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tenderfoot

(8,438 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:40 PM Jan 2021

Should arrested Trump Terrorists have to take a US history exam to post bond?

Judging from all the unhinged rants we've seen the past week, I have a feeling that most never took a history class... EVER.

So why not quiz them before allowing them out of jail?

Case in point, this crazy woman going off on Schumer...




Just an idea.
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Should arrested Trump Terrorists have to take a US history exam to post bond? (Original Post) tenderfoot Jan 2021 OP
No bond. SheltieLover Jan 2021 #1
I love it. angrygranny Jan 2021 #2
They need some sort of extended simulation of Democracy jmbar2 Jan 2021 #3
They were beating people with American flags. Arne Jan 2021 #4
Why let traitors out? FoxNewsSucks Jan 2021 #5
I like the idea. "Stay in jail as long as you're still stupid, Stupid". EarnestPutz Jan 2021 #6
At a minimum. rickford66 Jan 2021 #7
They need a course in how to be less gullible Cicada Jan 2021 #8
Lol no WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #9
"The First Amendment doesn't say you have to protest peacefully. . ." rsdsharp Jan 2021 #10

jmbar2

(4,902 posts)
3. They need some sort of extended simulation of Democracy
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:41 PM
Jan 2021

Put them on opposing teams to play out democracy vs autocracy.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
8. They need a course in how to be less gullible
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 04:00 PM
Jan 2021

They need to learn how to find both sides of a story, to understand that not everything they read on the internet is true. That a lot of it is intentionally dishonest.

rsdsharp

(9,188 posts)
10. "The First Amendment doesn't say you have to protest peacefully. . ."
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 04:12 PM
Jan 2021

Really?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

“Hitler was a socialist.” After all it was National Socialism, right? Maybe she can give us about 5000 words on the Night of the Long Knives, and its impact on the socialist wing of the Nazi party.

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