A Quiz
for Progressive Swamp Dwellers
Published in Marietta Daily Journal (GA) June 25/26, 2022
Below is a quiz
which I propose for all swamp dwellers in our nation’s capital, particularly
Congress, the liberal media, and all leftist organizations that spend their
days preaching to the rest of us. The purpose of the quiz is to find out just
how much swamp dwellers actually know about Middle America, socio-political
issues, economics, human sexuality, and the Judeo-Christian ethic which of
course is the ethic that has most shaped and informed the American experience.
But
let’s be fair. Not all swamp dwellers are swamp creatures. Many who work for the swamp do not subscribe
to its current values or policies. I worked for the government for half a century
as a teacher, though not in the swamp. How anyone could argue that public
schools are not government schools is beyond me. Local boards of education,
duly chosen by the citizenry and closer to their constituencies than the nation’s
swamp leaders, are still government entities. I’m just grateful for Cobb County
school board’s majority members and the state school superintendent, all of
whom I know and deeply respect. If they worked in D.C., they would be good
examples of those who are in the swamp but not of the swamp.
Since
we are now so beset with national leaders who have lost their minds in
practically every area of our national life and who have proposed and defended
economic and social ideas that are beyond the pale (new pronouns, abortion up
to and after birth, sex ed for small children, paying off college debt), here
is a simple test of their true knowledge and understanding of ordinary
Americans.
Middle America questions: 1.What is
fly-fishing? 2. Name two breeds of cows. 3. Who is Bill Gaither? 4. Who is
George Jones? 5. Is the peanut a bean? 6. Name a car that has a rotary engine.
7. Name one conservative newspaper in the northeast. 8. What is hominy? 9. Name
a tree other than oak, pine, and cypress. 10. What is a monkey wrench?
Socio-political questions: 1. What is
the definition of the word “abort”? 2. Do most liberals believe in the
perfectibility of man? 3. Do most conservatives? 4. Give three things (facts)
that you know about Hobby Lobby. 5. What does the 10th Amendment to
the Constitution say? 6. Name one area of national life that the federal
government is deeply involved in even though the 10th Amendment
clearly prohibits it. 7. How many illegal aliens have crossed the border since
Biden took office? 8. Name five non-Central America nations from which aliens
have come to join this invasion. 9. Define federalism. 10. Write a
one-paragraph defense of the prevailing, systemic Liberal Privilege. 11.
Explain in one sentence why you wish to take guns from law-abiding citizens
instead of allowing citizens to defend themselves from evil or troubled guys
who always manage to get guns. 12. What do you think a gun store owner would
say if you told him you wanted to buy an “assault weapon”? 13. How old is the
manufactured term, “assault weapon”?
Economic
questions: 1. Define free enterprise. 2. Define socialism. 3.
Give support for your social-political belief that it is okay to rob Peter to
pay Paul.
Human
sexuality questions: 1. How many genders are there, which
are you, and what are some differences between you and the other
gender(s)? 2. Can a man become a woman?
3. Defend the argument that homosexuality is not rebellion against the natural
order. 4. Present your argument for the Navy’s video that instructs the Navy on
how to use “inclusive pronouns” in order to avoid “he” and “she.” 5. Write a
short defense of WellStar Health System’s support and touting of Pride Month.
Judeo-Christian
ethic questions: 1.What is the origin of the
expression, “Judeo-Christian”? 2. Recite
any five of the Ten Commandments. 3. Give the source of “Let him that stole
steal no more; let him work.” 4. How many American presidents have at least
paid lip service to the Bible and the reality of God?
Bonus
questions: 1. Name ten prominent Black Americans who do not
subscribe to “systemic White racism.” 2. Declare whether or not you are a
racist and defend your self-designation. 3. If you are White, state how many
Black friends you have.
Final
comment: If your grade is below 70, I will request that the
American Conservative Union provide you with videos and other instruments that
can liberate you from your disinformation and biases.
Roger Hines
June 23, 2022
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