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In reply to the discussion: Quick question!!! "When was the last time you recited the Pledge of Allegiance?" [View all]TlalocW
(15,380 posts)37. It seems like the only time I hear the pledge or the national anthem
Is when I'm working as a balloon twister at a Cub Scout party or a sports game, etc. I'll respectfully stop twisting and even take off my heart, but I don't do the hand over my heart thing, and I don't recite the pledge. Fine if you want to do it individually and are not coerced, but it's so hard to understand how conservatives thinking that forcing people to recite the a pledge that specifically mentions freedom isn't brain-synapse-burning idiotic. I suspect what it mainly concerns is being able to force people to say, "Under God." It either mollifies them for a while in their belief that we're a Christian nation, or it's a gotcha moment.
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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