Our government's troubling answer to question 87
A couple of weeks ago, Michelle Malkin posted about the "civics flash cards" given by the Department of Homeland Security to immigrants wanting to become citizens.
Question 91 was egregious.
I'm not making this up. Go see for yourself. Anyway, Michelle's readers went to work creating some alternative flash cards, and a couple are really good.
I decided to take a look at the whole deck. And I got to question 87.
Does anyone else besides me find this troubling? I'm going to leave this question up for a couple of days. Please tell me that I'm not the only one who sees a problem here.
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2 comments:
Compared to the others mentioned, this is less troubling. It's not as if the cards present a sophisticated understanding. They're all so terribly elementary. I mean, given they are written on about a third grade level, it's hard to expect a better answer.
What's troubling is the assumption your rights are conferred by the government, rather than inherent and inalienable.
The government derives its power from the consent of the governed, right? Freedom of Speech is a right you are born with ("endowed by your Creator"), and the Bill of Rights merely enshrines it, protecting it from encroachment by the all-consuming governments all over the land.
Am I getting warm?
How would you phrase an answer?
Or better, let's change the question:
Q: What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
A: To stop the government from taking away your rights.
The government does not grant rights. The concept of rights comes from the bible. God grants rights to the people. The constitution binds the government from what it can't do. Therefore freedom of speech is not granted to people from the government but by God to the people and the constituion limits the goverment and what it is able to do
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