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Another anti-Pledge of Allegiance thread sighting
« on: May 22, 2012, 09:27:19 AM »
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Does anyone else have a problem with children saying the Pledge of Allegiance? [View all]
I don't know if it's still being done now, but when I was in highschool in 08 the Pledge was still said daily over the intercom and when I was elementary school the teachers would lead the class. Does anyone else have a problem with it? Children pledging their allegiance to the state before they are even old enough to understand what they are saying seems like a bad thing to do. It seems like it could foster strong and sometimes dangerous nationalist sentiment in later years. I know it isn't actually mandatory in schools, but you aren't ever told you don't have to do it and the pressure to conform is strong.

Just as regular as rain. And we inch closer and closer to one of the most glorious days on the DU calendar: August 6. Such laughs. Such entertainment.

Hey, moron? How's about this:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ty7WU872Lk[/youtube]

That's the inherent difference: the rational among us pledge allegiance to a COUNTRY. You morons worship PERSONALITIES.

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Re: Another anti-Pledge of Allegiance thread sighting
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2012, 09:33:46 AM »
Mmm, mmm, mmm!
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Re: Another anti-Pledge of Allegiance thread sighting
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2012, 12:35:19 PM »
From the thread:

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Response to white_wolf (Original post)
Mon May 21, 2012, 04:52 PM
southernyankeebelle (5,811 posts)

8. I remember in elementary school saying the pledge...blah blah blah

...Why even in the movies (on base) you had to stand up before the movie started and listen to the Stars Bangle Banner play then we sit down and watch the movie.
   

:lmao:  and she wasn't being cute or anything.

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12. "Star Spangled Banner," actually.

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34. I just misspelled it sorry.
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Re: Another anti-Pledge of Allegiance thread sighting
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2012, 12:41:50 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on May 22, 2012, 09:33:46 AM
Mmm, mmm, mmm!
Barack Hussein Obama.
I love that song because it clearly illustrates the worship his followers have for him, and the utter lack of talent they had in composing this homage song to him. I also love that you remembered !
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Re: Another anti-Pledge of Allegiance thread sighting
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2012, 12:59:01 PM »
Oh brother....

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38. I was suspended in 6th grade for refusing to say the pledge in 1968

because of the 'under god' and 'liberty and justice for all' parts. The first of a series of problems I had with that school administration. My parents were pretty supportive of me but in hindsight should have probably sued the district for some of the things they tried.
  ::)  What a renegade...

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42. I believe most ed theory believes in a consistent mantra to start the school day and it gives the kids comfort in a world of caucus.

Does he mean chaos?

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Re: Another anti-Pledge of Allegiance thread sighting
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2012, 01:28:56 PM »
^Maybe "caucasians"

edit for typo
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Re: Another anti-Pledge of Allegiance thread sighting
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2012, 03:22:41 PM »
Red Skelton explains it best.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBTyTWOZCM[/youtube]

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Re: Another anti-Pledge of Allegiance thread sighting
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2012, 04:19:08 PM »
Quote from: Karin on May 22, 2012, 12:59:01 PM


Does he mean chaos?



I love the way that DUmmies, day after day, state they are smarter than everyone else in the world (being led of course, by Nads of Arc), and then use words that have little or nothing to do with what they are talking about.

Suffice it to say, Nads is the expert, but many of them make an effort to follow her example.

edited to add this, found in a thread about the yelling NC teacher:
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6. I see that as he goated the teacher to yell at him
« Last Edit: May 22, 2012, 04:30:38 PM by dane »
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Re: Another anti-Pledge of Allegiance thread sighting
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2012, 05:25:40 PM »
"I pledge allegence to Dear Leader and to the communist party for which he stands. One party and one leader. One nation, under him, with no liberty and no justice for no body."....now shut up and get back down in that ditch and dig....DUmmie.
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