Ignorance and Liberalism

This story tells why people vote Democratic. Doesn't mean there aren't culturally aware liberals. Just not many. I know some. Mostly I know people who vote democrat who historically can't find their rear with both hands.

Here is an excerpt from the article that shows this syndrome:

Among 1,200 students surveyed:

•43% knew the Civil War was fought between 1850 and 1900.

•52% could identify the theme of 1984.

•51% knew that the controversy surrounding Sen. Joseph McCarthy focused on communism.

In all, students earned a C in history and an F in literature, though the survey suggests students do well on topics schools cover. For instance, 88% knew the bombing of Pearl Harbor led the USA into World War II, and 97% could identify Martin Luther King Jr. as author of the "I Have a Dream" speech.

Fewer (77%) knew Uncle Tom's Cabin helped end slavery a century earlier.

"School has emphasized Martin Luther King, and everybody teaches it, and people are learning it," says Chester Finn of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an education think tank. "What a better thing it would be if people also had the Civil War part and the civil rights part, and the Harriet Tubman part and the Uncle Tom's Cabin part."

Not all liberals are ignorant, but most Ignorant people are liberal. I live in Chicagoland. The depth of ignorance is phenomenal. So is the liberal bent.