The importance of the pledge of allegiance

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

hey, the guy who wrote the Pledge (without the Under God part) did explain his Pledge and his love of the CentGov…

Bellamy described his thoughts as he crafted the language of the pledge:

It began as an intensive communing with salient points of our national history, from the Declaration of Independence onwards; with the makings of the Constitution… with the meaning of the Civil War; with the aspiration of the people…

The true reason for allegiance to the Flag is the ‘republic for which it stands’. …And what does that last thing, the Republic mean? It is the concise political word for the Nation – the One Nation which the Civil War was fought to prove. To make that One Nation idea clear, we must specify that it is indivisible, as Webster and Lincoln used to repeat in their great speeches. And its future?

Just here arose the temptation of the historic slogan of the French Revolution which meant so much to Jefferson and his friends, ‘Liberty, equality, fraternity’. No, that would be too fanciful, too many thousands of years off in realization. But we as a nation do stand square on the doctrine of liberty and justice for all…

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

let’s get Trump to say it daily. that way “God” can enter his world at least in a word.

[WuWei]

You should go read the rules.

[FreeAndClear]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America; one nation under dog and for the republic for which it stands with liberty AND justice for all.

Amén

[FreeAndClear]

Angry

[Jezcoe]

@thinkingman

@Jezcoe

@thinkingman

@armycowboy

Making individuals mindlessly recite a pledge is stupid. Claiming they’re anti-American for not doing it is even stupider.

no ones making anyone say anything

whats stupid is people up and deciding they dont like it, so wastingbtime and effort ending its recitation

typical leftist ■■■■■■■■■ “change the world around me to fit my delicate sensibilities.”

A city council sets the agenda for the council meeting.

People can say the pledge on their own time… all day if they want to.

The City Council has decided to drop it from their meetings.

This isn’t “changing the world for delicate sensibilities” this is how a city council decides to conduct its business.

they were already saying it. they can ignore it on their own time too but no thats not enough for the leftist

yes some in council decided it had to stop.

this is not only sad, but sets a bad precedenr as it teaches leftists to be even more and more intolerant

The city council’s time is their time. They are the one’s who get tot set the agenda of the meeting.

This isn’t hard stuff to understand.

[Plasmaball]

The pledge like marriage has changed over time…

[thinkingman]

@Jezcoe

@thinkingman

@Jezcoe

@thinkingman

@armycowboy

Making individuals mindlessly recite a pledge is stupid. Claiming they’re anti-American for not doing it is even stupider.

no ones making anyone say anything

whats stupid is people up and deciding they dont like it, so wastingbtime and effort ending its recitation

typical leftist ■■■■■■■■■ “change the world around me to fit my delicate sensibilities.”

A city council sets the agenda for the council meeting.

People can say the pledge on their own time… all day if they want to.

The City Council has decided to drop it from their meetings.

This isn’t “changing the world for delicate sensibilities” this is how a city council decides to conduct its business.

they were already saying it. they can ignore it on their own time too but no thats not enough for the leftist

yes some in council decided it had to stop.

this is not only sad, but sets a bad precedenr as it teaches leftists to be even more and more intolerant

The city council’s time is their time. They are the one’s who get tot set the agenda of the meeting.

This isn’t hard stuff to understand.

they are there to do a job. not cater to their own “woke” sensibilities

[Guilds]

@thinkingman

so, she and her trashy foul mouth and her ball can go to hell

Study finds links between swearing and honesty

[Borgia_dude]

@AOABOVE

Wrong answer again Borgia…the demon-rat. Our UNITED STATES STANDS TOGETHER FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE… because In GOD WE TRUST. Christ our only Lord and Saviour in Heaven above…the Alpha and Omega held our Right hand WE THE CHRISTIAN FOUNDERS OF THIS, OUR UNITED STATES, FOUNDED THIS COUNTRY. GO READ AND LEARN YOUR HISTORY…and quit assisting the evil, satanic jerks in the plots… WE THE PEOPLE FIGHT YOUR EVIL! <to jail or bust for your satanist! Revelations 21:18-21…

I this post!

[Borgia_dude]

Still no apology or retraction from thinkingman?

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

@Borgia_dude

Still no apology or retraction from thinkingman?

of all the posters here that support Trump, i think TM is kinda turning into Trump (in his argument style) more so than any other. some people just do that (take on the personality of their teacher/coach/parent/leader). TM just uses Trump’s strategies now. and it works for Trump so why shouldn’t it also work for TM.

[mccoyfan]

@CaughtInTheMiddle

aren’t you guys glad we changed how we trained our kids to do the Pledge?

The Bellamy palm-out salute by pledge author Francis Bellamy to accompany the pledge in 1892.

Bellamy salute predates the Italians and Germans “roman” salute (1920s and 1930s)

So the Bellamy salute is not a “copy cat” or inspired by the Italians and Germans “roman” salute as you are trying to infer.

Then theres the Olympic salute (arm and hand stretched pointing upward) in 1924 and the Smith - Carlos Olympic salute in 1968.

[thinkingman]

@Guilds

@thinkingman

so, she and her trashy foul mouth and her ball can go to hell

Study finds links between swearing and honesty

huh

i am really honest in traffic then

[Jezcoe]

@thinkingman

@Jezcoe

@thinkingman

@Jezcoe

@thinkingman

@armycowboy

Making individuals mindlessly recite a pledge is stupid. Claiming they’re anti-American for not doing it is even stupider.

no ones making anyone say anything

whats stupid is people up and deciding they dont like it, so wastingbtime and effort ending its recitation

typical leftist ■■■■■■■■■ “change the world around me to fit my delicate sensibilities.”

A city council sets the agenda for the council meeting.

People can say the pledge on their own time… all day if they want to.

The City Council has decided to drop it from their meetings.

This isn’t “changing the world for delicate sensibilities” this is how a city council decides to conduct its business.

they were already saying it. they can ignore it on their own time too but no thats not enough for the leftist

yes some in council decided it had to stop.

this is not only sad, but sets a bad precedenr as it teaches leftists to be even more and more intolerant

The city council’s time is their time. They are the one’s who get tot set the agenda of the meeting.

This isn’t hard stuff to understand.

they are there to do a job. not cater to their own “woke” sensibilities

Setting the agenda of the meeting is part of their job.

[fallenturtle]

What does her sexual preference have to do with this?

[AZslim]

@thinkingman

@AZslim

I think would go back the original version, too.

You know, the one without the God crap.

god has no place in america huh?

Did I say that?

[CanadianJudo]

Trump is a fake patriot.

[thinkingman]

@fallenturtle

What does her sexual preference have to do with this?

what does it have to do with anything?

yet we hear it all the time huh

your next step will be arguing about what “all the time” means

[biggestal99]

@thinkingman

if an individual doesnt want to say it, like everybody’s new favorite anti-trump trashy lesbian soccer star

Aka Megan the almighty.

It’s Rapinoe’s World. We just live in it.

Allan