• @BassTurd
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    -66 months ago

    Knowing the significance of the Gettysburg Address and remembering who read it are two different things. I can’t recite the first amendment, but I know in summary it’s free speech. I could probably guess but not say definitively who signed it, and for the most part, it doesn’t matter. If I need to know that, I’ll look it up, but the contents of the document itself it what matters. I have an okay general view of history, which is enough to not repeat it. I don’t need to remember the specifics and neither do most people.

    • @thessnake03
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      96 months ago

      Don’t forget about the first amendment freedoms of the press, assembly, and petitioning the government.

    • @candybrie
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      26 months ago

      If you know what the Gettysburg address is about, I’d be absolutely shocked if you didn’t know who delivered it.