Post by Daniel on Feb 18, 2016 8:04:13 GMT -5
Salon: 'Toxic, Nationalistic' Pledge of Allegiance 'Must Go'
Yes, because it's really the pledge that's ruing our country and its youth.
Tiffany Gabbay
2.17.2016
Just a mere glimpse at the latest headline published in Salon tells us everything that is wrong with our society. According to the left-wing outlet, the country is in dire need of scrapping our "toxic" Pledge of Allegiance. Because, after all, the pledge is what's really hurting our children and preventing them from becoming critical thinkers (not society's obsession with gender neutrality, identity politics, trigger warnings, "safe spaces" and general left-wing assault on free-speech).
In its subversive attempt to disparage the Pledge of Allegiance and all it stands for, Salon writes:
The pledge of allegiance must go: A daily loyalty oath has become a toxic, nationalistic ritual
We make students salute national greatness for 13 years. No wonder Trumpian anti-intellectuallism is on the march.
Yes, Salon, reciting the pledge is what's brought to bear "anti-intellectualism." Ironic then that it's the very people who seek to ban everything who are in fact the anti-intellectuals ruining our society.
The left-wing outlet cites the case of a student who was allegedly accused by a teacher of "treason" for sitting out the pledge. The unleashing of "mean-spirited" accusations against students supposedly insightful enough to "question the wisdom of a loyalty oath" is what really irritates the braintrust over at Salon. Below are additional key excerpts from the outlet's latest pseudo-intellectual screed:
I’ve spent the last year interacting with kids who have participated in the American Humanist Association’s boycott of the Pledge of Allegiance. The boycott is intended to raise awareness of the fact that the pledge, which was originally scripted by a magazine editor in 1892, did not include the words “under God” until 1954. The insertion of those two words has long irritated many Americans, particularly those who reject the notion of tying patriotism to God-belief, and the AHA’s boycott has been an effective strategy for educating many, especially young people, on the issue. The Supreme Court in 1943 ruled that constitutional free speech principles guarantee public school children the right to opt out of the pledge, but many school officials need to be reminded of that precedent. As such, the AHA’s legal center, which I direct, spends lots of time helping kids whose teachers don’t respect the nonparticipation right.
The author goes on to write that any "objective observer would quickly conclude that the exercise is downright toxic, a nationalistic ritual that too often instills a venomous attitude of chauvinism."
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Yes, because it's really the pledge that's ruing our country and its youth.
Tiffany Gabbay
2.17.2016
Just a mere glimpse at the latest headline published in Salon tells us everything that is wrong with our society. According to the left-wing outlet, the country is in dire need of scrapping our "toxic" Pledge of Allegiance. Because, after all, the pledge is what's really hurting our children and preventing them from becoming critical thinkers (not society's obsession with gender neutrality, identity politics, trigger warnings, "safe spaces" and general left-wing assault on free-speech).
In its subversive attempt to disparage the Pledge of Allegiance and all it stands for, Salon writes:
The pledge of allegiance must go: A daily loyalty oath has become a toxic, nationalistic ritual
We make students salute national greatness for 13 years. No wonder Trumpian anti-intellectuallism is on the march.
Yes, Salon, reciting the pledge is what's brought to bear "anti-intellectualism." Ironic then that it's the very people who seek to ban everything who are in fact the anti-intellectuals ruining our society.
The left-wing outlet cites the case of a student who was allegedly accused by a teacher of "treason" for sitting out the pledge. The unleashing of "mean-spirited" accusations against students supposedly insightful enough to "question the wisdom of a loyalty oath" is what really irritates the braintrust over at Salon. Below are additional key excerpts from the outlet's latest pseudo-intellectual screed:
I’ve spent the last year interacting with kids who have participated in the American Humanist Association’s boycott of the Pledge of Allegiance. The boycott is intended to raise awareness of the fact that the pledge, which was originally scripted by a magazine editor in 1892, did not include the words “under God” until 1954. The insertion of those two words has long irritated many Americans, particularly those who reject the notion of tying patriotism to God-belief, and the AHA’s boycott has been an effective strategy for educating many, especially young people, on the issue. The Supreme Court in 1943 ruled that constitutional free speech principles guarantee public school children the right to opt out of the pledge, but many school officials need to be reminded of that precedent. As such, the AHA’s legal center, which I direct, spends lots of time helping kids whose teachers don’t respect the nonparticipation right.
The author goes on to write that any "objective observer would quickly conclude that the exercise is downright toxic, a nationalistic ritual that too often instills a venomous attitude of chauvinism."
continue reading
www.truthrevolt.org/news/salon-toxic-nationalistic-pledge-allegiance-must-go#.VsSpmbMt5iY.email
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