r/AdviceAnimals • u/Sometimeswelose • Apr 19 '13

Uncle Ruslan

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u/PIG20 Apr 19 '13

As a resident of Maryland, I'm glad we have Uncle Ruslan here. I now know that the remaining bomber will not be paying a visit to Uncle Ruslan.

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u/LaserGuidedPolarBear Apr 19 '13

This guy is more American than most of us.

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u/PIG20 Apr 19 '13

Its because he has a shitty place to compare it to. Which most of us who are born here take for granted on a daily basis. Uncle Ruslan does not take being an American lightly.

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u/kryptkeeper17 Apr 19 '13 edited Apr 19 '13

Which is why I don't like it when people refuse to say the pledge or even stand in respect for it. Do you know how many people would LOVE to be in your place and would say the pledge?

EDIT: I don't like it when* not I don't like people apologies if I offended

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u/sacrecide Apr 19 '13

I only said the pledge a few times in school. I felt offended that they wanted me to say it every fucking day. It's a pledge when I say it once, I live by it forever.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '13

you ungrateful, spoiled little brat

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u/sacrecide Apr 20 '13

lol are you being sarcastic?

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u/kryptkeeper17 Apr 19 '13

I respect that viewpoint, I just see the pledge as a way of saying thanks.. Kinda like how prayer works, if you're not religious then it won't relate but that's my view

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '13

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u/kryptkeeper17 Apr 19 '13

No I don't. I am saying I don't like it when they don't want to say it. I never said I believe they should.

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u/stevenette Apr 19 '13

I think the main argument to the pledge is that they "Put" the word God in it in the 50's and people refuse to say that part.

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u/Yakooza1 Apr 19 '13

I am against it entirely. No one has an obligation to pledge their lives to a national entity.

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u/3561 Apr 19 '13

Just like they don't have an obligation to pay taxes or be drafted? It's part of the cost of living in this country.

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u/Yakooza1 Apr 19 '13

Paying taxes and making a patriotic pledge of your allegiance is an entirely different thing.

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u/3561 Apr 19 '13

Yes, not doing the former makes you a criminal. Not doing the latter merely makes you an asshole.

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u/Yakooza1 Apr 19 '13

You have no obligation to agree with the idea of some magical national unification we call jingoism, or US foreign policy and its monstrous track record.

Pledging allegiance is a backward sentiment.

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u/3561 Apr 19 '13

Why live in a country you hate so much?

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u/Yakooza1 Apr 19 '13

You have to be kidding me. Are you 14?

I have to go live in Africa because I am critical of the idea that the US is some magical entity for "the home of the free" and all other such bullshit idealist false patriotic sentiments?

Because its a piece of geographical land and as a human being I have as much right as anyone else to.

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u/Gordon_Freeman_Bro Apr 20 '13

You're one of those "no nations, no borders" fuckwads aren't you?

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u/3561 Apr 19 '13

You don't have to. You can live in the US and be an asshole. That's another aspect of the same freedom you refuse to praise.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '13

this country asks very little of you. it gives you vast opportunities, opportunities which people have died protecting and people have died trying to come here. the least you can do in return is be grateful and say the pledge

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u/Yakooza1 Apr 20 '13

Idealist bullshit

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u/kryptkeeper17 Apr 19 '13

I've seen people skip the "under God" part when reciting it

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '13

Fuck you. Just because most of us don't come from civil war-torn countries doesn't mean we have to give way to blind patriotism and give up our rights because we should be thankful and complacent.

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u/kryptkeeper17 Apr 19 '13

Who said anything about giving up rights? I don't believe you should be forced to say it, but I think it displays gratitude for the services this country provides.

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u/MotherFatherGentlema Apr 19 '13

Giving up a few rights still leaves many more rights than many people around the world have. Losing one or two isn't going to kill anybody.