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[quote=Anonymous]I honestly wish the pledge would be phased out - there are other ways to teach patriotism and love of country.  Most people just recite it and don't even think about its meaning, which to me says it is really just empty words.  And pledging allegiance to anything is...well, it is creepy.

Then you have the "under god" part that was added to show our supposed superiority to the "godless" communists but everyone claims is essential (bullshit...and the original pledge was written by an atheist) and the "liberty and justice FOR ALL" part (when we have lots of citizens who are NOT seen as equal).

There is PLENTY wrong with the pledge, but I personally am not going to raise these things with my kid this young.  I will let her think about it on her own time.  I started thinking it was odd in elementary school all on my own.

As for the "endowed by our creator" argument - if you know anything about history, you know that was just added for emphasis, right?  The author didn't truly believe that shit.[/quote]

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