When I first heard "USA PATRIOT act" from the news and in the magazine, I thought that "USA PATRIOT act" is something about the Americans involved in patriotism like people should love America and be patriotic about the nation.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- I am Canadian and when I was little I would sing "True Pastry Love" instead of 'True Patriot Love"— Jess
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I thought that psychological torture involved forcing people to watch really sad movies!— Elviessa
- I used to believe all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria
- When i heard about Irish Bombers on the news during the 70s i used to think that planes were dropping bombs.— Moose
- I thought the cremations were for people that wanted their love ones buried at home.— Helen