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alright people were talking about the Barack Obama inauguration speech 2013

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here so we're gonna go back and skim it really fast yeah we're done now the [text on screen]

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passages discussion of the Patriots of 1776 primarily serves to do what well

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the correct answer here yeah it's B the people the key to answering this [bee on a flower]

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question lies in the text surrounding the mention of the Patriots Obama says

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that they provided Americans with a republic quote entrusting each [text on screen]

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generation to keep safe our founding Creed unquote see it right there in the

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text that's what he said he juxtaposes this with mentions of

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tyranny and mob rule which are the unfortunate alternatives to participate

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or a democracy so Obama brings up those great fighters from American history not

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so much to warn about what they fought against ie the British monarchy doesn't [statue]

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seem to be a clear and present danger at least not these days but it was said to

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encourage Americans with their example right like they took charge [civil war reenactment]

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similarly the reference here is meant to encourage Americans to stand up for [people on strike]

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their country not suggest that they're facing a ground up fight build democracy

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from nothing and finally while Obama clearly respects a lot of the values the

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founding fathers put into their documents he's all about moving forward [old painting of politicians]

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right kind of sorta yeah well that's what he said and we're sticking to it

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so he's contending that the people with a big P there are responsible for

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ensuring that the government functions properly so check your Congressman to [White House]

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see what they've spent money on lately yeah it's a good place to start

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you

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