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The Pledge of Allegiance is an idiotic anachronism. It’s original purpose was one of youth indoctrination. Written by Socialist preacher, Francis Bellamy, the pledge was sponsored and promulgated by an organization that a top level Bush Administration cabinet member would later term “terrorist.”
The whole idea of the forced recitation of slogans is Leninist at its core. It is quite remarkable that schools waste their time with such frivolity.
Comment by kappiy — Tuesday, May 10, 2024 @ 7:16 pm
I am not a big fan of such recitations.
Comment by Steven Taylor — Tuesday, May 10, 2024 @ 8:10 pm
This pledge seems to be the whole width and breath of many people’s knowledge of their government, even when they don’t know what the words really mean.
Now isn’t that scary ?
Comment by Neo — Tuesday, May 10, 2024 @ 10:41 pm
Just because kids don’t listen to themselves pledge doesn’t mean it’s OK for the school to have them saying “God” — I know I’m beating a dead horse here, but why not just kill those two words, added so very recently, and give us the original secular wording?
Comment by Isaac B2 — Tuesday, May 10, 2024 @ 11:36 pm
First off, the 1950s were hardly “very recently” as pertains to the pledge, which is 100 years old max.
Also, I never thought of it as “invisible”, but as “invincible”. You know, like we can’t be beat. I asked fairly early what that word meant, though - if I was going to be saying it every day, I wanted to know what it meant.
That being said, I avoided saying the pledge for most of my school career, because I was homeschooled.
Comment by B. Minich, PI — Wednesday, May 11, 2024 @ 8:54 am
My oldest son (age 16) was actually graded on whether he said the pledge or not in one of his class. The class was Spanish class and they were required to say the pledge in proper Spanish each day. If they did not recite it everyday, and correctly, their grade was lowered as a result.
I don’t remember when it was, but we were taught what each line of the pledge meant and how to punctuate it properly. Not “one nation (pause) under God” but “one nation under God”.
The pledge is obviously very popular in the deep South.
Comment by Jan — Wednesday, May 11, 2024 @ 11:08 am