In the US most students recite “the pledge of allegiance” every morning before school, which is kind of crazy. If you were in charge, what if anything would you replace it with?
A pledge enumerating the basic human rights of all people.
No flags, no governments, no religion needs a pledge. We need to pledge to be honorable human beings above all else.
It’s a bit long, maybe do one article per day?
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
The navy seal copypasta
I pledge allegiance to the drag of the United Queens of America.
Delete the middle.
“I pledge allegiance to liberty and justice for all”
Fuck Donald Trump
Repeat as needed.
ye are obsessed
Hitler on verge of possibly winning
Them: “Hitler sucks”
You: “Ugh, you’re just so passionate about this Hitler guy…”
Trumps a cunt.
That being said he didnt kill democracy last time he got in and he wont kill it this this time if he gets in.
Relax, worst case scenario u wait 4 years and he can never get in again.
How myopic.
- Trump literally tried to overthrow Democracy in a failed coup attempt and to this day continues to spread the Big Lie.
- Hitler’s first coup attempt failed, too.
- You in 1930s post-Beer Hall Putsch: “Relax, Hitler won’t try again.”
If you believe this in any capacity, then you really haven’t been paying any attention of the past 8 years, have you?
To perform a coup you must get the keys to power and the people with guns on your side. I dont think he or a couple hundred idiots have that kind of capability.
Competency has fundamentally zero bearing on identification of a coup. This was a thousand or more idiots who brought gallows, pipe bombs, and stormed the Capitol violently while chanting threats to leaders and trying to instruct Mike Pence to stop the election.
This was the President standing back and standing while this all happened. This was also a part of a wider conspiracy with the fake electors scheme.
The people with the majority of the guns (and weapons caches nearby), and the power (The President) were indeed in on it.
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-hearings-key-moments-b374e48ab5a1a0a597fd5b6ec69048c2
https://clinecenter.illinois.edu/coup-detat-project/statement_dec.15.2022
https://www.cato.org/commentary/yes-it-was-attempted-coup#
Trump tries to kill Democracy
You: “Yeah but he didn’t succeed this time, so all good!”
If it was a coup attempt be would have been charged if not executed. I trust the courts decision.
I mean .mls have to downplay how big a threat the fascists are, or else they might have to do any amount of reflection about how they insist we should do nothing to stop the fascists to send a message to da libz, while also claiming that they’re the only ones who take the true threat fascism represents seriously.
mushrooms and puppies
With red or white wine?
It’s about having pride in your community. Nothing wrong with an anthem. But this one does not reflect the values or even represent most of the community it’s meant to hype.
Not my type of music, but Kendrick Lamar seem to have hit the right note this summer.
The Pledge of Allegiance is what kids say, not the Star Spangled Banner. The Pledge is a little light on drama and more nationalist than patriotic imo. Not too terribly bad, except for the “under God” part they added in 1954.
You’re thinking of the National Anthem, which is wholly different from the Pledge of Allegiance.
Keep the same wording but replace with operative terms such as flag with Israel!
Nothing. Just let the kids do their morning uninterrupted.
It’s state law where I live. Fucking crazy.
“most students”? “every morning”?
My class only did it until we had it memorized, and then never again.
Guess you weren’t “most” then. That’s definitely not the norm.
It is a law in my state that all students must stand and all teachers must recite. Most of the students recite too, but no one but teachers are forced to.
It is a law in my state that all students must stand and all teachers must recite.
protects students from being compelled to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools.
Students are not being compelled to salute or say the pledge, only stand and be quiet. Teachers are the ones compelled to recite the pledge every day.
Something based on the scout oath. “a scout is trustworthy, loyal, honest…” Except based on what an American should be. “An American values the opinions of others, is a safe shot with a gun, does not live with someone without their consent, keeps their property secure, demands due process of the law, uses a lawyer, believes in the jury trail, does not apply cruel punishment, believes there are rights we don’t know reserved to us, and believes in limited government” (you should find each article in the bill of rights above) Of course better wordsmiths than I should rewrite that, and we probably need a lot of debate.
Note that I never pledge allegiance. As a christian my allegiance is to God and so it would be a lie to pledge allegiance to anything else. Thus making me recite the common pledge is a violation of the first amendment. (this is much clearer if you read the 12 amendments as originally proposed - for better or worse what actually passed isn’t as clear)
I just never did it, why even replace it. just remove it entirely.
Can we make a pledge to be a good and productive person?
The Team Rocket motto
This one sounds kinda good:
- One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason.
- The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
- One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
- The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the another is to forgo your own.
- Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.
- People are fallible. If we make a mistake, we should do our best to rectify it and resolve any harm that may have been caused.
- Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion , wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.
Satanic laugh
