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In reply to the discussion: Quick question!!! "When was the last time you recited the Pledge of Allegiance?" [View all]ProfessorGAC
(65,021 posts)34. I Never Do It
When I sub, it happens in the first couple minutes.
I'm too busy counting the kids & figuring out who's missing to be parroting a pointless oath. The attendance numbers are needed 5 minutes after first bell & working in 15 schools, some of them huge, I don't know all the kids.
So, how would they prove my not standing with my hand over my heart is disrespect, rather than doing what they're paying me for.
Admittedly, I think the pledge is silly, and I'm not paying homage to a piece of cloth. Nor to the "country for which it stands". We the people tells me I am the country.. (Along with 333 million others.). It's stupid to pledge allegiance to myself.
So, I don't do it, but how would they prove it's" disrespect "?
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Quick question!!! "When was the last time you recited the Pledge of Allegiance?" [View all]
Grins
Jan 2022
OP
I pledged allegiance to the Constitution when I was inducted into the military in the early '70s...
Journeyman
Jan 2022
#2
I remember not having to put one's hand over their heart while singing the national anthem
tenderfoot
Jan 2022
#3
I haven't said it since I realized that line about "with liberty and justice for all" did not apply
LoisB
Jan 2022
#8
It always amuses me to hear people talk about having to swear on the Bible in court.
rsdsharp
Jan 2022
#45
They recite it at the county caucus when I go, and they also say it at a union federation
WhiskeyGrinder
Jan 2022
#10
worked for California colleges. said the pledge at start of every board meeting.
Demovictory9
Jan 2022
#20
My observation of my rightward friends and acquaintances is the pageantry and symbolism is #1.
Gore1FL
Jan 2022
#31
I'm sure I've said it since, but my only real memory of doing so was in grade school.
rsdsharp
Jan 2022
#46