One of the biggest applause lines at that meeting was in response to a wish that Civics would be taught in schools as it was when many of us were growing up. Something needs to be done to return a focus to the greater good for the community over the selfish desires of the individual. To often, we see individuals trying to impose their ideology and religious views on everyone or push to serve their own immediate financial benefit. Worse, they have perverted the meaning of our Constitution and twisted "freedom" and "liberty" to mean the complete opposite: the right to impose their religion and "values" on everyone, to censor those who disagree, to deny documented facts and to profit without considering the expense to everyone else.
One of the biggest applause lines at that meeting was in response to a wish that Civics would be taught in schools as it was when many of us were growing up. Something needs to be done to return a focus to the greater good for the community over the selfish desires of the individual. To often, we see individuals trying to impose their ideology and religious views on everyone or push to serve their own immediate financial benefit. Worse, they have perverted the meaning of our Constitution and twisted "freedom" and "liberty" to mean the complete opposite: the right to impose their religion and "values" on everyone, to censor those who disagree, to deny documented facts and to profit without considering the expense to everyone else.