The Pledge to the Flag is bullcrap. Line by line analysis.

[AZLD4Candidate]

I hate the pledge. Haven't said it since I was in 8th grade. Didn't force my students to say it. Didn't even stand for it. Didn't tell my students in the US to stand for it. WV v. Barnette and Tinker V. Des Moines says students don't need to and can silently protest.

Let's look at the brainwashing crap of The Pledge, followed by a Pledge I believe is more acceptable but still shouldn't be said.

Swear word warning. . .this will sound like a George Carlin-type rant.

I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
First of all, I have to ask what the hell does this mean? I'm pledging myself to a flag? A fucking flag? It's a red white and blue piece of cloth. Guess what. . .so are my pants. And my underwear. Well, I wear boxers, but I have no problems having people say "I pledge allegiance to my boxer shorts." Especially if they are pretty women. Pledge all you want.

And don't give me that weak shit "well, it means that you pledge to the ideals the flag represents. Oh, that's nice. Why not say that instead? I pledge allegiance for the ideals that the flag of the United States represents. It doesn't say that. Stop implying shit to confirm nationalism ego bias.

And what ideals do we mean? Of course, the good ones. Racism, slavery, sexism, genocide of native American, discrimination, homophobia, xenophobia, islamophobia. . .as Rage Against the Machine stated, all of which are American Dreams. You want to know about the great ideals of the US. . .ask a Native American, if you can find one. We make them a bit scarce. Want current data? Ask a random black family if they feel the "ideals" of the United States.

And do the Republic for which it stands.

So, the country is an afterthought. The flag is what you pledge to and the country is second. It's like that duty, honor, country pledge in the armed forces. The country is THIRD! IT SHOULD BE FIRST! I pledge allegiance to the United States and the flag that represents it sound so much better. At least I'm not pledging to a fucking piece of cloth.

One Nation

With all due respect, the Civil War proved that is horse shit. And Texas still wants to secede. And Republicans want to bring back nullification which was part of the path to the Civil War. We aren't one nation. They only time we're one nation is when someone attacks us or there is a national tragedy. Remember a time when it didn't take a catastrophe to bring us all together as a nation? Guess what? Neither can I.

Under God

This wasn't even in the original pledge. It was added in 1954 to show the Sky Daddy loved "freedom loving" US and not Godless Communism. Even though we didn't give a rat's ass about freedom. Look at the people we supported during the Cold War:
Papa Doc
Rhee Syngmun
Suharto
Sukarno
Ferdinand Marcos
PW Boltha
Ngo Dinh Diem
Shah of Iran
Batista
Francisco Franco
Baby Doc
Saddam Hussein (until we didn't)
Chiang Kai Shek (who brutalized native Formosa)
Pinochet
Noriega
Guatemalan Death Squads
Daniel Ortega


We didn't give a shit about freedom. All we cared about is that you weren't a Communist. IF you slaughtered people, that's the price of doing business.

With liberty and justice for all.. . .that aren't minorities or can afford it. This last line is infuriating.
If you want know about this, go to wikipedia, go to the search bar, type in Japanese American 1942 and you'll learn all about liberty and justice for all. Just when they needed their rights, the government took them away. The only right they had: RIGHT THIS WAY, into the concentration camp.

Native Americans weren't full American citizens until 1978.
Black people weren't people until 1865.
Women couldn't vote until 1920.
And you were old enough to kill but not vote until 1972.
Interracial marriage was outlawed until 1967.
Our Apartheid lasted until 1954.
The Chinese were denied immigration rights from 1881 to 1943
Jesse Washington's killers still haven't been brought to justice
The Tulsa Race Riot is still ignored
Sand Creek is still called a battle
Little Big Horn is still called a massacre


Now, let's try it again.

I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of American and the country it created, conceived in liberty, dedicated to establishing equality for all within its borders.

I still have issues with it, but at least I'm not pledging to a fucking piece of cloth.