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In reply to the discussion: God should not be taken out of the Pledge of Allegiance. [View all]Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)65. thank you for this thread. It's something that
really gets my goat.
I've been avoiding paying any attention to the pledge for fifteen years, with only a couple of queries as to why, with my paraphrasing the 43 decision only once, to a librarian, free speech lover, she was, ha.
the first of these two pics are of US kids doing the Bellamy salute in 1942. this salute, I believe, has been already mentioned here as having originated when the original pledge (''to my flag'') was written, and the salute described, in 1892.
the second is a room full of German kids doing something recognizably similar
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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