Not saying pledge of allegiance destroys America

[FreeTony]

We had to do the Lord's Prayer at school, but it was never explained to us what it actually meant.

[Norman Humann]

We had to do the Lord's Prayer at school, but it was never explained to us what it actually meant.

Because that's not the point. They just want to get the mantra drilled into your brain as soon as possible.

[Minimalist]

First of all, how does that win a contest?! How bad were the other entries?

By telling the idiot judges what they want to hear.

Hitler loved loyalty oaths, too. All tyrants do.

[Chad32]

Of course. For reference, see the biggest tyrant of all, who has somehow convinced his followers that he's the very definition of love, justice, and mercy.

[SteelCurtain]

It's sort of reminiscent of some Orwellian dystopia, no?

Children standing at their desks, all faced in the same direction (facing the flag), all doing the same thing (right hand over heart), and chanting the same thing...

I remember at Cordova Park Elementary School in Pensacola, FL, we would recite the Pledge of Allegiance, then each teacher would play "God Bless the USA" on a tiny little turntable and we would all sing along. It's freakin creepy, to think about it now.

[Norman Humann]

I remember at Cordova Park Elementary School in Pensacola, FL, we would recite the Pledge of Allegiance, then each teacher would play "Proud to Be an American" on a tiny little turntable and we would all sing along. It's freakin creepy, to think about it now.

Trust me, it's even creepier to read about it from a perspective.

[Minimalist]

Children standing at their desks, all faced in the same direction (facing the flag), all doing the same thing (right hand over heart), and chanting the same thing...

Almost....muslim....in its intensity.



That should piss off the super-patriot christees no end.

[Thumpalumpacus]

What's this, a group that aims to foster religion lauding an adolescent thought?

[Chad32]

Children standing at their desks, all faced in the same direction (facing the flag), all doing the same thing (right hand over heart), and chanting the same thing...

Almost....muslim....in its intensity.



That should piss off the super-patriot christees no end.

I like how they're bowing on a slanted surface. it's not enough that their heads are down. They need to be lower than the rest of their bodies. Now if only someone could figure out how to get a crowd of people to stay upside down for a while without getting dizzy from the blood rushing to their heads, it would be perfect.

[Crossless2.0]

When I was a kid, I pretended to recite the pledge but actually just mumbled nonsense to get through it. Though I didn't have the reference in my mind at the time, it always struck me as a little too "Deutschland Deutschland Uber Alles" for my taste.

If they wanted to reward a kid for expressing a good patriotic sentiment, one in keeping with the true ideals of this country, they should have held a contest in which students submitted essays on the importance of civil protest and the avoidance of group-think. But I suppose that would have been a non-starter for a group of such sturdy individualists as usually populate these civic groups.