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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA word that has for too long been missing in the American Political Discourse: Citizenship
Amen, Mr. President.
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A word that has for too long been missing in the American Political Discourse: Citizenship (Original Post)
Stinky The Clown
Sep 2012
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Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)1. Yes! I liked that he included that
being a CITIZEN, very important.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)2. Damned right. FAR too long.
Bravo, Mr. President!
Whisp
(24,096 posts)3. noted that too.
it's been a while since I've heard that.
fantastic word.
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)4. I really liked that part
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)5. Probably about the time they removed civics classes from schools
I remember in high learning about citizenship in our civics class (tenth grade if I recall correctly). We also had mock voting every year in high school too. Politics were made important to us.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,111 posts)6. Beat the Republicans at their own game.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)7. And how! What a tour de force!
DLine
(397 posts)8. The word citizenship just went over the heads of right wingers.
Most probably sitting at home saying "what does a kenyan muslim know about murican citizenship".