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(164,089 posts) Fri Nov 22, 2013, 04:32 PM Nov 2013

School officials threatened to be ‘lined up and shot’ after Fox News ‘misreporting’ [View all]

Source: Raw Story

School officials threatened to be ‘lined up and shot’ after Fox News ‘misreporting’
By David Edwards
Thursday, November 21, 2013 16:11 EST

A school board member in South Dakota is calling on Fox News to apologize because he says an erroneous report led to threats that officials be “lined up and shot” over the Pledge of Allegiance.

Sioux Falls School Board member Kent Alberty told KSFY that Fox News picked up the story after a local television station reported that the board had defied a group of veterans and dropped the pledge at high schools.

“A school board there has decided there’s just no time in the day to recite the Pledge of Allegiance despite a desperate request from a local vets group to keep the pledge,” Fox News host Megyn Kelly told viewers on Nov. 14.

“The veterans, by the way, say they are not giving up,” reporter Trace Gallagher noted. “They say they will continue fighting to see if they can get the pledge reinstated.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/21/school-officials-threatened-to-be-lined-up-and-shot-after-fox-news-misreporting/

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School officials threatened to be ‘lined up and shot’ after Fox News ‘misreporting’ [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2013 OP

"lined up and shot" ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2013 #1

How many people christx30 Nov 2013 #2

No Time In The Day To Recite The Pledge - Really...... global1 Nov 2013 #3

It sounds like a lame excuse to me. Now, I'm not for prayer in school, too many RKP5637 Nov 2013 #5

I pledged allegiance to the Constitution when I was inducted into the military in the early '70s... Journeyman Nov 2013 #11

That, is an interesting way of looking at it, I really understand your point of view, I never RKP5637 Nov 2013 #16

Excellent point. I'm actually ashamed of myself for not realizing your thoughts a long time ago. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #25

I refuse to recite the Pledge xxqqqzme Nov 2013 #34

+1 nt Sand Wind Nov 2013 #65

Yeah, "under God" has nothing to do with prayer. (nt) jeff47 Nov 2013 #21

ha, oops, right! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #28

As long as they use the original version KamaAina Nov 2013 #33

I learned it without the "under God" part, Blue_In_AK Nov 2013 #39

I was in school when they added that, and to me even at that age it was a WTF. I RKP5637 Nov 2013 #43

PS: Ted Cruise reminds me of McCarthy ... it just hit me now who he reminds me of ... n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #44

Plus the "under God" part ruins the continuity caraher Nov 2013 #64

because they fucked it up maindawg Nov 2013 #45

Yep, they sure did! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #47

when we recited the pledge today maindawg Nov 2013 #49

I went to school in the 1960s and early 1970s rsdsharp Nov 2013 #6

You didn't read the story.... sinkingfeeling Nov 2013 #7

Please tell me you're kidding maxrandb Nov 2013 #12

First you got to get the kids to stand up, face the right direction, put their right hand on alfredo Nov 2013 #14

Dear God. And I'm sure that teacher was convinced they were going to heaven. nt okaawhatever Nov 2013 #36

They always do, they're special, they're on a mission from god and often RKP5637 Nov 2013 #46

She even spoke like the King James Bible. You knew you were in trouble when she pointed at alfredo Nov 2013 #48

Apparently there is no time in the day for you to read the story jeff47 Nov 2013 #20

You get lost on the way to a teaparty rally? Bradical79 Nov 2013 #26

I guess you weren't reciting it with heart then. Ash_F Nov 2013 #27

You're quoting Fox. tblue Nov 2013 #31

Ten seconds they could spend learning and not being told to recite a loyalty oath. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #40

I got it under 1 second. mwooldri Nov 2013 #55

Defenders of "freedom" making death threats over not requiring the reciting of a loyalty oath. arcane1 Nov 2013 #4

"Freedumb" isn't what it used to be.... blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #8

Yep, that's WTF is consistently wrong with these asses. Their solution is always the same, RKP5637 Nov 2013 #10

Where does it say it was the vets making the threats?nt Guaguacoa Nov 2013 #58

Where did I say it was the vets? arcane1 Nov 2013 #60

You said "defenders of freedom" making the threats. Guaguacoa Nov 2013 #66

You would be mistaken. I put freedom in quotes for a reason. arcane1 Nov 2013 #68

Then that is not what you meant, however Guaguacoa Nov 2013 #70

Good point. I was referring to the phony patriotism of the ones saying "get shot" arcane1 Nov 2013 #71

One of these days, Fox is going to get someone killed Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #9

Probably they already indirectly (or directly) have, a lot more than we realize. IMO the same can RKP5637 Nov 2013 #13

They already have done that. Botany Nov 2013 #15

Been there, done that. RIP Dr. George Tiller, tblue37 Nov 2013 #67

Children being forced to recite a loyalty oath is nothing new. Mr.Bill Nov 2013 #17

Funny you should mention that. In the 30's the pledge didn't involve hand-over-heart. arcane1 Nov 2013 #18

Thank you! So glad to see this, myself. Never, ever knew about it. Judi Lynn Nov 2013 #19

Thank you for replying, thereby allowing me to catch my spelling error. arcane1 Nov 2013 #22

And it didn't have the words "under God" in it. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #24

Holy shit. nt riqster Nov 2013 #51

I once wrote up a history of The Pledge for a (former) friend who sent me some truly... Hekate Nov 2013 #30

I have read that the "under God" phrase Mr.Bill Nov 2013 #37

Either way, it didn't show up until sometime in mid-50s, after I had already memorized... Hekate Nov 2013 #57

Right. Mr.Bill Nov 2013 #63

The Pledge is about Madmiddle Nov 2013 #23

I really think it is a prayer... JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #29

I am only for it if they bring back the Bellamy salute. MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #32

No offense. I support your right to sit out the Pledge, I did too in the sixties. But I also ... marble falls Nov 2013 #41

I said I was reminded MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #50

I get your point. We both have an extreme dislike of jingoism. Thank you for talking about this ... marble falls Nov 2013 #59

+1 nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #53

Fair and balanced and totally without factual basis. Fox, gotta resist taling them seriously. marble falls Nov 2013 #35

I have no problem with cosenting adults reciting the pledge. Mr.Bill Nov 2013 #38

I think that's the point. defacto7 Nov 2013 #42

Lined up and shot. CFLDem Nov 2013 #52

Was it H. Rap Brown who said "Violence is as American as cherry pie"? I think he had a point... n/t nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #56

"Amer'ca: love it or we'll kill you!" nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #54

my school did the same thing and no one cared madrchsod Nov 2013 #61

On the last Veterans Day, I - the only known lefty in miles - was also the only person on my block IrishAyes Nov 2013 #62

Absolutely True about that Scum warrant46 Nov 2013 #69