Proud To Be An American

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Originally Posted by Biff-chan

Don't get me wrong IP, I am all for it to. I just wonder if you went to Russia and were forced to say their national anthem or get kicked out of class, how you would handle it.

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I wouldn't have a problem with it. I've gone to events celebrating other cultures and have no problem saying it with them.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

The pledge is nationalistic horseshit, just in the same way that this odious song is. I feel particularly resentful toward the song though, because during the Gulf War we had daily assemblies where we sang it and did all other manner of 'loyalty' exercises.

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Where did you live at the time? My friends from bama don't know what I'm talking about when I say I was pretty much forced to sing that stupid song.

At my elementary school in Cali the whole student body would gather around the flag in the morning and say it everyday before going into class. I thought it was kind of cool.

Throughout middle school and high school it was pretty inconsistent until my senior year when they had us do it every morning.

We never had to sing any songs though, I doubt half the people would know the words.

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Originally Posted by buttcheeks

Where did you live at the time? My friends from bama don't know what I'm talking about when I say I was pretty much forced to sing that stupid song.

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Tallahassee, Florida.

That song made me proud to be an American at age six. It made me want to shoot down Iraqis in a fighter jet. I've never cried more in my life than when I discovered I had flat feet.

Fuck the pledge. I stopped doing it around middle school. I'll stand up out of respect, but that's it.

I went to a Catholic grade school, so we'd stand up and sing the nat'l anthem and the Hail Mary while the priests ran up and down the aisles behind us, smacking our asses.

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Originally Posted by Grey's Anatomy

That song made me proud to be an American at age six. It made me want to shoot down Iraqis in a fighter jet. I've never cried more in my life than when I discovered I had flat feet.

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The Hulk Hogan song? I totally agree.

"PTBAN", on the other hand, not so much.

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Originally Posted by Bacon McShig

I went to a Catholic grade school, so we'd stand up and sing the nat'l anthem and the Hail Mary while the priests ran up and down the aisles behind us, tappin' dat ass.

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