To spellcheckers.
I leave symbols to the symbol-minded. --Carlin
and to the republic
for which it stands:
Yes, republic. Not democracy. Sorry, but my level of support for the republicans running this nation has run thin.
The "under God" bit is a violation of the first amendment, and was added retroactively to deliberately violate it. Our fucking pledge is unconstitutional. We're pledging to violate the constitution.
Bullshit. In fact, this nation was divided away from the British, and it can be divided again if necessary.
with liberty and justice for all.
That's the biggest lie of all. It's liberty for the rich and justice for no-one.
So yes, I very much object to the pledge.
I objected to it in elementary school, and had to stand facing the wall for refusing to say it because of the God content. My mother was raised catholic, but became an atheist. I went to a baptist day care because it was cheap, and they told me lots of cute little stories on a felt board which taught me about how ridiculous Christianity was. To me the stories were no more credible than the [mainstream, typically Disney] cartoons they'd show us in between on rainy days.
I object strenuously to a bullshit, jingoistic, illegal, borderline traitorous pledge.