Re: Civics test

On Nov 26, 3:05 pm, pjmcder <sca...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Check out your "civics" knowledge at the link below.     I scored
well, but I didn't get them all correct.   A couple of tricky ones.
Of course one could look up answerson the Web, but that would defeat
the purpose.

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

The "purpose" of this little exercise being to subtly promote very
conservative viewpoints. There was a good diary about this test on
DailyKos the other day (I know, Patrick, I know -- don't bother):

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/24/19759/556

Check out question #6 for example:

The Bill of Rights explicitly prohibits:

A. prayer in public school
B. discrimination based on race, sex, or religion
C. the ownership of guns by private individuals
D. establishing an official religion for the United States
E. the president from vetoing a line item in a spending bill

Is the purpose of this question to test your knowledge of the Bill of
Rights, or is it to remind you that, hey, neither prayer in public
schools nor discrimination is prohibited by the Constitution?

-Jyqm
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