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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:14 PM Original message |
Most of the electorate is CLUELESS about WWII history.. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. My dad was in WW2 (ETO), so I learned about it because of that... |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sadly, most of the public is clueless about anything that is not on reality TV. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. You can do similar in any country in the world |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Questions that make them look stupid? Like "Who is the Secretary of State".. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Yeah, but in THIS country we pay them big bucks to spout nonsense |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Give the guy a break, won't you? |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. WWII |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I'm betting that you learned it on your own, though.. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Yes |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Most of the electorate is CLUELESS about history, any history .. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I am still clueless.. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. and those who do not know history are bound to repeat it. |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm the same age that you are. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. those who do not know should invest some time and watch |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. We saw it, but the soldiers stories are NOT enough |
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Goodnevil (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. First off |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah but Hawkeye had some clever comebacks |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. heh heh heh...Korean War. I wonder how many of today's "citizens" would even know the difference. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. I certainly know more about Neville Chamberlain |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. My history textbooks in junior high and high school in the 1960s were pathetic |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. My teacher who got suspended showed us film footage of the siege of Leningrad |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Suspended because he showed a film? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Kansas has always had a "problem" with rebels |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. God bless that teacher. He certainly did save lives |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. He was a character.. He drove a bright yellow Charger '67 |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. I learned nothing in HS about WWII either |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's not what they don't know that bothers me, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. and their knowledge of the Cold War is probably limited to James Bond movies |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Good question. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. and even in college, unless you are a history major, you are unlikely to learn much |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Very true. |
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Goodnevil (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. Got my B.A. in History |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Take out WWII and you've got it exactly right.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Not many...and that's why we get such stupid leaders & policies |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. From the sound of the other posts, it sounds like I was lucky... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. I was lucky |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. aaah, I remember that program.. back when TV was supposed to teach us and elevate us. |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Mostly John Wayne movies |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm 41 years old - we always ended our history around Vietnam |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Yes, I'm 46, and we ended right where Nam was about to begin |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. good for you |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## DON'T DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. "The World at War" TV series actually gave me a great deal more |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. I think it was one of the networks that broadcast it |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. couldn't for the life of me tell you what the atomic weight |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. True, BUT, I do EXPECT people who lead the country or want to lead it |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. But your post was referring to the electorate. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. i thought you were going to teach us something about WWII |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm 67. No WW II history in school. |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. Over? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
49. clueless and don't care to know, they just want to know "what's on da Tee Vee tonite?" |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. I don't think |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. It even extended to college |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. How right you are about this |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
54. With only 4 or 5 exceptions, I didn't learn anything in school. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. Anyone remember watching the doc series "World at War" |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
57. Hell's freakin' bells, much of the electorate is clueless about |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Much of the electorate is clueless about everything. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. True dat. |
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