# Civics classes - rights and responsibilities.  Do we teach this stuff anymore?

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**Created:** [November 8, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civics-classes-rights-and-responsibilities-do-we-teach-this-stuff-anymore/640392 "2012-11-08T19:09:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civics-classes-rights-and-responsibilities-do-we-teach-this-stuff-anymore/640392/20 "2012-11-12T03:11:10Z")

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> [@WillFarnaby](#):
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> The hell are you talking about, bud? I didn’t compare income tax to slavery in 19th century South Carolina, but it’s still slavery? As for the inane reference to straw man arguments, I addressed the op, so idk what you’re talking about.

You sure did.  
[From this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15677030#post15677030)

> [@What lessons can be drawn from the 2012 election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lessons-can-be-drawn-from-the-2012-election/640306/9):
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> Note to self: Do NOT say that it’s a “gift from God” when a raped woman becomes pregnant.
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> OK, now that we’ve brought ourselves into the 18th century, we can start working our way into the 19th century. Lesson number one: Slavery is not good. Repeat after me: Slavery is not good.

> [@What lessons can be drawn from the 2012 election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lessons-can-be-drawn-from-the-2012-election/640306/23):
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> except of course, when you are enslaved by the federal government.

> [@What lessons can be drawn from the 2012 election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lessons-can-be-drawn-from-the-2012-election/640306/26):
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> As long as they tax my “income” I remain enslaved. I have no interest in changing my life so I can be ruled by a more fiscally responsible slave master.

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