Has Joe Six-Pack himself lost repect for the constitution?

[Odin2005]

We all know how the neo-cons are treating the Constitution. My question is, has the average American lost respect for it as well? look at how people talk about "activist judges," what these people are basically saying is that there should be no check on the powers of Congress and are thereby supporting the concept of Tyranny by Majority. Defendants are assumed to be guilty by the public and if they are aquitted people say this is just because they had a good laywer of the DA was a moron; what happened to being innocent untill PROVEN guilty? People think giving the accused all thier rights is being soft on crime. I'm starting to think the BS going on in the last 6 years has been tolerated by the average voter because that average voter doesn't beleive in the rule of law anymore.

[villager]

1. not until the knock comes on their door....

by then, of course, too late...

[Kutjara]

2. Call me an old cynic, but....

...I believe the average American thinks 'Constitution' is something you get when you don't have enough fiber in your diet.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. !

:spray: That was funny. :rofl:

[gatorboy]

9. Zing! So true.

I think that goes without saying for every right wing talking point out there. Joe-Con may whine about "radical judges" but I don't think even he knows what he's talking about. He just spews what he hears.

[Selatius]

3. Joe six-pack is a product of the US education system.

The question is does he even think about the Constitution? Or the principles behind that document that animate said Constitution?

[jedr]

5. Joe is too busy earning a living in Bush-World,

To do much else. He would rather believe Fox news because he "can't handle the truth", and wants to believe that Bush is there for him....Ignorance is truly bliss!

[Kingshakabobo]

6. Ain't nothin but a bunch a librul book learnin. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

7. There was a survey not long ago, where something like 36% of young

people (18 to 30?) thought that the press should get approval before running news stories and that the freedom of speech went too far.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2005-01-30-students-press_x.htm

[KnaveRupe]

8. For the last 25 years or so...

we (as a society) have been systematically teaching the current generation that authority trumps liberty.

When we let the police do random locker searches, when we bring drug sniffing dogs into the schools, when we force kids to walk through metal detectors every day, when students can be stopped and frisked for no reason, when student-run school newspapers can't discuss controversial issues... we (as a society) should not be terribly surprised that young adults aren't getting all worked up about Uncle Sam snooping on them.

I was fortunate enough to have a history teacher back in the eighties when much of this was starting who warned us not to accept those kinds of intrusions. But that was before Columbine scared all the teachers into towing the line.

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Joe six pack knows more about "The Simpsons" than the Bill of Rights.

It's true. It's not about right or wrong anymore, it's about "I got mine" and "Screw You".

[nealmhughes]

11. No, they don't understand it.

They Joe and Jane Six Pack would be hard pressed to find a copy of the Const. in their tract home/McMansion, much less to know what is and is not unconstitutional. The ignorance of the US public is amazing in geography, religion, culture other than homogenized white bread Hollywood variety, and especially politics. Not to mention aesthetics and economics.
The schools and media have been most efficeint in producing a boorish adult who lavishes time on sporting events of dubious health benefit and pablum sent thru the air waves. The "learn this scantron test by rote" appears to replace any semblance of critical thinking.
Classics are immaterial, such as Paine and Jefferson and Voltaire.
It is much easier to have an intangible enemy "out to destroy us" amd have a saviour to rescue us all while letting us keep our Z-Box 360,000, our credit cards, our Humvees and trucks and minivans and cars and auto and our McMansions. Meanwhile, Johnny can read, but noone offers him anything beyond instruction manuals to read.

[Mr_Spock]

12. nah, just taking a vacation from it

While they trust their fearless leader for a while. Reality seems to be hitting so many - and we're all spreading the word - right?