Rights and Responsibilities Flashcards
What are the three rights we have living in a democracy?
Freedom of Speech
Right to vote
Right to protest
If your right is freedom of speech what is the responsibility?
Not to use hate speech
If your right is freedom to vote what is the responsibility?
To use your vote
If your right is freedom to protest what is the responsibility?
To do so peacefully and legally
what % turned out to vote in the 2021 SP elections?
63.5%
If you didn’t vote in 2021 and you don’t like the SNP, why would some people say you don’t have the right to criticise the result?
As you didn’t use your responsibility to try and change the outcome
In what ways have Just Stop Oil not used their right to protest as intended?
They break the law, are destructive to the public and commit acts of vandalism
The peaceful protests in Glasgow and Edinburgh over calls for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine is an example of individuals exercising their rights?
True
Why are the Westboro Baptist church banned from the UK?
Homophobic speech
You can criticise Humza Yousaf as FM as long as you don’t incite violence or hate?
True
Anyone over the age of ___ can register to vote in Scotland
16
If you feel strongly enough about an issue, what do you have the right to do??
Take to the streets and protest
Whose responsibility is it to ensure that you are on the electoral register?
Yours