American Civics Literacy Exam

[giblets]

I love the way you don't know the difference between debt and deficit, Mr. finance major.

[Ben Kenobi]

The latter is trivia.

Really? You find being able to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory to be trivial? Despite living in Philadelphia? Wow.

It's only one of the most crucial American documents. I don't see how you can teach american civics without understanding or at least reading the address.

If you were a euro, I'd understand. But you're a yankee from Philadelphia.

[Ben Kenobi]

Mr. Speer, let me ask you something. What do you believe is the origin of the concept of a republic, and what are the arguments against a republic vs. a democracy. Who were the proponents at the Revolution and what were their arguments?

[giblets]

I have suddenly lost my concern for being able to identify a fragment of the Gettysburg Address.

[SlowwHand]

That brings to mind a good topic. What does "score" mean to you?

[Al B. Sure!]

Mr. Speer, let me ask you something. What do you believe is the origin of the concept of a republic, and what are the arguments against a republic vs. a democracy. Who were the proponents at the Revolution and what were their arguments?

This would take too long to answer effectively. Why would I just give you an essay?

Republics originated in classical antiquity. Arguments against a republic vs. a democracy? What? You mean how the United States is a Constitutional Republic because we are not dominated by the tyranny of the majority? That's what you're talking about? Then your last question is about the Federalists. For their arguments, go read the Federalist Papers.

[Al B. Sure!]

I love the way you don't know the difference between debt and deficit, Mr. finance major.

You ****ing dumbass I know what the **** the difference between the debt as a stock and the deficit as a flow is. The question didn't make it clear. I assumed the question was assuming taxes have always equaled spending because that was a case without extraneous things. Why the **** would I assume the situation in the question has pre-existing debt?!

[Al B. Sure!]

Really? You find being able to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory to be trivial? Despite living in Philadelphia? Wow.

It's only one of the most crucial American documents. I don't see how you can teach american civics without understanding or at least reading the address.

If you were a euro, I'd understand. But you're a yankee from Philadelphia.

Yeah that's real useful being able to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory

Tell me one use for that ****. Or is this like how it's so critical to know the family tree of Nero?

[RGBVideo]

1 wrong, the one about Puritans.

Really? You find being able to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory to be trivial? Despite living in Philadelphia? Wow.

It's only one of the most crucial American documents. I don't see how you can teach american civics without understanding or at least reading the address.

If you were a euro, I'd understand. But you're a yankee from Philadelphia.

What the flying ****... he's not a history major, and even then having Gettysburg address memorized wouldn't be that important. Just out of curiosity Ben, what do you think, how large of a percentage of the general population in the US can recall the whole Gettysburg address on the spot from their memory?

[RGBVideo]

Or is the point of this thread just to gang up on Al and make fun of him? Real mature, guys...

[KrazyHorse]

The point of this thread is to make fun of albie for bragging about his mediocre score on some idiotic online test.

[KrazyHorse]

By the way, albie, the orthodox view of the development of the modern form of the US republic is that it is based on 3 founding documents: the Constitution, the declaration of independence and the gettysburg address. Further, if you wanted to summarize the view of the gettysburg address on the subject, you would use the phrase quoted in that quiz.

Calling that "trivia" betrays an enormous lack of understanding of the history of american government.

[Hauldren Collider]

Alby getting pwned by a Canadian on US government

[giblets]

You ****ing dumbass I know what the **** the difference between the debt as a stock and the deficit as a flow is. The question didn't make it clear. I assumed the question was assuming taxes have always equaled spending because that was a case without extraneous things. Why the **** would I assume the situation in the question has pre-existing debt?!

How did you get through school without learning how to take a multiple choice test? There was an obvious best answer. If taxes equal spending then taxes per capita must also be equal to spending per capita. I mean, duh. That's tautological and doesn't require any stupid assumptions on your part.

[Al B. Sure!]

The point of this thread is to make fun of albie for bragging about his mediocre score on some idiotic online test.

What bragging? I thought it would be interesting for people to take the test. And since I was the first one to post, I gave my score.

Where the **** did you get bragging from?