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20. Im with you.

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 08:57 PM

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Why do we need to pledge allegiance to an inanimate thing, like a flag or a song? [View all] Bleacher Creature Sep 2017 OP

Better than having to pledge it to Twitler I suppose. nt rzemanfl Sep 2017 #1

. . . and to the Republic for which it stands . . . . nt marybourg Sep 2017 #2

One nation, indivisible... defacto7 Sep 2017 #5

with liberty and justice for all ?!?!? ri-i-ight. fierywoman Sep 2017 #17

It is like religion, basically mind control for the weak Not Ruth Sep 2017 #3

Yup, so we are confirming we are all part of the same club mitch96 Sep 2017 #9

We don't have to; the Supreme Court has already said so. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #4

This sort of shit goes all the way back to the days of Caesar. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #6

Senseless repetition, programming, setting allegiance defacto7 Sep 2017 #7

I will pledge allegiance to WheelWalker Sep 2017 #10

I like your idea very much. fierywoman Sep 2017 #18

Im with you. bluepen Sep 2017 #20

We don't "need" to do so, whether to an inanimate . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Sep 2017 #11

Why do we swear an oath? Not Ruth Sep 2017 #12

Because we love us some symbolism Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2017 #13

I can't remember the last time... Thor_MN Sep 2017 #15

It also breaks a 10 commandment. Idolatry and all.. but ecstatic Sep 2017 #19

The pledge was invented by a socialist in the late 19th century. longship Sep 2017 #21

It's as wacky Igel Sep 2017 #22