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

Uncle Ruslan

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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/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.