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Why do you have to say the pledge everyday?

Isn't a pledge something you take once and it lasts forever? Why do we have to pledge everyday?
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To make you used to being obedient.
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Lunatic Wrote:To make you used to being obedient.
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Re: Why do you have to say the pledge everyday?

I thought about that too.

I guess what they said though.
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http://libertarianrock.com/1999/04/you- ... egiance-2/

rawr, you do not have to do it. You are expected to stand up/remove you hat still, but you do not have to say it.

I wonder why they never teach this in school? oh wait people have explained that already in this thread.
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Mondasin Wrote:http://libertarianrock.com/1999/04/you-m...egiance-2/

rawr, you do not have to do it. You are expected to stand up/remove you hat still, but you do not have to say it.

I wonder why they never teach this in school? oh wait people have explained that already in this thread.

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Mondasin Wrote:http://libertarianrock.com/1999/04/you-m...egiance-2/

rawr, you do not have to do it. You are expected to stand up/remove you hat still, but you do not have to say it.

I wonder why they never teach this in school? oh wait people have explained that already in this thread.

I don't even stand up.
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Errybody gets butthurt if I don't stand. I just stand and that's it though. Meh, not a huge deal.
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I usually either stand and don't do it, Or just kind of mouth the words in a half ass way. I don't pledge to america. When I'm old enough to leave I'm getting out of this shithole and moving to canada.
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