Jillian_M

I believe Sitting in history class thoughts and beliefs that I thought were solid are beginning to change. My views on the I do not know what I believe anymore When it boils down to it, honestly I do not know what I believe. Honestly I cannot write you a nice straightforward statement of what I believe with it out consisting of contradictions, uncertainty, vagueness. This is not something that I am proud to admit but it’s true. I am unsure about the specifics about democracy, how the government is run, and political views. So how I can, someone ill informed make strong options and state what they believe when I do not know. Its not that I do not know about democracy… I know the basic definition, a government run by the people.I do not know and fully understand the different forms of democracy. Through this class I am slowly gaining understanding of what democracy entails. When you’re younger you’re taught that you as an American citizen have guaranteed rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion. The more I watch news, read magazines, listen to the radio, and listen to class I see these freedoms being violated or broken. After reading definition after definition on what democracy should be, there is no universally accepted definition. Yet there are principals that all the definitions include equality and freedom. It is said that we have democracy today, but why is it that we have limited freedom and limited equality. Were allowed to speak freely as long as we do it quietly and not offend anyone and we are allowed to practice our own religion as long as we do it privately so once again no one is offended. People preach democracy and