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?
I pledge to be fair, stay curious and stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. To never forget we are a people dedicated to a just and free society for all. To be welcoming and inclusive of all peoples, rich or poor and the regardless if the color of their skin or their faith or gender or sexual orientation. Except Donald Trump. That guy is a jerk.
Decades in the future people only know Donald Trump as “the guy who’s a jerk according to the Morning Pledge”
Back when I was an extremely earnest 14-year-old I wanted to replace it with Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot speech, but honestly that’s probably too long and I don’t think forcing 5-year-olds to recite something they won’t even understand is a good way to instill anything worth instilling.
The Pledge of Ethics?
I really can’t remember the last time I said it in school, would have been super early on, 1st or 2nd grade back in the 70s. Definitely not after that.
Gee, I dunno…How about learning something?
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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.
I would replace it with education. Which is the purpose of schools.
Just a couple of judicious edits…
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
menpersons are created equal, that they are endowedby their Creatorwith certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are institutedamong Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.If you take out “by their creator” you need to remove or change “endowed”
How about…
that they
are endowed by their Creator withpossess certain unalienable Rights
Okay replacing men with persons is just nitpicking, and I don’t think it’s grammatically correct.
It’s absolutely not nitpicking, it’s inclusive
Men in this use case is already gender neutral.
I understand that historically “men” was used to refer to humans in general, but language evolves, and it’s important to use terms that are explicitly inclusive. By saying “persons” instead of “men,” it ensures everyone feels represented/included, and reinforces that these rights apply to every individual (bc they used to not, and lots of folks still want them to only apply to cishet white men)
I understand that historically “men” was used to refer to humans in general
Not just historically. It’s a literary term, but still a thing.
Other than that, inclusivity is important, but inclusivity theater is just annoying. Literally nothing will change if you change that one word in the constitution.
I’m guessing you’re a cis man? It would actually be a meaningful change for a lot of women and nonbinary people, even if subconscious.
Personally, I get a little bit annoyed every time I read/hear the general use of “men,” and that would change if we change that one word in the constitution, so not literally nothing
can it be nothing. why not nothing
How dare you propose freedom in the land of the free. No freedom for you! Not until you pledge an allegiance.
And do the same for the national anthem before every fucking sporting event. I’ll be damned if I’m standing and praying to a flag at every summer swim meet that is already going to take 4 hours to get done.
Don’t even get me started. My high school didn’t just do sports events, but they did the anthem or the pledge before just about every single event held in the building.
Cultlike behavior.
Actually, no. Just Cult behavior.
I never understood why Americans do that. For international events where the anthems of both teams are played, sure. But otherwise? Do you guys forget which country you are in?
It’s an effect of the crazy religiosity that Europe shipped over before the country was even founded. So much nutty Protestant fervor has rippled through American society since then. It infected secular institutions over time.
Which makes it even more crazy to me.
I live in a very Protestant area in Europe. In fact, many of the Protestants who got driven out of France around 1700 have settled around here, so roughly a similar timeframe to the ones in America. And we turned out entirely different. Here, Protestants are considered the “technically Christian on paper but probably hasn’t seen a church from the inside in a decade” kind of person while (some) Catholics are the conservative hardliners who want bibles and crosses in classrooms.
Might have something to do with the fact that, in Europe, they had to live alongside other people. In America they had their little bubbles where the crazy could echo and become stronger. Combine that with the amount of opportunistic grifters that came to and were bred in America. The “land of opportunity” inspired an individualistic greed that was more than happy to use religion to feed itself. The Mormons are the classic example.
Catholics in America were a minority and there was bigotry directed at them. They were more inclined to keep separate—not so much now. In my town, the catholic school kids would have Catholic slurs shouted at them by the public school kids. These days the conservative Catholics are more or less allied with the evangelical Protestants.
It’s part of the militarization of everything, and acts as patriotism propaganda.
Not only the anthem, but they usually have armed forces people, equipment, sponsorship, etc. and why it’s such a big deal with athletes don’t fawn enough over it (eg. the take a knee “scandal”)
Sports are a strong recruitment tool, being popular with men throughout their lives, and have been wildly taken over with military propaganda as a result.
Keep the same wording but replace with operative terms such as flag with Israel!
I pledge allegiance to the drag of the United Queens of America.
And to the queer for who we stand fabulous?
I dunno. I’m trying too hard.
Nothing. Just let the kids do their morning uninterrupted.
It’s state law where I live. Fucking crazy.
Nothing. Maybe a “good morning, do your best, and remember to be kind today”
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With red or white wine?
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
