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March 1, 2006

Simpsons More Popular Than Constitution

More know Simpsons than Constitution :

[The study] found that 22 percent of Americans could name all five Simpson family members, compared with just one in 1,000 people who could name all five First Amendment freedoms.

Now, considering the audience on this blog, I doubt the same would hold true here. Personally, I could rattle off four of the five without any problem: speech, religion, press and assembly aren't a problem. It's the redress of grievances that always gets me.

On the Simpsons, I think I've watched the show maybe a couple of dozen times is all, but I'll give it a go: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

Pop culture wins out over civics most days.

Posted by Nemo at March 1, 2006 9:37 AM

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True, but on the other hand, pop culture is ubiquitous, and thus we are constantly aware of it. But I suspect that the ones who know the freedoms exist, even if maybe they don't know from whence they come, exactly, will remember them long after the Simpsons is but a memory.

Posted by: Jeff Medcalf [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 1, 2006 6:51 PM