RE: Student sits during pledge of allegiance; gets chair kicked out from beneath him
October 25, 2017 at 11:07 pm
No one should have to pledge allegiance to a country that doesn't stand for them. And this country doesn't stand for a lot of people right now. Being expected to stand for the pledge is pure authoritarianism.
It's not surprising that authoritarians are upset by people not standing for the flag, or anthem. It's because they're easily offended as they often accuse liberals of being. In truth they are the social justice warriors they rail so hard against. They have their feelings hurt by that--and I say good. That means the protests are working. That they are more offended by someone not standing for the pledge, than they are about unarmed black men being shot by police says all we need to know: That these people SHOULD be offended at every turn. Let them be offended. They deserve it. The more they cry, the better.
It's not surprising that authoritarians are upset by people not standing for the flag, or anthem. It's because they're easily offended as they often accuse liberals of being. In truth they are the social justice warriors they rail so hard against. They have their feelings hurt by that--and I say good. That means the protests are working. That they are more offended by someone not standing for the pledge, than they are about unarmed black men being shot by police says all we need to know: That these people SHOULD be offended at every turn. Let them be offended. They deserve it. The more they cry, the better.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
