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ChazInAz

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5. I don't.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 12:36 PM

Mar 2018

I refused to pledge allegiance to the flag in elementary school, due to the crap I got daily because of my Slavic "behind the Iron Curtain" name during the McCarthy years.
Viet Nam resulted in my sitting out the national anthem. I've seen no reason to change since then.

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Trump on National Anthem Day: 'We all proudly stand for the national anthem' [View all] DonViejo Mar 2018 OP

I didnt even know we had a National Anthem Day Canoe52 Mar 2018 #1

. dalton99a Mar 2018 #2

Sure he does. You just have to be a lip-reader. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2018 #13

That is NOT a bad lip reading. Dave Starsky Mar 2018 #14

Maybe he'd do better with this one - TheSmarterDog Mar 2018 #16

My answer to Trump-go to hell the same hell this country put me through Stargazer99 Mar 2018 #3

How long has this been a thing? Fiendish Thingy Mar 2018 #4

I don't. ChazInAz Mar 2018 #5

Our national anthem Cold War Spook Mar 2018 #6

fuck the national anthem. rownesheck Mar 2018 #7

Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup dreamboat Mar 2018 #12

I know. rownesheck Mar 2018 #15

You mean the Russian anthem? Or the American one-the one you don't know the words to? joanbarnes Mar 2018 #8

Coming from Putin's puppet duforsure Mar 2018 #9

Maybe trump wouldn't stand for Oliver Wendell Holmes' added 5th stanza ! pangaia Mar 2018 #10

Hey dotard! Learn the freakin lyrics! truthisfreedom Mar 2018 #11

Thankfully, it's also National Mulled Wine Day JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2018 #17

The greatest show of patriotism is actually exercising one's rights... paleotn Mar 2018 #18

Stand for our national anthem? That would be nice... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2018 #19