Isn't that... you know... jingoistic and statist?
2007-08-07 04:28:12 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I spent a day at my niece's school, and it was very odd saying it again. I'm so literal that I'm standing there thinking, "I have my hand over my heart, and I'm pledging my allegiance to an inanimate object." Ever since then, the pledge has made little sense to me.
But I'm with Lewis Black on this one: "The Christians really want to hold that [under God] in [the pledge], but that's stupid too because no child while saying the pledge of allegiance, when saying the words 'under God,' has experienced the rapture.
"But finally and most importantly, it really doesn't matter if the words 'under god' are in it or not because the pledge is said by elementary students, and they DON'T KNOW WHAT THE F*** THEY'RE SAYING!
"By the time you comprehend what's in the pledge of allegiance, you don't have to f******* say it anymore. The pledge of allegiance, ultimately, is coffee for elementary school students. 'And to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all.' F***, I'm in school! Can we say it again? I need a second cup."
2007-08-07 07:14:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Mostly it's a pledge to the republic that the flag stands for. The flag is a symbol of the government and freedoms in this country.
2007-08-07 05:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by Senator John McClain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aw, come on! When we pledge allegiance to the flag we are pledging to the republic for which it stands. I don't care if Snow White wrote the pledge, it is still meant as an honor to our nation.
2016-05-20 22:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if u are an American regardless of your religion u should pledge allegiance to the flag. It's out of respect for our four fathers who started this and also those who fought for our country & independence. There were men who died for our country to help our future & our freedom. I feel this has nothing to do w/ religion and all to do with those who live in this country. The ones who weren't even born here but want to come here for a "better life" please reconize your an American now so give your flag some respect. We Americans fight for our people, our beliefs, our independence, & our respect and that is what our flag represents!!
2007-08-07 04:48:18 · answer #4 · answered by Sunnie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I remember saying the Pledge every morning as a kid. I learned the words and said it, but I didn't know what those words meant, so the whole thing, year after year, had absolutely no meaning whatsoever.
It reminds me of seeing all of the loyal Chinese marching in place, waving around the Little Red Book. I believe the Pledge is unconstitutional, even before the "under god" was added. If I were Christian I would probably find it to be un-Christian as well.
2007-08-07 04:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by Peter D 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Flags (aka standards) were carried into battle so that the men had something to rally around. It told them where their leader was and that he was still alive. Capturing and controlling the other side's flag was a significant step in winning a battle.
This language is left over from medieval military practices.
2007-08-07 04:46:07 · answer #6 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see how pledging allegiance to anything has much to do with jingoism. Is this a test to see how many of us actually know what "jingoistic" and "statist" mean?
Jingoism is not patriotism, plain and simple, it has more to do with war-hawks and national belligerence.
I had to look up statist, but again, not much to do with pledging allegiance to a flag.
2007-08-07 04:32:39 · answer #7 · answered by manic.fruit 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I just wanted to point out that "under god" is ad hoc and put in there back in 1954 by fundies (weird misnomer -- where's the "fun"?).
See, this is what happens when you turn your back for one minute - somebody with an agenda goes and sticks something into the Pledge of Alliegance that has no business being there. Church and state are supposed to be kept seperate.
2007-08-07 06:23:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i was automatically going to say its not the flag, its the country, but then I stopped and said the words in my head
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of America AND to the republic for which it stands....
so there you go... we are pledging our allegiance to a flag. and we do it cause.... its patriotic
2007-08-07 05:55:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it is. I am patriotic but not jingoistic. I don't say the pledge.
2007-08-07 04:34:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋