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Originally Posted by Wolferz
Two words come to mind that make both arguments moot...
FREE WILL
Any attempts to nullify those two words are tantamount to brainwashing and dictatorship. A flag is a symbol for the symbol minded. A graven image. A false idol.
I pledge my allegiance to the people of my country, not its flag or the republic for which it stands.
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"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America." Isn't the united states comprised of people who live there? The flag represents the people of the states that are united or just the land?
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“You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road
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