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As a kid I didn't know about political views, so I thought that in elections people just voted for whoever they liked more as a person. I remember seeing polical comedy featuring him on TV and thinking "George Bush is pretty funny, I hope he wins again!"
In 1998, I was at a Renaissance Faire in Pennsylvania for a school trip. It was set in Elizabethan times, and the main event of the day, the Ultimate Joust, had an actor playing Queen Elizabeth I there. However, she was referred to as "Queen Elizabeth," and the Queen of England at that time was Queen Elizabeth II. I honestly thought that the *current* Queen of England, Elizabeth II, was actually at that joust, especially since I had no idea what she looked like back then.
IMMarkotron
I thought a Prime Minister was some kind of religious leader, due to the "Minister" part
Darth Carrietta
I Used To Believe Corporal Punishment Was Invented By Corporate Agents That They Used On Their Kids/Children, Pets, And Wives!
KellGirl
I used to believe that George W. Bush's middle name was Washington, and that he and the first president were somehow one and the same.
not a Bush fan
top belief!
I thought the presidential race was an actual running race to the White House, and whichever candidate got there first was elected president.
If you lost a Presidential election, you had to leave the country. This came from me mishearing the words "lead the country" from a TV ad talking about the election that was going on back then.
I used to think Obama's name was short for Baraccobama.
Trisha Gaurav
I used to think that George Bush's first name was President
kid
I used to believe that a ballot is just a blank piece of paper where you write the name of who you vote for in giant letters.
Trisha Gaurav
I thought that the world belonged to the president and could do anything he wanted. I always wanted to become the president so I could have the whole world to myself
When i was younger 5 or 6 i thought we were fighting Russians in WW2
and which lead me up till 6th grade that Nazis were russian
skylar
I thought every single organisation had a government observer and the entire nation was working for some sort of plan that all the adults were hiding from us.
MP
I used to seriously misunderstand the concept of voting. I assumed whoever voted for one option would get it and whoever voted for the other option would get the other, instead of the option with more votes affecting everyone.
vote
top belief!
I thought an asylum seeker was a crazy person who checked in to an asylum on purpose.
Nate
top belief!
Back in the mid 90's, when I was about 10, I used to believe that I was a prisoner in a digital world. I used to feel that beyond this reality was a utopia, and that I had broken the laws of that utopia and was imprisoned in a digital reality that was meant to continually punish me until I had learned my lesson, whatever it may be.
David
top belief!
The Spanish word for president is "Presidente". I have a Mexican origin. When they told me Vicente Fox was the president of Mexico, I thougt that his name was Fox and that both Presidente and Vicente were titles. I used to boast to my school partners that Fox was Presidente AND Vicente of Mexico xD
Iņaki
When I was little I heard on the TV that poverty had something to do with politics. I knew politics was something the mayor do, and mayors take care of cities.
So I believed that poor people lived in poor towns, and rich people lived in rich towns.
top belief!
I used to believe that (Captain) Ahab was a nickname for Abraham Lincoln, and so that the president and the hunter of Moby Dick were one and the same.
Kat
I used to believe that the US President knew every square inch of America. Not an acre unseen by our president.
Angela
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