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In reply to the discussion: The Pledge to the Flag is bullcrap. Line by line analysis. [View all]lastlib
(26,843 posts)3. On those rare occasions that I recite it, I say "one nation under LAW."
I ain't under no sky daddy, but I sure as heck accept an order of law, because without it, we have MAGA-World.
And like you, I'm just not into hugging up on a piece of cloth flag. Little Donnie Four-I's did that at a CPAC, and the poor flag had to join the #MeToo movement.
And the way I read that last bit, they're conveniently leaving out a few words. To be truthful, it should say "...with liberty and justice for all who already got it, and to fuck with the rest of y'all (that'd be the wimmin, the blackies, the brownies, the queeries, the injuns, and anybody that don't love our Ja-ayyyee-zus.)"
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Can't be that honest. The US Constitution was actually a victory for the conservaturds at the time.
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2023
#2
You put those ideas in children because children don't have the ability to muster a defense
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2023
#9
The ludicrous irony, is watching members of the political party sworn to uphold, but most attuned
Uncle Joe
Aug 2023
#8
I love when people tell me that flag and country are equal in the pledge.
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2023
#12
Putting the flag first (or in there at all, but especially first) has bugged me for a long time
Silent3
Aug 2023
#10
No, it was trumped up paranoia. Most people believe what communism says. It's those with
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2023
#17
Arizona Republicans tried to make it a law requiring all people in schools to stay and say it.
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2023
#19
Winnie the Flu requires all students to attend mandatory flag raising and reciting of the
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2023
#29
Dick Stands is a very famous person. Just like Dick Head, Dick Wad, Dick Smack
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2023
#41