Reply #11: Gee,does it always have to be us versus them?

[PinkTiger]

Can't we ever get along?
I'm as dedicated as ever, but when we get so fringy that we can't be part of a day like this, then we are sick indeed.
We have to celebrate the things that make the US different from other countries. We have elections. We have inaugurations. We have a peaceful transfer of power.
Let's hope this continues.
We aren't perfect; I, for one, think our elections were tampered with. But they have been tampered with for eons.
Let's hope we can change things but keep our Democracy.
The real problem with our society is not that we all celebrate things; it's apathy.
I made my students watch this today. I made them explicate the speech and compare and contrast Speech 2001 to this one.
You would be shocked at how many of them didn't even know it was happening.
These are college students. I asked them, "what is the inauguration?" Only one student knew out of 20 in one class. And he is a political science major and only got it partly right.
Nobody knew what the state of the union address was about.
I'm frankly worried about our nation. We aren't teaching our children anything about our government.
I firmly believe that if more people took part in just knowing about this stuff, we would be a healthier nation. More people would vote. And people would demand the things our party stands for.