If you are in the military, you should pledge to the flag. Often the flag leads the direction into battle. But for kids and civilians to pledge allegiance to a flag... what a bunch of silliness! And one nation? The States are 50. They are essentially 50 nations. The part the Federal has is to protect them, keep them separate, and let them do business that enhances the people rather than hurting them... but to do it by staying out of their business.
Why Patriots Shouldn't Pledge Allegiance
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/why-patriots-shouldnt-pledge-allegianceThough conservatives will be most aghast at this undertaking, the open-minded ones will soon discover they should be among the pledge's greatest critics.
Before I open fire, a brief explanation for international readers: The Pledge of Allegiance is recited by children across America at the start of start of each school day. It's also incorporated into many meetings held by federal, state and local governments and private groups as well.
Standing and facing the flag with hand over heart, one recites: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
A Government Loyalty Oath Written by a Socialist
Many who consider the pledge a cornerstone of conservative values will be surprised to learn it was written by a Christian Socialist named Francis Bellamy, who was run out of his pulpit at a Boston church for preaching against capitalism, and who called Jesus Christ a socialist.
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I haven’t always felt this way. Conditioned by 13 years of public school, I continued sincerely reciting the pledge at various functions far into my adult life. Following my U.S. Army service, I’d even stand at attention with heels locked -- Bellamy would’ve been proud.
It was only after learning the true meaning of liberty and the animating spirit of our system of government that my mind was changed. If your experience is like mine, once you begin recognizing the pledge as the authoritarian loyalty oath that it is, you’ll soon develop disdain for its nearly every phrase.
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