Message #41935

[Jitendra Hydonus]

This is my personal experience Eric. As a adolescent I was told you must stand up in the morning and recite the pledge of allegiance. Here it is;

"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

There are some different versions as this one that I was told to recite at the threat of being sent to the principals office;

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America , one nation, under God,  indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Since I did not and still do not believe that indoctrination is true. Liberty and justice for all? What a laugh.

I resent the indoctrination of the far right into brain washing kids into a Christian life style that does not incorporate the teachings of other spiritual traditions. And unfortunately most right wing Christians still believe that anything coming out of the east is heresy and blasphemous.

I was determined to follow my own path but right wing America expelled me from school because my hair was too long and I was warned that we all have to stand and say the pledge of allegiance. Militant uniformity is the law for these people and persistent conformity. I remember a girl friend being thrown out of school for wearing jeans.

It’s good to hear both sides of a story before we make a final evaluation.  For instance I found no use for football and basketball when I was forced into these sports. Do you think the Christian run schools would accept yoga instead? No yoga was considered heathen.

Do you really believe we are going to get a balanced education with the likes of DiSantis and your Texan governor Abbot manipulating school classes to reflect Christian beliefs? Would I have learned even one thing about Buddhism or Hinduism in these kind of schools representing their beliefs? I have been told all my younger life by Christians that meditation is demonic. Do you think that supports a good educational system??!

In DeSantis's Florida, teachers can be fired for acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people. Migrants are put on buses to random destinations, used as political pawns. Women are denied abortion care even when their pregnancy isn't viable. This is not what it looks like to love your neighbor. This is hypocrisy and doesn’t even reflect true Christian values.