Civic Illiteracy

I taught American Government for many years. I would expect that of the thousands of students I tried to impact, most would know that the Bill of Rights and Constitution protect us against Government intrusion. These documents do not say "Facebook shall make no law". They would know, unlike the recently elected Auburn's football coach, that the Senate is not the third branch of Government. They would also know that speech leading to a "clear and present danger" vis a vis Schenck 1919, is not protected speech. One reason why Wednesday's historic day, an act of domestic terror, instigated by a President and his enablers took hold, was because our citizenry is void of good civic education. The rioters do not know what our founders created. They do not read. They do not look at the inconveniences of truth. They are dangerously gullible. Political differences will always exist, but when outrageous lies are told, received by an ill informed and uneducated population, those differences evolve into the kind of insurrection we painfully witnessed. trump's arrival was not promulgated by an informed and literate group of voters, it exists and was activated by those who prey on our collective lack of knowledge about our democracy. Civic Illiteracy may prove to be the most alarming thing about our country. Educators.....beware.

Where are you Americans for Reason and Truth?