step in uneducating the American voter. Its easier to destroy The American Way of Life by teaching stupidity, after all, the Student is no better that the individual transferring the knowledge.
If we don’t teach the foundations of patriotism, we cannot expect young people to be patriots.
And we scratch our heads and wonder why so many young people vote for candidates like Biden and Fetterman.
“so technically it wasn’t until 1783.”
And the first Articles of Confederation were an abysmal failure. You could argue we weren’t truly free until the Constitution was drafted and subsequently ratified.
True. But Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States on September 3rd, 1783 when they signed the Treaty of Paris.
The questions are too hard. A more suitable question: Who is buried in Grant’s tomb?
Well, don’t just leave us hanging, who is the answer?
/s
So Sept 3, 1783 is probably the best date. Good point!
Which political,party hosted the “Klan Bake?”
Which US president actively worked with segregationists as a senator so his children would not have to attend “racial jungles”
Which former US presidential candidate had a KKK exalted cyclops as a political mentor?
Which president segregated the US armed forces?
We can go on forever can’t we.
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