RE: Student sits during pledge of allegiance; gets chair kicked out from beneath him
October 25, 2017 at 2:57 pm
(October 25, 2017 at 2:34 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(October 25, 2017 at 2:20 pm)Tiberius Wrote: From the bully's instragram page:
Sounds like such an upstanding member of society. /s
Refusing the stand for the pledge of national anthem is not disrespectful, it's a form of protest, and protest is exactly how this country was founded. The founding fathers would be proud of the student who sat, and ashamed of the student who kicked the chair.
Let's face it. It's not disrespectful even if you're not protesting.
I think it is disrespectful if you are not protesting for a particular cause. Not standing up for no other reason than just because you "can't be bothered" is disrespectful. So many people have died for this country and risked their lives for it. Meanwhile someone else can't even be bothered to stand up for 2 minutes? I see that as disrespectdul to those people and especially to those people's families who have to deal with the fear for, and absense/loss of, their loved ones.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
