Monday, April 20, 2009

The Pledge Of Allegiance


From LewRockwell.com. Apparently Americans didn't start putting their hands over their heart until after World War II.

5 comments:

Douglas Porter said...

Ain't the far right wing great?

Josh said...

A communist wrote the pledge of allegiance.

Douglas Porter said...

And?

Josh said...

it comes from the far left wing. . .

Douglas Porter said...

Um, no. It was supported by the right in conjunction with the trade unionists.

Anyway, it was pretty stupid idea then, and it is a pretty stupid idea now and probably showcases, in a watered down form, the stupidity of authoritarianism. Pledging allegiance to a piece of fabric, lol... But those were the times.. When the main-stream left supported World War 1, the leftists on the far left were abhorred. Why? Because they were not authoritarians.. Why? Because they came from liberal democratic traditions..