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In reply to the discussion: God should not be taken out of the Pledge of Allegiance. [View all]bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)54. Do we really need this fight?
Seriously, we have bigger fish to fry. This is the sort of boutique liberal issue which sets the right wing off into the stratosphere and makes ordinary people, you know the folks we's like to have voting for Democrats shaking their heads and wondering whether their beloved pledge would disappear if they vote for Hillary or Bernie.
Let's let the silly belong to the right wing, shall we?
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Freedom of religion and speech is not protection against social pressures and exclusion.
branford
Jan 2016
#50
"Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions." Arthur Schopenhauer
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2016
#21
I'm talking about liberals in general and to correct your impression I'm a Sanders supporter.
bklyncowgirl
Jan 2016
#63
In the face of the important things that need to be done this is, as I said before, rather silly
bklyncowgirl
Feb 2016
#71