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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those of you who see encouraging or suborning protest during the pledge/anthem as political indoctrination of children: how is it not political indoctrination to encourage/expect children to recite the pledge of allegiance and to stand at attention during the anthem? You are simply encouraging a different form of indoctrination with this "my country, right or wrong" attitude. [/quote]

We are standing because "WE" are our country, NOT some leader, monarch or individual. We the people. We are standing to honor our ideal: liberty and justice for all.

We are standing to honor those who bled on the battlefield to protect "WE" Americans and our ideals above, and for those whose coffins come back wrapped in our flag.

The red stripes on the flag symbolize blood shed on the battlefield btw.

The flag is not Trump, or Obama, or any president, politician or political party.  The flag is we the people and the ideals that we aspire to and fight for.

When they are protesting the flag, it is not a symbol of Trump they are insulting. They are insulting our ideals and those who fought and died for those ideals.

That is what is so insulting about this stupid "protest"[/quote]

Also, we stand out of pride for ourselves. Not kneeling or bowimg to some monarch or supreme leader. We stand as equals with our heads held high, not cowing on the ground as someone worth less than others.[/quote]

The absence of equality is exactly what these protests are about. And freedom of speech, explicitly including political protest, is one of the most bedrock of our ideals. It's literally the very first item in the Bill of Rights. I find the protesters a lot more patriotic than those who suggest we should mindlessly swallow jingoistic slogans and behaviors and direct vitriol at those who are working to make the country better, to better reflect our ideals. [/quote]

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