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RE: Forced loyalty oaths are fascism.
October 3, 2014 at 10:00 am
I'm glad the school apologized to the student for the teacher's conduct, but it never should have come to that. How the fuck does one get through grade school -- let alone college, as this teacher must have -- without an inkling of what the 1st Amendment is about?
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RE: Forced loyalty oaths are fascism.
October 3, 2014 at 2:13 pm
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2014 at 2:14 pm by Brian37.)
40 years of Falwell, Robertson, Swaggart and Grahm.
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RE: Forced loyalty oaths are fascism.
October 3, 2014 at 2:19 pm
Is the teacher fired? No? Why not?
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RE: Forced loyalty oaths are fascism.
October 3, 2014 at 2:26 pm
What if we forced people to swear oaths with breakfast? There'd be some authoritarian asshole standing there shouting "EAT YOUR OATH MEAL!!!"
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RE: Forced loyalty oaths are fascism.
October 3, 2014 at 2:29 pm
Hell, the fucking Jehovah's Witnesses haven't had to pledge allegiance since, IIRC, the 1940s !!!!!
Did tha Amish have a court case, or did the JW one do them too ??
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RE: Forced loyalty oaths are fascism.
October 3, 2014 at 2:37 pm
I pledge no allegiance to any flag nor any nation. "God" would have nothing to do with it.