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U.S. Kids Don't Understand First Amendment

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-than-a-little-scary dept.

l4m3z0r writes "This rather alarming article discusses a study of high-school students in which they were asked about censorship, protected speech, and other aspects of the first amendment. The results are extremely worrisome: "Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories." and this "Three in four students said flag burning is illegal. It's not. About half the students said the government can restrict any indecent material on the Internet. It can't.".."

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  1. Interestingly enough... by renderhead · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    A majority of Americans wrongfully believe that a majority of Americans believe that Iraq was behind 9/11.

    Okay, so I just made this statistic up, but since hardly anyone bothers to back the oft-quoted "Americans believe Iraq caused 9/11" statistic with sources, I figure I'm in good company.

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    I wish that my inferiority complex were as good as yours.

    -RenderHead