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[b]Why do you object to standing for the flag?  [/b]Seriously.  As for our military, they fight for what the flag represents.  It sounds to me like you do not like our country.  Just because you CAN sit, does not mean it is not disrespectful to others in the class or to our military who fight for the flag and country.  It is disrespectful not to stand.  If you don't choose to say the pledge, that's on you.  No one notices, I guess.  If they do, it shows who you are (unless you are not a citizen of this country.)  It shows that you put your personal gripes over country.  You can protest policies.  You can protest our leaders.  That's fine.  But, you should not be protesting our country and what it stands for.  The flag is a symbol.  That is why people get upset when the football players kneel.  They are using the freedom the flag stands for to protest what the flag stands for.  It's kind of counterintuitive.

Sure, Kapernick has the right to kneel.  And, people have the right to object to what he is doing.  It shows what he is--someone who is ungrateful for the opportunities he has been given.  He has plenty of opportunities to object to policies and behaviors outside of thumbing his nose at our country.[/quote]

I think it's idolatry. So does one of my kids. (We are all big fans of the First Amendment and can list all five of the freedoms it guarantees. Can you?) Fortunately my kid's teacher is aware that public schools in the US may not compel kids to stand for the flag. [/quote]

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